I have one of those, received as a freebie with a subscription renewal, and
they do put out a lot of light. I had not thought about trying it with the
camera, but might give it some consideration.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Butterfly on Cosmos
> How about an LED flash light as a constant light source. I bought 8
> little ones at Harbor Freight last week because they were so cheap I
> couldn't pass them by. I had a sale coupon for $3.49 per pair but the
> cashier told me to put my coupon away. They were on sale that day for
> $2.00 pair.
>
> They're about 3-1/2" long by 1" diamter, have an anodized aluminum case,
> an array of 9 LEDs and 3 AAA batteries. Heck, I couldn't even buy 6 AAA
> batteries for $2.00 let alone get them packaged inside a flashlight.
> They're so bright I can't stand to look into the light for more than a
> second or two. One or two of these behind a small diffuser should throw
> a lot of light on a small subject.
>
> Of course, I don't know what you do about the color temperature. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 8/4/2011 7:33 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Very nice shot. I just like it. The Painted Lady has four spots that
>> should be visible in that pose, but the American Lady sure does look
>> similar. Dean is a super bug blinder and Walt was superb too.
>>
>>
>> http://www.millennics.com/olympus/tope/tope_show_entry.php?event=8&pic=5
>>
>> Agree that a bit of fill flash or sun can make the wing colors pop and
>> low angle lighting can bring out the texture.
>> I recall hanging out about 15min for the below Monarch to land again
>> turn wings into the late afternoon sun.
>>
>> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Macro-2010/12031654_kFQEi#1175882865_c4Ptf-L-LB
>>
>> A recent Cockamamie project has been to use remote fired flash bulb in
>> FP mode for such a situation. It will sync at any speed and is fired
>> about 20 msec before the first curtain.
>>
>> I can get my ye old FB bracket to start the burn on an OM2N but not
>> with the yabe radioslaves or my OM-2. With Tim's help I am replacing
>> the capacitor with a new
>> 4700 uF and we'll see if it is less fussy. Still the GN is a
>> f(shutter speed) and have to account for light loss from extension, so
>> it had better be a patient critter.
>> I may get an adapter for smaller FB's as the Big Berthas are massive
>> overkill and will likely irritate my B'fly visitors.
>>
>> Bfly's Beware, Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
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