Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amilcar de Oliveira wrote: > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > > I've got a piece of glass wool over mine to make it more inverse square > > like; less focused; and otherwise more pleasant. > > I'll side with you on the glass wool unfocusing the light and making for > a more pleasant picture; but I don't think it will make the light more > inverse square like. That's for point sources - which exist mainly in > theory...one good thing about photography is that "whatever gets you > through the night is alright". > > Amilcar > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html What i meant was with the diffusion you'll have something that might more accurately follow the inverse square law. A bare reflector which will tend to be focused at some point will for that reason not follow the inverse square law very closely. Of course the point in which it is focused on with be much brighter than it's supposed to be. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html