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Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
From: "Allen Coltrin" <hjlantern@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:35:44 -0800
They are quite different and expensive. But I would have to buy a piece at a 
time.

A

----Original Message Follows----
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: lighting
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:07:04 +0000

The umbrellas I used for the picture I posted a link to came from Spiratone, 
and so did the flashes -- about $20 each back then, best I recall -- 
probably about 1970. They were lost for many years, but I came across them 
recently -- there's five -- and they all still work. These are them:

http://tinyurl.com/2p7obj

If you're working in a tiny room, there's no need to overdo it.

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston

  -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 > They also come in fairly compact sizes.  This Photoflex 30" is a very
 > high quality one.  Excellent material and good quality stitching.  Worth
 > the price over the cheap oboy ones.
 > 
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=42501
 > &is=REG&addedTroughType=search>
 >
 > There's also a 27" from Lowel
 > 
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=1325&A=details&Q=&sku=32258&i
 > s=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation>
 > but I have no experience with it.
 >
 > Chuck Norcutt
 >
 > Walt Wayman wrote:
 > > I agree with Johann, and umbrellas can be folded up when you're done
 > > shooting. I've got a couple I've had for close to 40 years. They and
 > > the stands, which fold up too, take up almost no space over in the
 > > corner of the "toy room" when not in use, and umbrellas do give good
 > > diffuse light, if positioned correctly.
 > >
 > > http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1146.jpg
 > >
 > > And they provide an inexpensive setup, particularly if you've already
 > > got, or can get at a reasonable price, the flashes.
 > >
 > > Walt
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