walao..
henry taiko thinking to get 1 liao..
hahaha

no la... i am thinking to build one...

wanna build one arr.. i think instead of using a box, build a wire frame and cover it with translucent paper. that way light can still get through. anothher way is to use food covers, those big hoods.. cut a whole on one side and u got a diy soft box!

mine us to have a look on ur light tent?

search ebay, u'll got a lot

quick shot of it. totally foldable..like an umbrella, maybe use an umbrella?





kinda small.. only for small objects but i'm broke now n thats the best i can afford

sorry bt the blur pics..

This post has been edited by clemong_888: Nov 5 2006, 11:10 AM

thanks for the pic


hmm....kinda got an idea of it....

just now i bought this


and make into this


and try this or with the light on top



how to make the light soft so that the object dint reflect with the light?

Here is the shot with the new tent, most of it with the light on top of the box













comment needed to improve the setup

judging from the output, ur flash is not diffused properly and covering everypart.

I marked (green circle) one of your photo on hot-spots. its there coz u shine direct from top, u can try move the a lil bit by lil away from the 'card board' to see the differ type of result, moving away gave u less-harsh lighting.

the othe easier way is go to buy the cube laundry bag, then use some hard colored card (u can pick the color u like as 'changeable' background), this work best also.

For this kind of 'set up' shot, u need hi contrast, hi sharpness, best/deepest DOF u can have. from the sample shot above, the DOF is slightly not enuf, the wheel is not sharp enuf. for example check out the shot below which I took earlier for Canon.



this one is using a single flash (SB800), D70's kit (18-70DX), the table lamp diffused by the laundry bag. and white manila card...

This post has been edited by Maniac: Nov 5 2006, 09:52 PM

Maniac

What advise can you give on my product shots?
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...dpost&p=7778093
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...dpost&p=7778097

i was trying to look for the cube laundry bag...guess wat, when the time u want to find it, u'll nv get it...b4 this i always see it in the place i go

anyway, thanks for the comment, i'll be back

generally not bad, but try more interesting angle and try not to include too many into one, if u insist, group most of them, and make one outstanding. some of the photo has a harsh bright reflective, these are the tough part loh.. i also headache sometime exspeciilly plastic/metal.


be patient, my friend, anger leads to the dark side hehehe

This post has been edited by Maniac: Nov 5 2006, 10:10 PM

Thanks.
I've tried to make one more outstanding before but the owner didn't like them. So I went with the plain but practical (for the company) style. They wanted the customers to be able to see all the colours.

Maniac's shots are good samples, nice and tight.

how bout the bulb using? how many watt is nice? the one im using is 18watt but with 100watt output

shud i try with other lower watt bulb?

Nolah ... the correct line should be "Fear leads to hate, hate leads to anger, and anger ... leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you, my young padawan"

"The Dark side will lead to Balance to the Force"

we prefer something faster, dark side lead to darkness, go get a new nikon hahah