Camera Labs

Hi everyone,

You can find some new macros of shells here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

You may notice there's a little more light in these shots. Why? Well I just discovered that the ring flash and the 580EXII speedlite have wireless connectivity BUILT IN!!! I had no idea. I saw there was some sort of wireless transmitter you can buy and thought you needed this thing to wirelessly link flashes (you don't, and there's actually a Camera Labs review on this kit!).

So - ring-flash on camera as Master - 580EXII as slave sitting on its little stand on a book giving some slight overhead lighting - and voila - tons more light at no extra cost

Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Nice shots! But, what is RTFM?

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Graham
Flickr

Hi Graham,

It's IT geek talk for read the nice manual

Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

.... Nice doesnt begin with F !??!

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Digital SLR Photographer as of Janurary 2008
NIKON D90 w/grip || D300 w/grip || D2x || NIKKOR 18-105 ED VR || NIKKOR 50mm 1.8 || NIKKOR 70-300 ED VR || NIKKOR 70-200 2.8 || SIGMA 28-70 2.8 || 2x Teleconverter || SB-900 Flash || SB-600 Flash || SLIK Tripod

No, but it's quicker than typing Frank Sinatra.

Zorro

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http://zorrofox4.deviantart.com/



Various lenses, SB800 & Manfrotto 190 with 460MG head

Those are some beautiful shots and the light setup looks very effective. That is really cool about the wireless connectivity.

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Jim Hawksworth Flickr
Canon 30D | EF 17-40 f/4L | EF 70-200 f/4L USM | EF 50 f/1.8 II | 580EX II | Berleback 2420 Tripod | and other various tools

Thanks Jim You can't believe how relieved I was to find the flashes had wireless connectivity. I was looking for a standard synch socket to connect these units together - and of course there is none. I come from the stone age and have a lot of experience of connecting and synching flashes via the synch leads - but all this modern stuff has come up from nowhere and caught me out - amazing. So it is a relatively simple matter of adding more 580EX units and building a "mini-studio" dedicated for macro work - nice new project.

Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/