Sony A7x lounge

I'll sleep on the couch

Going for the batis 18 if I like it enough I'll sell the cv15... Verdict still out on the cv10

navydoc wrote in post #18022537
Very nice Carlo. I'm curious about your "a bunch of..." comment. It appears that there are two light sources in these images, the main light shot through an octabox/softbox and a hair/fill light. Did you use multiple flashes in two positions or am I not seeing light coming in from other directions?

So the lighting set-ups kind of vary because we were experimenting. But generally the key light is a 32 inch octabox at a 45 degree angle camera right. For the hair light we used a small 6 x 12 inch portable softbox at a 45 degree angle opposite of the fill. There's a 32 inch shoot through umbrella as a fill light directly to the left of the model. For some of the shots we used a 24 x 36 inch silver reflector in lieu of the umbrella. For the shots with the reddish tones in the backdrop we fired a gridded mini beauty dish with a red gel into the backdrop.

Used cheapo yongnuo 560ex ilghts for the whole thing.

mystik610 wrote in post #18022784
So the lighting set-ups kind of vary because we were experimenting. But generally the key light is a 32 inch octabox at a 45 degree angle camera right. For the hair light we used a small 6 x 12 inch portable softbox at a 45 degree angle opposite of the fill. There's a 32 inch shoot through umbrella as a fill light directly to the left of the model. For some of the shots we used a 24 x 36 inch silver reflector in lieu of the umbrella. For the shots with the reddish tones in the backdrop we fired a gridded mini beauty dish with a red gel into the backdrop.

Used cheapo yongnuo 560ex ilghts for the whole thing.

doesnt the recycle times go to hell with the YN? I use the RL 600 for such shooting when a lot of people are involved, and sometimes I'll have to chirp quickly and the YN can get in trouble keeping up, even if their main job is just fill. The RL 600 is a monster though, massive size and power. I agree with a bunch of lights though, whenever I strobe it, I've got all three lights out and reflectors. you want to "build" the light. Hair, rim, fill, background, you want to have that look on the fly, so best have your gear ready.

btw, beauty dish is likely next on my list, I kinda like the look.

Charlie wrote in post #18022787
doesnt the recycle times go to hell with the YN? I use the RL 600 for such shooting when a lot of people are involved, and sometimes I'll have to chirp quickly and the YN can get in trouble keeping up, even if their main job is just fill. The RL 600 is a monster though, massive size and power. I agree with a bunch of lights though, whenever I strobe it, I've got all three lights out and reflectors. you want to "build" the light. Hair, rim, fill, background, you want to have that look on the fly, so best have your gear ready.

btw, beauty dish is likely next on my list, I kinda like the look.

Recycle times were good enough to keep up when we would get into a flow of shooting and posing through a long series of shots. I think the highest we needed to fire the flashes at was 1/8th power and it worked fine.

So B&H or Adorama for the batis..Will they get then about the same time? Which might have the shorter backorder list

Didn't think I would ever hit the ISO usability limit on my A7, well last night I finally did.

12,800

FE 50mm 1.8 @ 1.8


6,400 and even 8,000 are gorgeous, but I don't ever want to shoot past 10,000 again.

My own fault for leaving my Canon 50mm 1.2 at home!

One more 85 Batis from me - PS I love this lens!

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eriet30 wrote in post #18022840
So B&H or Adorama for the batis..Will they get then about the same time? Which might have the shorter backorder list

Ordered mine from B&H but it appears to be back-ordered. Same as Adorama. Not sure which one would fulfill the order faster.

Trip is over. Begin the flights home tomorrow. The reasons for going to Iceland were landscapes. For Svalbard it was one certain animal. For the first three days I was thwarted-either trips were cancelled due to weather or just not within our reach that particular day. Definitely not my best pic but one of the costliest, craziest with the boat rides to get to the colonies, and most worrisome in that I wouldn't get one. I've imaged a lot of animals but Odobenus rosmarus has been tops for a long time=maybe a spirit animal Ha! But today the weather turned incredible, the Arctic Ocean was like a mirror and our big Zodiac could cruise along at 39mph. The whole trip just today took 11 hours but man was it so worth it-

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^ MM, glad to hear you finally got your walrus. That sounds like one crazy trip!

In front of our house, we have some maple trees. In one of our maples, a female Northern cardinal has built a nest. In the nest are a few fledglings. I don't know how many because I don't want to disturb the nest. A beautiful red male cardinal watches over the nest from the roof of our house. I grabbed a few shots from our window. Here is one where the light in the eye of the female turned out nice. Heavy crop with the 70-200L II. Next time, I will use the teleconverter.

Our son is very fascinated by all this. We have to be careful not to disturb the family.

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Awesome experience for you and the family.
Love the catch light in the eye.
I hope I see when you post up with the teleconverter, bet they will be just as sharp....let us know about the AF speed.

Love the colors on your recent shots Eddie. ♥