Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Richard F. Man" wrote: > > At 05:46 PM 3/18/2003 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > I also got a little reflector cup for the Metz. That seems to help soften > > > things up a bit on close range. > > > > > > >Up real close I used to use one of those white diffuser things which go > >over the flash and which tend to be part of the flash system and come > >with it when i was siting in totally dark "hamburger and a flashlight" > >restaurant booth and I'm shooting the couple at the other side of the > >table which is two feet away. > >... > > That's actually what I have, an Omni-Bounce white cup thingie that covers > the flash head. > Styrofoam cups, index cards, some people are into rigging something up like Home fixer uppers do they're that kind of people. And others try to buy it out of the catalog or hire a carpenter or a painter. I cant see how either is better. Some times the Jerry rigged stuff looks more "professional" because there is a trend among the pros to all do it a certain way. Looked like the photojournalists were all using index cards on Nikon flashes pointed strait up for a while. You can amine how long ago that was! I put a single layer of spun glass cloth over my Norman reflector on my 200C which makes the flash less "focused" is how i think about it in my own head. BUT NOW YOU KNOW TOO! This makes for a flash which is shooting more truley to the inverse square law. Don't I sound smart!!!! The inverse square law i had to learn in order to get though my photography courses. At the time i figured that and the circle of confusion and i was ready for a snipe hunt! No way did I learn it but i know what it is anyway. Its when ever you half or double your distance you've gone two F stops. That's all I need to know. And I'm glad I've known it what would I have done!? But dont ask me to program you calculater for that one! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html