Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, I ran into Arthur Morris doing a workshop for birders at the Bolsa Chica wetlands, (near Huntington Beach, Calif.), a few months back, and like you say they all had these fresnel extenders mounted on their flashes. In his book "The Art of Bird Photography", he calls these accessories "the Better Beamer/Walt Anderson Flash Extender". I would expect to find them in a B&H catalog. I was there with my M6 and the 90 TE you sold to me. Needless to say I felt outgunned by the mostly 400 - 600mm lenses these people had, so I shot the photographers while they were shooting the birds. After a bit, I turned my attention to stalking a seagull that was sitting quietly on a post near the water. I was able to slowly advance to within about six or seven feet and take a shot with the 90. When I looked over my shoulder, there was Arthur with his Canon and a 500mm lens on a Gitzo about three feet behind me all set to shoot the same bird. I carefully backed away and moved behind him to capture the scene of him shooting the seagull. Talking to him later, I asked about the flash and he said the extender will give about a two stop boost to the flash output. I almost never use flash so that did not mean much to me, except that nearly all the birders were using the flash for fill on birds that were 50-60 feet away. Regards, Paul Connet Frank writes: << I saw some bird photographers today.. all using Nikon or Canon 300 or 400 mm lenses..... but that is not the point..... It was daylight. Bright sun. They all had some form of flash with what looked like a fresnel lens attached to the flash to concentrate or focus the light on their "distant" quarry.... Can someone please comment on this technique and where this gizmo can be bought ( the flash fresnel)? Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net >> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html