Not so. I forget what these diffusers are called, but they provide much nicer light than a lumiquest softbox. Many wedding photographers use them. I'll see if I still have a bookmark, but I know they're commercially available in a range of sizes. And they're not cheap. Paul On Jun 8, 2008, at 6:03 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> I was at a hotel for a conference yesterday, there was a wedding > scheduled at the same time. The photographer was using something > similar. Damned annoying thing, looked like it wasted a lot of light > under the conditions he was using it. A Lumiquest soft box would have > been a better choice. > > Cotty wrote: >> On 8/6/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >>> This idea probably isn't new to most of you, but it was to me >>> when I saw it: >>> >>> <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2559816153_6fc7234e37_o.jpg> >>> K10D, V 125mm f2.5 Macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200, AF-540 FGZ >>> >>> Very simple idea. I'm not too sure how effective it is though. >>> >> >> LOL >> >> Cute. Mind you, no less daft than a newspaper snapper I know who uses >> one of these: >> >> <http://jyanlun.free.fr/images/Lambency_4-a.jpg> >> >> Whenever I bump into him, I am always minded to say "Cheers!" >> >> > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
