Re: Realist w/Potato Masher Flash?

[P3D <PgWhacker@xxxxxxx>]

>Anyone used/using a Realist and "potato-masher" flash like the one
>sold by Reel-3D?  Comments, opinions, recommendations?

   A high GN camera mounted flash gives _enough_ light, but doesn't give 
_good_ light.  The not-quite-in-line-with-the-lens flash mounting makes 
for ugly, distracting halo shadows.

   A slaved auto-exposure flash pointing in the side of the subject gives 
much better results.  I switched to this set up a few weeks ago, using a 
Vivitar 285.   A cheap old flash on the camera points to the cieling and 
serves just to trigger the slave adapter on the Vivitar.  A second - $25 
- auto-slaved flash set a long way away from the subject adds a touch of 
fill in light from the other side.   The Vivitar flash's light sensor 
handles the exposure -- where every you are just use f8 and 1/50th. 

       The side directed light dramatically punchs up the stereo effect.  
 You'll never go back to the old way.




Greg Kane
Denver

PgWhacker@xxxxxxx





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