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Subject: [OM] Re: This morning's Cameta list
From: Tim Randles <tim.randles@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:28:43 -0700 (PDT)
I'm a big baffled with this at the moment but I'm probably off work for the 
month of December, so this will be archived for my time then. Thanks so much 
for this, It is pretty high on my to do list these days. I have a couple family 
portrait opportunities coming up and want to get nice images.. This will really 
help.

Cheers... Tim


Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: To make the rig pictured here

you also need an umbrella bracket.  This one uses a Bogen bracket which 
costs over double the competition from Impact.  If I were to make any 
more I'd probably use this Impact brand bracket as both less expensive 
and more versatile since it includes the flash shoe which you may or may 
not need.


My rig is pictured on a small tripod but I actually use it on a small 
light stand which is lighter and more convenient.  My last light stand 
purchases were the heavy duty 13' stands from these guys.

I thought they were as well made as anything else I've seen lately and 
cost considerably less.  I assume that their smaller stands would be 
equal value.  These guys have their own web site but you're better off 
buying via ebay.

You also need a strip of metal with a few 1/4" holes drilled in it to 
mount to the stand and to mount the flashes.  My metal strip is a piece 
of flat 1/8"x1" aluminum stock from Lowes.  If you look closely you'll 
notice that there are two unused holes in the ends of the bar.  I 
originally designed this thing to hold four T-32's by installing two of 
them outboard from the others and hanging upside down for clearance. 
That turned out to be a lot more power than I needed from a portable 
flash.  To use that 4-way rig as TTL you'd need a multi-connector.  When 
used with a radio transmitter I just put optical triggers on the base of 
the other two T-32's with the sensor pointed at the umbrella.  You can 
buy inexpensive optical triggers from Ritz Camera in the US for about 
$12 or find the same thing on ebay.  The ones from Ritz have the contact 
in the middle of the shoe and you can turn the sensor in pretty much any 
direction and still be able to point the flash forward.

Chuck Norcutt

Tim Randles wrote:

> Chuck,
> 
> Thanks  very much for this posting, I have been wondering how I could
> do some inexpensive lighting for larger shots like the barn pic, and
> this is a pretty clear explaination how I can build up my own
> portable lighting system without too much cost. I would much rather
> put my $$ into a couple good lenses than on expensive brackets and
> lighting equipment.


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