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Re: [OM] Cheap macro twin flash

Subject: Re: [OM] Cheap macro twin flash
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:21:36 +0100
Good points Moose, and well presented ;-). Another possibility is the "art panel" which seems to be catching on - a sort of flat panel flash that I saw (among other places) on the Speed Graphic site (www.speedgraphic.co.uk - you have to download a .pdf file to see it in the macro area). But that would lack a modelling light as well ...

I have always fancied a ring flash, but I could never find one when I had enough money to afford one. Even the Sunpak one is pretty pricey.

Chris

On Friday, Aug 15, 2003, at 06:52 Europe/London, Moose wrote:

The 2 solutions are quite different. Neither is inherently better, just depends on what you are trying to do. C.H.'s will give the kind of illumination shown in his sample pics and looks like it's easy to get great results. A twin flash setup allows some control over the placement and type of shadows and relative brightness of parts of the subject, allowing more flexibility in setting up 3D modeling, eliminating reflections, etc. Any twin flash setup using T20 and/or T32 flashes won't have the modeling lights that are built into the T28 twin, so it will be harder to get the lighting right. Trial and error rather than TTL lighting setup.

Ring flashes offer yet a another kind of lighting, and even the T8 and T10 are different in that respect.

Moose

Chris Barker wrote:

I am going to look at that, although CH Ling's simple and elegant solution seems very attractive. And you can use white acrylic for all sorts of photographic applications.

On Friday, Aug 15, 2003, at 03:45 Europe/London, Michael and Elizabeth wrote:

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