[HUG ] Re: Tote Dat Barge

Must admit I bought the hype and now use a Gary Fong salad bowl with my metz
Looks goofy -- gets great light.
Caesar dressing not included.

Eric

On 3/21/08, flexbody <flexbody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear Uncle Dick,
>
>
> I use two larger Metz from the 60 series and like to use an
> Omni Bounce with one of them while the other is used with
> an umbrella as indirect light source.
> Together they are an excellent light source for portraits
> all independent from mains supply.
>
> The Omni Bounce is easily fitted over the reflectorhead.
> They are available for most flash units including the 45 Metz.
>
> Only disadvantage smaller output, about 1 stop, from the
> flash unit.
> As far as I know Omni Bounce is an American product.
>
> Richard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stein
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 2:12 PM
> Subject: [HUG ] Tote Dat Barge
>
>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
>
>
>  And Lift Dat Bale, And get a little drunk and you can't focus, even with an
> acute matte screen. Which is why I abstain at weddings – a professional
> necessity but a real pain after 9:00 PM. Being the only sober person in a
> room full of drunks is no fun.
>
>
>
>                 But I digress, I have done another wedding and tried a new
> tack. I took a leaf from some of the wedding manuals and set up a subsidiary
> light to banish some of the darkness from the reception hall behind the main
> subjects. This is old hat to other workers in the field but as I wear old
> hats anyway and this one seems to fit. I cannot say it has saved some shots
> and others where the flash has been in the field of view are distinctly
> worse, but overall I think it has lightened the atmosphere. No-one likes a
> gloomy wedding, unless it is a Goth wedding. Then gloom is charged for as an
> extra.
>
>
>
>                 I envy the Nikon digital workers who seem to be able to set
> up battery –powered SB 800's that slave off their cameras with no complex
> wiring and little extra weight. Whether an SB 800 would stand up to 100+
> continuous flashes in rapid succession is another thing, but the system
> seems like a convenient portable studio.
>
>
>
>                 My real reason for this posting, in addition to getting the
> list jump-started yet again, is to ask if anyone has a really viable
> suggestion for a flash diffuser or modifier that will improve the on-camera
> results that I get from my standard old Metz CT-1 or CL-1 flashes. I mount
> them up on a handgrip plus bracket that puts the tube above the centreline
> of the lens but I cannot for the life of me think of an effective add-on
> softbox that would be usable without occluding the thyristor sensor. Any
> ideas?
>
>
>
> Uncle Dick

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