[LRflex] Re: Was Live view ... now LV Closeups.
- From: William Abbott <wbabbott3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:14:54 -0700
David,
Thank you very much; wish I had thought of that!
I had been looking at some fancy, schmantzy "light boxes" at the
camera store and had halfway decided to mock one up with old sheets
and clothes pins but decided, nah, it wasn't worth it.
I now remember seeing 90 degree background rigs big enough for people
shots and will get out some old 30" X 40" paper and see what happens.
Thanks. Your picture is worth a kilo-word!
Best,
Bill
On May 16, 2007, at 11:58 AM, David Young wrote:
At 16/05/2007, you wrote:
> David,
>
> "... the little 6mp Kodak..." certainly earned its keep.
>
> I recently photographed some old silver with serviceable but far
> poorer results so I was immediately struck by your beautiful
> lighting. Any tricks you care to share?
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
Hi Bill!
The little 6mp Kodak does surprisingly well for general
shots. However, in CU mode, it's not very good ... and has trouble
finding the point of focus ... often focusing correctly (as you can
see on the screen) and then moving away from that point, to yield a
blurry photo!
Mind you, for CAD$129 at Wally World, it's tough to complain.
As for the "beautiful lighting" ... well, you're going to be very
disappointed!
My sophisticated rig for product shots is as follows:
1) use any old method to make a holder for some paper ... must have a
back support at roughly 90 degrees from horizontal. For this, I use
an old, aluminium tool box (from Home Depot - $19.95) which was long
ago converted to a fitted camera case, before being abandoned.
2) some large sheets of poster paper from any Dollar Store. Mine are
20x30" although the white one was cut down a bit, to fit the
case. When I use the red one, I have to put cardboard stops in the
front of the case, to prevent the paper from flying off! These
sheets of paper cost me 77 cents each (plus tax!).
3) place box on footstool, by window. Place paper on box and product
on paper. Arrange tripod for best angle, use self-timer as am too
lazy to find the cable release, and fire!
The setup can be seen, at http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/Products.htm
I use this method to photo all the small items for the articles in
the Viewfinder, and for this list.
Simple! (Expensive, too!)
BTW: For extreme close-ups and extreme flexibility, I normally shoot
with a Nikon 6T dual element achromat CU lens on the 80~200
Vario. Works wonderfully!
Of course, my current crop of close-ups (some coming) and the shot of
the rig were all made with our daughter's Kodak.
Cheers!
---
David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4
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