I bought a larger one, I wonder if these lights have sufficient power? I've been shooting the jewellery at 60/F16 or higher if I can. At this moment I only have the K10D to shoot with, the MZ's are now shelf queens :). Every lab around here seems to have hired 16 year old's who by luck landed up working for a lab and not mcdonalds. And they have the same sense of service......
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On May 2, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Feroze wrote: > > >>> [Paterson/Intefit E-Flash Panels] >>> >> ahhhh, 65 bucks each @ b&h...I haven't actually seen this before, plus >> it runs on batteries. Which size cube do you have? >> > > Yes, those are the ones. $65 ... yes, they were $80@ with shipping, I > bought one first and tested it... I fitted them with AA Lithium > batteries, seem to get several hundred exposures apiece that way and > are very portable. > > I bought a 20 inch cube. Although I've made things like this before, > the EZCube for $90 saves time and effort, and packs down very small, > is completely collapsible/portable with virtually no effort at all. > It works very nicely. I can fit it, two E-Flash panels, the SB-30, a > pair of small clamp-on stands and a flash meter into a very small > tote bag along with the *ist DS body, remote release, A50 Macro and > 2x-S teleconverter. Add my small tripod, and I have "Tabletop-Studio- > on-the-Go" in a bag, less than 12 pounds. > > (I've used the K10D with this setup but I find that 10Mpixel is > really overkill for the table top work I've done. Nobody's making > 13x19 presentation prints of stuff they have to sell on Ebay. ;-) > > Godfrey > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
