On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 02:15:07 -0400, Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Bouncing the T32 off a living room ceiling is my advice. By the time the
28mm coverage hits the ceiling (at a 45 degree angle), the
"diffusion area" is quite large. :) That's an understatement.
Compared to sticking my little Lumiquest on the top, the ceiling gives a
real soft-box effect and the T32 has enough power for the
distance involved, even for 160 portrait film, assuming an 8 foot ceiling
and a normal white paint job. (Figuered manyally, the
flash distance is the distance from the T32 to the ceiling, losing a stop
as it bounces off, plus the distance from the ceiling to
the subject.)
Indeed, I've done the exact same before, and calculated a 3stop loss; I
open up the aperture one stop, and push the T32 normal auto switch up 2
stops (assuming I am workign on the least powerful position, which I
generally am for indoors on 400speed film and 50mm lens)
I'd do that. But I see that the master, John Lind is on this thread so
I'll see if I'm on the mark this time or not.......
Indeed! Very nice to have him on the list!
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