Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

Today's walkabout with the newly acquired manual Tokina RMC 80-200mm.......... This is a 4 shot pano taken with the SEL28-70mm though.....

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Tower of the Americas

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LeeRatters wrote in post #18588669
Today's walkabout with the newly acquired manual Tokina RMC 80-200mm.......... This is a 4 shot pano taken with the SEL28-70mm though.....

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Edit - foreground looks crap & blown on here May be because it was completely smooth untouched snow....??

Lee, I kept waiting for the bottom of the image to load. Then I realized it was snow. Cool illusion.

Which videos on YouTube say it’s blown out of proportion

masberg24 wrote in post #18588824
Which videos on YouTube say it’s blown out of proportion

Specifically, I can't remember .. I watched a bunch..

I'm not really interested in it.. but I still like to keep up.

I watch a variety of camera reviews regardless of whether Im interested or not

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Last night's efforts
First a pull back for Gene and one of the snaps (over 1400 again Lee
The pull back was 5 brackets and Vinz a stab at using RayaPro3 (not a clue what I'm doing--didn't you make
a vid????). Low light in the splash area so Poof had to hold still 3-5 seconds 5 times!
Oh, forgot for those curious. For the pull back I put a Zeiss Touitt on the a9

The splash/macro table has been upgraded with channels that allow the drip machine and/or the backdrop to be moved
for or aft depending on need.
This is the set up where we flashed the background only and no flash directed at the drops.

Lovely shot and thanks for the pull back. I in particular like the touch of blue near the base of the splash, reminds me of Harry Potters scar

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18589047
Last night's efforts
First a pull back for Gene and one of the snaps (over 1400 again Lee
The pull back was 5 brackets and Vinz a stab at using RayaPro3 (not a clue what I'm doing--didn't you make
a vid????). Low light in the splash area so Poof had to hold still 3-5 seconds 5 times!

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18589047
Last night's efforts
First a pull back for Gene and one of the snaps (over 1400 again Lee
The pull back was 5 brackets and Vinz a stab at using RayaPro3 (not a clue what I'm doing--didn't you make
a vid????). Low light in the splash area so Poof had to hold still 3-5 seconds 5 times!
Oh, forgot for those curious. For the pull back I put a Zeiss Touitt on the a9

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Awesome results MM and thanks for the pullback too. I'm sure I'll have a couple of questions after I study it a bit.

I normally bring both my Canon and Sony when I do portraits, mainly a trust factor with my Canon, but I decided to do all of these with just my a6500. I also found out that I have eye AF when using the Canon 24-70 f/2.8 II, bonus!!!

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idsurfer wrote in post #18587810
Great shots Carlo!
So when you're out and about with the ad200 are you having your wife hold it off camera? You're not bringing a light stand are you?

EDIT....Nevermind, I spotted it in the stroller!

Lol yeah. Sometimes I used the stroller...sometimes I placed it on a trash can or a nearby ledge or something. Other times my 9 year old son was put on lighting duty.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18587863
really soft light coming from that MagBounce even at strong power since you're at 1/8000

Carlo do you think the Magbounce is better at wedding receptions or only when there's high or no ceiling? I asked because i did not buy that one. I just bought the MagSphere.

EDIT: I can also use only the magbounce and if i want a more diffuse light, i will rotate it facing backward. or if i want a more directional light when there's walls, i can face it to the wall where i want. a lot of amazon reviewers though said it's heavy.

The light is actually kind of hard...its a small light source either way so the physics are what they are if you're not bouncing some of the light off another surface for fill. It's definitely not going to replace my big octaboxes.

For bounce flash, my go-to is still using the black foamie thingie method with the flashbender.

I think the magbounce works best as an off camera directional key light, with strong ambient light to act as fill. When the sun set on me and the ambient light was low, the light looks really hard. But it's really good for what it is if you use it correctly.

I do want to add the magsphere at one point for non-directional bounce flash (anti-black foamie thingie method) when the situation calls for that.

Basically all of these light modif are situational...which makes them a GAS nightmare.

Charlie wrote in post #18587882
You got me GASSY as heck, I looked up the mag mod, never saw that type of modifier. Only saw gels will definitely look for a mag kit, thanks for this.

Oh yeah its a super convenient system

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18587964
Nice. You're really tempting me to pick one up. We're heading back to WDW for the first time in 3 years and I think having an AD200 that I can hand to my wife so she can hold it and I can shoot would work really well. I was thinking about bringing my AD360, but I think that might be a bit ungainly.

The AD360 is pretty impractical because of the need for a battery pack. As usual, my wife did her usual "really? " reaction when I first pulled the AD200 out. But then she saw how the photos looked and she was all for it for the rest of the trip.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18587967
I don't think the light is that soft, the shadows cast by the magbounce still look fairly hard, it looks more like a really good balance of soft ambient and fill.

My thoughts exactly!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18589047
Last night's efforts
First a pull back for Gene and one of the snaps (over 1400 again Lee
The pull back was 5 brackets and Vinz a stab at using RayaPro3 (not a clue what I'm doing--didn't you make
a vid????). Low light in the splash area so Poof had to hold still 3-5 seconds 5 times!
Oh, forgot for those curious. For the pull back I put a Zeiss Touitt on the a9

Awesome mate, I’m planning on selling my macro but every time you post splash photos It makes me want to keep It and buy a splash kit