> > From: Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/12 Fri AM 10:32:39 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tests > > I've been looking for one and have just now ordered a small collapsible > from 7dayshop. I also ordered 4 x 4 packs of Energizer Lithium AAAs and > a couple of LED lights for microscopy. The lithiums are so cheap from > this source that I don't think I'll bother much with NiMH now. But I > have flashes and the LED lights to power so maybe I'll need them anyway. > > D
What sort of LED lights? I've just built some "cold lights" on swan necks for about 1/10th of the cost of buying them. > > Kenneth Waller wrote: > > Don, > > I sometimes use a white/gold collapsible circular reflector to augment > > lighting. I have a 22" disc that folds down to 8" & gives me the > > ability to add a slightly warmer light than is possible with the pure > > white. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Williams" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Tests > > > > > >> Previously for macros and close-ups outside I've used flash and a > >> pair of reflectors, one curved, that attach to the top of the flash > >> and the camera tripod socket. This is not going to be very convenient > >> with the *istD so I've tried natural light on a very ordinary well > >> known, probably one of the most photographed, subject: > >> > >> http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/Ref_Test/slides/0663.htm > >> > >> The camera in the pictures was put there for illustration and is not > >> even loaded (anyone need a mint MZ-50?) The reflector is an ordinary > >> mirror that has been in the shed and gathered a thick coat of dust -- > >> that I didn't wipe off for obvious reasons. If I do clean it I'll > >> probably cover it with mosquito netting. I have the edge of the > >> reflector in one of the pictures -- I apologize. > >> > >> Don > >> > >> -- > >> Dr E D F Williams > >> www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > >> personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > >> 41660 TOIVAKKA ? Finland - +358400706616 > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > 41660 TOIVAKKA ? Finland - +358400706616 > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
