New venture into Macro

[Don Hoey]

Harry,

From another perspective thats an interesting ' behind the scenes '.

I had not thought of connecting the camera to the laptop before. I spent well over a hour getting the logo on this shot in position as it was not visible in the viewfinder. Case of take a pic, card out and into pc, check, move things a bit and redo. http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...5&limit=recent

This view also shows your flash brackets very well. Very neat set up.

Thanks for the post

Don

[wolfie]

Thanks Don.

As you say remote capture as many benefits, but the only reason I used it in this case, is because I haven't got around to modifying my remotes to work on the 10D as well as the 300D.
No doubt I'll make the necessary modifications in the next few weeks before the macro season gets underway.

Have just been playing around with this macro setup again. Result attached.
All being well I should have my new macroflash this weekend.

Harry

[Don Hoey]

Another super shot Harry. Once again great detail maintained in areas of white. Superb detail.

Macro flash ............... that will be interesting.

Don

[Jon Sharp]

Originally Posted by wolfie

Kenny, I'm extremely sorry, I thought that I'd answered your last question.
So if it's not to late this is what I acquired.

I happened to be near a Jessop's outlet so went in to have a look at what they'd got and finished up buying 2 Jessop 150s flashguns, which have built in slave capabilities, the total cost being approx £35. Guide no. at 100 ISO = 15.

These are very lightweight and work quite well.
Attached are two shots one of the camera/light setup and also the resulting image.

Normally I use my 300D for this type of work mainly because I have a remote release for it.

However in this case as I wanted a shot of the flower and also one of the setup, I used my 10D conected to a laptop for "remote capture" of the flower and the 300D + cable release to take a photo of myself, taking a photo of the flower.

I wonder if you can understand my meanderings

Harry

Can I ask how you got over the pre-flash with this set up?

[prostie1200]

Hi Harry

I am fascinated by your shot of you taking the flower picture - do you actually see the image of the flower on the PC screen before you release the remote for the shot? - or does it appear on screen immediately after the shot is taken?.

Brian

[wolfie]

Originally Posted by Jon Sharp

Can I ask how you got over the pre-flash with this set up?

Jon My cameras are always set to fill-in flash, this disables the pre-flash.


Brian

"I am fascinated by your shot of you taking the flower picture - do you actually see the image of the flower on the PC screen before you release the remote for the shot? - or does it appear on screen immediately after the shot is taken?."

Brian, as there is no live pre-view on a DSLR (as yet) you cannot see the actual image prior to taking the shot, so yes it appears several seconds after the shot has been taken.

[wolfie]

Have now obtained my dedicated macro flashgun the Canon MT-24ex Macro Twin Lite Flash http://www.the-digital-picture.com/R...sh-Review.aspx

As I've been away for the weekend this evening as been my first opportunity to try it out.
I must say I'm totally blown away with the performance straight out of the box.

As there is so much to learn and digest, my first attempt was to use the flash on full auto using ETTL.

Attached is the result of my first photo using this remarkable flash gun. Nikon also make a similar product for their cameras.

When I've mastered the flash I will add further comments and results.

Harry

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by wolfie

I must say I'm totally blown away with the performance straight out of the box.

As there is so much to learn and digest, my first attempt was to use the flash on full auto using ETTL.

Harry

WOW

Don

[Saphire]

A double WOW!

[Jon Sharp]

Originally Posted by wolfie

...as there is no live pre-view on a DSLR (as yet) you cannot see the actual image prior to taking the shot, so yes it appears several seconds after the shot has been taken.

Are you using special software such as DSLR Remote Pro? I'm fascinated by this.