Paul - Is the tilt mechanism tight enough to keep the lightsphere at zero degrees when you lean forward?
GS <http://georgesphotos.net> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 1:01 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The distance to subject was about ten feet. The ISO was 200. Flash power used > seemed to be comparable to what I get with the Lumiquest 80/20 reflector. I > didn't have the autxilary power pack hooked up, but recycle time seemed to be > just a few seconds. (And the batteries were partly depeted.) > > The CD of the ad agency I'm work with is considered one of the best wedding > photogs in this area. His name is Marc Williams, and he's well known on > photo.net. He's been using the Lightsphere exclusively for quite a few years. > He confirmed my suspicions that it works well without a bracket. It's high > enough to raise the light source considerably, and in vertical mode, it > diffuses enough that no flip bracket is needed. I shot the portrait of Grace > in vertical mode with the lightsphere flipped up on the side of the camera. > > I was shooting wedding pics at f4 with my DA 16-45/4. I plan on shooting at > f3.2 with my DA* 16-50. The autofocus is accurate enugh to allow for that. Of > course I will bump the stop up if I need the DOF, but I'd prefer to shoot at > a wide aperture. > > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Some more information would be helpful. Distance to subject, ISO, best >> guess on flash power used (worried about recycle time). I would also >> like to know how you metered. I'm kind of assuming you shot P-TTL, >> but the ratio of ambient to flash could be rather impacting. >> >> For wedding candids I would really like to shoot more around 5.6 >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Monday, June 16, 2008, 7:27:47 AM, you wrote: >> >> pcn> Here's a pic of Grace after a hard day at the park. I shot this >> pcn> with the lightsphere on the 540 flash. The exposure is close to >> pcn> the ambient light value. I believe it was f3.2 @ 1/100th. The >> pcn> ambient light is largely window light. Grace is facing the >> pcn> window. The lightsphere is being used with the cap in place, and >> pcn> it's pointed at the ceiling, which is quite high and of an olive >> pcn> drab color. Most of the effective light is emanating from the sphere >> itself. >> >> pcn> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7413728 >> >> pcn> Paul >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >> the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
