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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Icoz, Evrim
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:23 PM
> To: eos
> Subject: EOS Triggering strobes with 1/32 power and action shot...
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> I do not have the hot shoe to pc adapter (and do not have time till this
> weekend to get one) and am thinkign about using my flash on top of camera
> and using 1/32 power to trigger the optical slaves on the
> strobes. I have a
> Minolta Flash meter that I will be using. Do you think 1/32 power
> will have
> any effect on the picture when at least one of the strobes will be in full
> power (1000ws)?
Probably not. You can find out easily enough; just meter your on-camera
flash alone and compare it to the exposure you get from the studio strobes.
If it's better than 5 stops down, you won't see it. You may want to add some
diffusion to the on-camera flash to reduce its power even further. Check to
make sure that it will fire the studio strobes.
> I also was thinking about using some of the hotlights to wash out
> the white background.
Hot lights (unless they're HMIs or are heavily gelled) will make your white
background go a heavy amber or yellow. You can correct them with a blue gel
(Rosco Cinegel 3202, Full Blue-CTB or equivalent), but you'll lose 1 1/2
stops of light output. You'll need a LOT of hot light, and it'll get really
hot!
If you only have 2 studio strobes, you may want to think about using one as
a background light and one on the subject, using a large light reflector of
some sort for fill (a 4X8 sheet of foamcore would probably do the job).
Also, If you have a soft box or any form of diffusion for the main light,
use it.
Chuck Skinner
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