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MechaHerc
post May 28 2009, 02:25 PM

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Did I already mention that I'm a macro nerd? Well, this year I was photographing a lot of very small spiders and insects, and I was always fighting to get the necessary magnification. Even when using high-quality equipment like the Minolta 200/4 APO Macro G, combined with the Minolta APO 1.4× and 2× TCs, magnification often wasn't large enough. After cropping the images to the desired field of view, the loss of quality caused by cropping and by the TCs became quite noticable. So I started looking for a high quality lens that allows larger than 1× magnifications without using TCs or other accessories. Fortunately Minolta is making such a lens, the 3×-1× Macro Zoom. In fact, Minolta was the first to make such a lens, and they remained the only one for about a decade. It was only recently that Canon joined Minolta by producing their MP-E 65 mm 1-5× Macro.


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mean that MP-E65 is collaboration Canon & Minolta?
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post May 28 2009, 05:07 PM

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^ deng. i tot that video embedded lol. clik play dun wan to play.. tongue.gif
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post May 30 2009, 10:20 AM

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congratz hanafi bro for ur A900 thumbup.gif
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post Jun 2 2009, 10:48 AM

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QUOTE(Banzai_san @ Jun 2 2009, 10:37 AM)
agree  rclxms.gif
I didnt even notice / count the chairs. Too absord looking at the girl...  blush.gif tongue.gif
My peripheral vision I guess has too much bokeh. Sharp only at focus point...  brows.gif  blush.gif
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becos we normal guy.. must look at the girl 1st unless.....

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post Jun 2 2009, 11:28 AM

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albert, can u explain pro n con CLS system compare wit our wireless system. what CLS can do n our wirelesss cant do and vice versa?

yeah, i oredy know all our flash can do the job, biggrin.gif wht i mean is anything above that beginner stage..
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post Jun 2 2009, 02:13 PM

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QUOTE(cplow1 @ Jun 2 2009, 02:04 PM)
Good afternoon, i suppose every guru here already taken their lunch..

小弟got something bugging in my mind for sometimes, i tried to read thu google but i still dun understand.

Something about third party flash. For example :

#1 If we pasang a sony F42 third party flash on my camera then i start to take pic,
    When i press the "take picture" button, the third party flash will shoot instead of the pop up flash?

    or

    The F42 will shoot TOGETHER with the pop up flash?

#2 If i go genting lose money and no money buy F42, so i go buy a Falcon eye sony mount flash gun,
    Does works the same with F42 when i pasang it on my camera?
    Do i need to buy another device to trigger the Falcon eye to call him to shoot?
I cannot concentrate in my office becoz of these problem...hope everyone here can enlighten me ^^

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1) F42 not a 3rd party flash.. if u attached the flashgun to the camera, the pop up flash will not up..

2) dun go to genting n loose ur money there, better loose ur money straight to buy the F42 rather than gambling..

u have the money now why ur gambling?
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post Jun 2 2009, 03:12 PM

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QUOTE(albnok @ Jun 2 2009, 02:38 PM)
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ok bro thanks.. i only understand in case B.. The A case dun quite understand cos dun have A900 to try here.. i ask becoz i'm very impressed with this shot by xandman bro here, he using 3 flash
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n i wonder if i have multiple flashes can get 80% above like his shot.. with nearly same setting with his shot.. n oh ya the blue sentences.. i'm not guite sure about that.. later in home i will check. or if somebody have A200/A300 with urself now, can check for me pls.. smile.gif
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post Jun 2 2009, 04:12 PM

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QUOTE(soulfly @ Jun 2 2009, 03:38 PM)
In this photo, two soft-diffused light was used in the front - the main light, and the fill light which is set about 1-stop or so lower than the main light. Then there's the 3rd light as kick light for separating the model from the background, probably snooted. If you just have bare flashes, you wont get such pleasant tone. You'll need at least umbrellas.
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opss.. oredi double chek the page, yeah, he use 3 light, left, right, n behind the model..

QUOTE(albnok @ Jun 2 2009, 03:38 PM)
MechaHerc, the key to such a shot is controlling the spread of light. The main light on the model is big and soft; that may mean that he shot it through an umbrella from the top left of the frame. (You can tell by her shadow.) There is probably another light just to light the background.

I'm not sure if the A200-A380 have the Exp.comp.set function but if it does not, then it is assumed to be "Flash&ambient" all the time, meaning you change EV, and it affects flash also. You can try this - set your EV to -2, shoot a shot with flash. Then shoot the same thing with your EV at +2.

When I get back I'll post something done with 2 flashes in Case A. biggrin.gif
ok bro. later u show to me ar biggrin.gif.. back to the topic, multiple flash wit umbrella can get nearly same effect like that pic or not?
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ok bro. later u show to me ar biggrin.gif.. back to the topic, multiple flash wit umbrella can get nearly same effect like that pic or not bro?

QUOTE(AlphaBeta @ Jun 2 2009, 04:01 PM)
lol u took this from tim or xand? haha..yes they used umbrellas..
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by xandman in Nikon D40/D40x/D60 V5 thread.. n feel some heat there by *tooot* brows.gif brows.gif

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post Jun 2 2009, 04:39 PM

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QUOTE(albnok @ Jun 2 2009, 04:21 PM)
millenia3000: Don't think you can buy it.

MechaHerc: Yes, of course, umbrellas will give you the same effect. You can achieve exactly the same effect with Sony wireless flashes and umbrellas.
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that nice.. biggrin.gif our WL trigger wit popup flash, what about nikon n their CLS?
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D50/40/40x/60/5000 doesn't support using pop-up flash as wireless TTL trigger
wat about D70s, D200, D300?
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post Jun 2 2009, 06:03 PM

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more editing.
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crop becos the Season can is annoying, the head area too spacious + add some vignetting.

hope cjlai dun angry ar.. biggrin.gif

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post Jun 2 2009, 06:35 PM

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QUOTE(achew @ Jun 2 2009, 06:24 PM)
@mecha
i feel that its too warm..the skin already bcome reddish...
anyway..been resting for 1 week without shooting..heres my copy cat shot(from balakov's raintrooper)..

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err.. i dun edit the color.. only crop n vignett.. hmm hmm.gif

nice pic btw thumbup.gif
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post Jun 3 2009, 05:40 PM

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QUOTE(albnok @ Jun 2 2009, 03:38 PM)
MechaHerc, the key to such a shot is controlling the spread of light. The main light on the model is big and soft; that may mean that he shot it through an umbrella from the top left of the frame. (You can tell by her shadow.) There is probably another light just to light the background.

I'm not sure if the A200-A380 have the Exp.comp.set function but if it does not, then it is assumed to be "Flash&ambient" all the time, meaning you change EV, and it affects flash also. You can try this - set your EV to -2, shoot a shot with flash. Then shoot the same thing with your EV at +2.

When I get back I'll post something done with 2 flashes in Case A. biggrin.gif
ok bro. later u show to me ar biggrin.gif.. back to the topic, multiple flash wit umbrella can get nearly same effect like that pic or not?
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yo albert, regarding Exp.comp.set i oredi chek at my A200, it dun have Flash&ambient option, but EV-/+, so if like this still can do the job? izzit this option same wit flashgun output power?
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post Jun 3 2009, 05:58 PM

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QUOTE(albnok @ Jun 3 2009, 05:50 PM)
cassplayer: Digitalsmania, look for the Octopus DM-6. It's about RM50.

MechaHerc:

Manual power is not the same as flash EV; manual power is "absolute" while flash EV is "relative". And yes, EV+/- will affect flash EV.
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u mean, that option setting will absolute when i attach the flashgun? in other word, even i change - or + (in A200 body)it will not affect anything at flashgun?
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post Jun 3 2009, 06:09 PM

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lol, barry manilow. haha, nice concept achew.. biggrin.gif
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post Jun 4 2009, 02:06 PM

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The A800 word seems weird lol. the "8" is lower about 0.2mm there laugh.gif
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