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Re: IOM: Sorjin's CBN Special Report
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:56:16 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> i think the thing you really need is more light.. i'd shoot for 100-watt or
> brighter (and the equivalent in fluorescent).
Yes, perhaps if I got something bright enough then I could point it across
the room to get more indirect lighting. As it is, either of the two
swingarms will glare really badly if I point them where I really need the
light. That's why I still largely rely on sunlight. And that's why the
models on my site have such hugely varying image quality.
> this is why professional photoers spend thousands on complicated expensive
> strobe lights and such, in an effort to match the endless beauty of sunlight.
Heh- but I'm not planning on spending thousands. I could buy a lot of Lego
for that price, and I already blew a huge chunk of my toy budget on the camera.
> i think any book on amateur color photo should be able to help, especially to
> make sure the lights you use don't mess with the colors (come on lenny, that
> was kinda obvious.. i know).
Well yes... it's obvious, but it didn't occur to me to try that. An
investment in a book would certainly beat spending big bucks on lamps and
then finding that it still doesn't help.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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| You could always buy some diffuser screens from your local photography shop to cut the glare off those swingarm lamps. Don't know how expensive that would be, though. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| Instead of expensive diffuser filters try using something you have like shiny baking pans, or aluminum foil smoothed out over a flat surface, like a book. Then bounce the swing arm lamp light off of those. It will certainly cut the glare, and (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| i think the thing you really need is more light.. i'd shoot for 100-watt or brighter (and the equivalent in fluorescent). this is why professional photoers spend thousands on complicated expensive strobe lights and such, in an effort to match the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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