Re: Looking for a light tent
On 06/08/2013 5:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 04:44:20PM -0600, Bill wrote: The last light tent I bought was a very inexpensive camping tent with a white nylon shell and separate fly (camo) that I found at a garage sale for 10 bucks. Sounds excellent. Can you send me the url for that garage sale's web page? Sometimes you have to leave the house and face the world. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for a light tent
On 8/6/2013 4:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've got a photo project coming up where it would be handy to have a decent light tent. I've been getting by with something I made out of a white 18 gallon plastic tub, but something that folds down like one of these: http://www.ephotoinc.com/super-size-photo-softbox-light-tent-cube-soft-box-48qu48.html could be very handy. Are there any of these softboxes that folks would specifically recommend, or recommend avoiding? Apart from cost, and maybe a bit of storage space, are there any disadvantages to going with a larger unit? I would expect that a bigger one would give more even lighting because the delta in relative distance between the near side of the object to the lit wall is much smaller. I.e. with an 8" object in the center in a 48" tent vs a 12" tent it's 20/28 vs 2/10. You might try getting 4-5 yards of this stuff & make the "box" whatever size you need at the time. http://www.hancockfabrics.com/White-Ripstop-Fabric_stcVVproductId48182818VVviewprod.htm# How hard/soft the light is going to be is partly a function of how close your lights are to the outside of the fabric. The farther away you can put the light, the larger the section of fabric that becomes your light source on the inside. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for a light tent
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 04:44:20PM -0600, Bill wrote: > > > The last light tent I bought was a very inexpensive camping tent > with a white nylon shell and separate fly (camo) that I found at a > garage sale for 10 bucks. Sounds excellent. Can you send me the url for that garage sale's web page? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for a light tent
On 06/08/2013 2:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've got a photo project coming up where it would be handy to have a decent light tent. I've been getting by with something I made out of a white 18 gallon plastic tub, but something that folds down like one of these: http://www.ephotoinc.com/super-size-photo-softbox-light-tent-cube-soft-box-48qu48.html could be very handy. Are there any of these softboxes that folks would specifically recommend, or recommend avoiding? Apart from cost, and maybe a bit of storage space, are there any disadvantages to going with a larger unit? I would expect that a bigger one would give more even lighting because the delta in relative distance between the near side of the object to the lit wall is much smaller. I.e. with an 8" object in the center in a 48" tent vs a 12" tent it's 20/28 vs 2/10. The last light tent I bought was a very inexpensive camping tent with a white nylon shell and separate fly (camo) that I found at a garage sale for 10 bucks. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
