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AeroSmith
26th of May 2006 (Fri), 10:26
Yesterday afternoon UPS dropped off the new MT-24EX I ordered from B&H. Earlier in the day I bought another orchid to help welcome the new flash unit.

The flash came packaged in a nice dedicated Canon carrying case. And the whole kit and kaboodle (control unit, cables, two flash units and mounting ring) is much lighter than I had anticipated. Lighter is good! It's a neat piece of gear. I haven't really given the manual more than a glance. And I kind of messed up last night by taking everything at ISO 400 when I should have been using ISO 100. But even here in the very early part of the learning curve (and with the wrong ISO) I am amazed at what this flash, mounted on the end of an EF 100 macro, can do. This is the most fun since I got the 5D! I must have shot 150 photos last night and this morning. Given that I've got to work to pay for this little bugger I've only had the chance to process a few images this AM. Hopefully I will improve with this setup. Shots one and two are uncropped.


f/22; 1/200s; ISO 400 (woops).
http://aerosmith.smugmug.com/photos/71654979-L.jpg




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And, yes, it can be used for portraits too. That's as long as you don't mind two highlights in each eye.
http://aerosmith.smugmug.com/photos/71656255-M.jpg
Sayer
26th of May 2006 (Fri), 14:45
Congrats!

I just got this flash recently as well. You may want to check out the Sto-Fen diffuser that's made to work with it. It seems to help quite a bit.
Omri Alon
26th of May 2006 (Fri), 15:31
The lighting is awesome :D Congrats :D
AeroSmith
26th of May 2006 (Fri), 15:38
Congrats!

I just got this flash recently as well. You may want to check out the Sto-Fen diffuser that's made to work with it. It seems to help quite a bit.

LOL, I just ordered the Sto-Fen diffuser(s) this hour.

Thank you both! :)

PS. I just posted a nice Lady of the Night orchid shot over on the Nature forum if you want to see another shot with this flash. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=174216
RazorIX
26th of May 2006 (Fri), 17:29
I've just purchased a MT-24EX yesterday and I also did wonder about the ability to reduce the glare caused by the flash. The sto-fen diffuser sounds brill and I've just ordered one myself.

Thanks for the heads up!

Mark
chemicalbro
27th of May 2006 (Sat), 02:52
very nice a problem with using 2 flashes in close proximity is that the lighting can end up looking kinda flat.... when i'm using a ringflash i always have one side much more powerful than the other which adds to the apparent depth of the shots