Don't know how you ever got along without plastic ice cubes <grin>. Feroze wrote: > I don't know where you got the idea that you don't have much to > contribute, but thats a load of crock. > I've shot film for a long time and only went digital last year December. > I've thrown out nothing that I've know about photography just because > there's no film in the camera....there's lots of things that you've > probally forgotten about photography that some of us never even knew > existed...so for the newbies like myself please keep on... > > Will contact Calumet's for a catalog, I like the ice cubes so far....its > going to be an expensive month.... > > Feroze > > graywolf wrote: >> Thanks, your reply makes me feel good, because I do not feel like I have >> much to offer since this became a digital list. >> >> Probably the best thing I can tell you is get Calumet's full catalog it >> has all kinds of things in it for the product photographer you did not >> know existed. Probably have to call them, I think if you order it off >> the web they will just send you the flyers. >> >> You might want to see if you can not find a good book on "Product >> Photography", unfortunately I do not know of anything currently in >> print. Not saying there is not, I just have not been keeping up. Seems >> like there should be something for this digital age out there. >> >> -graywolf >> >> >> Feroze wrote: >> >>> That has to be the coolest thing I've seen so far for products, thanks. >>> What other pearls of wisdom can you pass on.... >>> >>> graywolf wrote: >>> >>>> Studio types us what is called dulling spray. Here is a link: >>>> >>>> http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BR1115/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Feroze wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Don, >>>>> >>>>> Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment >>>>> are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on >>>>> very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set >>>>> the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me >>>>> nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just >>>>> use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying >>>>> around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights >>>>> >>>>> Feroze >>>>> >>>>> Don Sanderson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Feroze. >>>>>> I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white >>>>>> reflectors. >>>>>> These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time. >>>>>> I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had >>>>>> to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for eekBay >>>>>> stuff. >>>>>> Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you to shoot >>>>>> with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for >>>>>> me in this application. >>>>>> The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and >>>>>> eliminate, >>>>>> shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors, shapes >>>>>> and >>>>>> sizes, this saves me a LOT of time. >>>>>> >>>>>> The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult >>>>>> 'subject': >>>>>> http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg >>>>>> Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard to >>>>>> shoot. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >>>>>>> Feroze >>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM >>>>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> Subject: Light Tent / Box >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little >>>>>>> portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery, >>>>>>> some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are >>>>>>> just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). Would a >>>>>>> normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source >>>>>>> for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really >>>>>>> struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid >>>>>>> florescent or other light sources. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the >>>>>>> stuff together.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Feroze >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >
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