Ring flashes are probably the way to go, and I have been looking around for
the T10 + the T1 power unit, but they are really expensive. It was
therefore I started thinking if there was any way to use reflectors, and if
someone was selling such kits. Thanks for the link, I had not seen that.
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 23:58
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Lighting
> Johann Thorsson wrote:
>> This is the least OT topic I have seen here so far!
>>
> Oh my, what a bad bunch we've been. :-)
>
> And welcome to the list!
>> I'm wondering, what type of reflector would you recommend for macro
>> photography? I am thinking about something rather small/compact which is
>> easy to transport or take when hiking and could still be fastened somehow
>> to
>> a tripod. Any sugestions?
>>
> Depending on what kind of lighting you are looking for, that's what the
> various Oly macro flashes are for. The subject distances are so short
> for macro that it's pretty hard to use light from behind without being
> shadowed by photographer, so smaller light sources from in front of the
> photographer are useful. Also, macro takes a fair amount of light over a
> small area, the opposite of what umbrellas do. There's a lot more
> expertise in this are on the list than I have. but you can start by
> checking out the macro flashes on the eSIF, the T Power control,and T8,
> T10 and T28 macro flash heads
> <http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/flashphotogroup.htm>.
>
> There are so many kinds to provide for different lighting effects.
>
> There's also some such stuff for the E-thingies, that I know nothing
> about. I believe Walt has the ring flash.
>
> Moose
>
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