On 17 Dec 2004 at 2:29, Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Rob > my girlfriend makes clay figures and I will try to photograph each before > she sells them > to make a nice catalogue in A4 format for her as a present...
Great idea, I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated. > Should I forget about the flash and start using the repro table with 4 lamps I > still have not used yet? Will slower film (ISO 100 or even less) add a lot? I > just had some Agfa Vista 200 ready. Flash is much more comfortable for me > because I do not have to transport the figures to my home and I always carry > the > Pentax with me nowadays and when I visit her :-) There is a lot you can do with flash following is a good tutorial using an hand made diffuser: http://www.fredmiranda.com/A18/ I would recommend a 4 lamp repro-table. If you wanted to head down that path just pic up a pair of cheap flexible table lamps with ES threads (like the cheap ones from Ikea) and buy a pair of spiral daylight balanced compact fluorescent lamps. You may be surprised just how good the results can be. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
