I like the stroboframe shoe:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=52772&;
is=REG&addedTroughType=search
I tried this bogen shoe and the fit is fussy (meaning too tight for the T32):
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=5183&i
s=REG&addedTroughType=search
And the Testrite metal thing was also not a good fit:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=53721&;
is=REG&addedTroughType=search
Long URLs, sorry for the wrapping.
>At the .2 to 3 inches away I am taking pics, a ring flash over powers it or
>doesn't get close enough.
If that .2 is not a typo, then I fully understand why you can't get close
enough.
As an expensive solution to extreme macro lighting when an AC source is present
(Mains for the European crowd) I went fiberoptic. I use a Dolan Jenner setup:
The bidding place item # 160070817336 is an auction for the fiber itself but
does show a picture of a light source with the fiber. It is a halogen source so
the color temperature must be accommodated for us film luddites.
A constant source has the advantage that it's there for focusing.
A fiber optic source has the advantage of precise location and NO HEAT.
I state that this Dolan Jenner setup is expensive (I think it was about $120 on
an auction) but it was way cheaper than the Novoflex solution on B & H for
$1200. I had to build some stands and buy clamps etc for holding the fiber
ends, but I can make a whole lot of them for that price difference.
I haven't tried C.H.'s solution that Moose posted, but it looks really simple
and elegant and the sample shots he posted with this setup are proof that it
works very well. Maybe a trip to TAP plastics is in order.
Jay
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