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Subject: Re: [OM] A question about flashes....
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:57:54 -0500
Cc: <T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
I have a couple 'clamp-on' shoes.  It's a big spring loaded clamp with a
standard shoe on the top.  The T32 slides in perfectly.  I made some stands
out of PVC pipe and can aim them anywhere I want.

Tom

> Hello all,
>
> Spawned by the recent discussion(s) about various aspects of flash
> photography as well as the fact that three nice T32 flashes w. long
> (5m) cables and a connector box are laying around at home, I want to ask a
> question.......
>
> How do you mount the flashes? The connector that fits in the accessory
> shoe of the camera doesn't fit anything else, and it's a but cumbersome to
> set up something usefull....at least without the (rather
> expensive and somewhat bulky) professional solutions, involving guiding
> lights, an umbrella etc. While I have (a single) of such setup's, it is
> too bulky to carry around, takes too long to set up and is not always
> pratical where space is a scare ressource.
>
> I was thinking more along the lines of a simple "hack", bouncing flashes
> off a wall or the ceiling, somehow mounting them in a non-destructive
> fashion on existing furniture.
>
> Does something like this exist allready, or will I have to hit the
> workshop and welder something myself? (could be an interresting exercise,
> considering the old saying of "watch out for programmers with
> screwdrivers in their hands"...)
>
> Any clues appreciated ;)
>
> Mange hilsner / Sincerely
>
> -------------------------------------------
>   Thomas Heide Clausen
>   Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
>   M.Sc in Computer Engineering
>
>   E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>   WWW:    http://www.cs.auc.dk/~voop
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