Mike, I've seen those before, but I was wondering something a little different. If you've ever looked closely at a light used in a stage performance of some kind, they tend to have something in front of the light, which is a light filter made of polyester. They look like big squares of colored plastic wrap. Here's a picture:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/?id=1405145&refnum=401313 Although there is an enormous variety of colors there are also a bunch of things know as "frosts" and "silks" and are a wide range of different sorts of diffusers. Is there anything in the photography world like this? Because I have sample books from various companies that sell this stuff, and I've been taping it to my flash and experimenting. Here's a page that shows the colors they offer but unfortunately you can't see what the diffusers look like: http://www.rosco.com/us/filters/roscolux.asp#colors They do have the spectral information which is interesting to consider. Here's a picture of a swatchbook, the diffusers are the white ones and tend to look like dryer sheets. http://www.rosco.com/us/promotions/roscolux.asp So, to summarize my meandering typing, are there interchangable filters for flashes that offer a wide variety in diffusers and/or colors? rg2 On 8/27/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rebekah wrote: > > > Not that I know a lot, but I vote shoot your flash off the ceiling, if > > you can. Or cover it with thin fabric, like fine linen (maybe rip a > > bit of bridal gown?) If you've ever seen a sample book from a gel > > company for theatrical lighting you might have noticed that the > > swatches are almost the perfect size to cover most flashes, and you > > can experiment with the various frost filters. There's something to be > > said for changing the quality of light before it hits your lens - it's > > almost like setting up those fancy flash umbrellas with only a flash > > that fits in your pocket. I don't know, do they have things like this > > for flashes and I'm just being silly? > > http://www.stofen.com/Info/index.htm > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
