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Hmmm thanks Rob. I think I'd use the spot metering and camera profiles the most. This one is the D version without the PW module built in, but I use sky ports anyway.

TwoShoes wrote in post #13094836
Is the Sekonic 758 a massive upgrade from the 358? I currently have a 358 but there's a 758 on the forums ridiculously cheap. I'd be out maybe $100 in the upgrade.

i'll take your 358 if you get rid of it

I'll let you know if I go ahead.

TwoShoes wrote in post #13094886
Hmmm thanks Rob. I think I'd use the spot metering and camera profiles the most. This one is the D version without the PW module built in, but I use sky ports anyway.

Then I'd jump on it.

random question for today
with all the hype about softbox, bd, gridded ones, etc. do you still use umbrella for ur photoshoot? silver/shootthrough? and how do u use it?

EVERMOIRE wrote in post #13094972
random question for today
with all the hype about softbox, bd, gridded ones, etc. do you still use umbrella for ur photoshoot? silver/shootthrough? and how do u use it?

I'm taking my white shoot throughs with me to the grave.

Yes, i still use them, usually in a shoot-through mode over head, either camera left 45 down, or straight over camera down.

They are much easier to use and usually a safe-mode for me, great light, no fuss. I haven't used silver much, i remember using them gripped up in the ramparts during a concert with some cinefoil to hide them and give me "stage" type lighting, but that was really about it. I've tried using them for rim and didn't like the effect too much personally.

http://www.engadget.co​m …ntiq-24hd-hands-on-video/

Enggadget has a little hands-on video of the new Cintiq, almost 30kilos Gezz!

EVERMOIRE wrote in post #13094972
random question for today
with all the hype about softbox, bd, gridded ones, etc. do you still use umbrella for ur photoshoot? silver/shootthrough? and how do u use it?

I still use a silver umbrella quite a bit. No reason not to use them.

I particularly like them for fill.

Sheldon N wrote in post #13093829
Something about this photo reminds me of another photo I've seen recently.

(the second picture)

LOL

sigma pi wrote in post #13094047
Dont worry about it...... I stuffed my tights that day.

"That day"?

EVERMOIRE wrote in post #13094972
random question for today
with all the hype about softbox, bd, gridded ones, etc. do you still use umbrella for ur photoshoot? silver/shootthrough? and how do u use it?

Mine are sitting in a box and have been for a long time now. With brolly boxes and the Softlighter which have better control of light spill (especially when compared to a shoot-through) and are just as easy to set up as umbrellas, I have no need for standard umbrellas anymore.

Csae wrote in post #13095087
I'm taking my white shoot throughs with me to the grave.

Yes, i still use them, usually in a shoot-through mode over head, either camera left 45 down, or straight over camera down.

They are much easier to use and usually a safe-mode for me, great light, no fuss. I haven't used silver much, i remember using them gripped up in the ramparts during a concert with some cinefoil to hide them and give me "stage" type lighting, but that was really about it. I've tried using them for rim and didn't like the effect too much personally.

http://www.engadget.co​m …ntiq-24hd-hands-on-video/

Enggadget has a little hands-on video of the new Cintiq, almost 30kilos Gezz!

wow that's so ridiculous but i want it
makes my bamboo fun look like a toy lol

sigma pi wrote in post #13093379
Man I wanted this as a prop but hell I cant afford this

http://www.google.com …ALk8Y2MBw&ved=0​CFsQ8wIwAg

http://www.flatpyramid​.com …sk-3d-studio-max-file-max

I probably have some laying around....

sigma pi wrote in post #13093379
Man I wanted this as a prop but hell I cant afford this

http://www.google.com …ALk8Y2MBw&ved=0​CFsQ8wIwAg

http://www.flatpyramid​.com …sk-3d-studio-max-file-max

Just curious, Mike. What kind of prop? What did you have in mind for those?

Csae wrote in post #13095087
I'm taking my white shoot throughs with me to the grave.

Yes, i still use them, usually in a shoot-through mode over head, either camera left 45 down, or straight over camera down.

They are much easier to use and usually a safe-mode for me, great light, no fuss. I haven't used silver much, i remember using them gripped up in the ramparts during a concert with some cinefoil to hide them and give me "stage" type lighting, but that was really about it. I've tried using them for rim and didn't like the effect too much personally.

http://www.engadget.co​m …ntiq-24hd-hands-on-video/

Enggadget has a little hands-on video of the new Cintiq, almost 30kilos Gezz!

TMR Design wrote in post #13095215
I still use a silver umbrella quite a bit. No reason not to use them.

I particularly like them for fill.

PacAce wrote in post #13095248
Mine are sitting in a box and have been for a long time now. With brolly boxes and the Softlighter which have better control of light spill (especially when compared to a shoot-through) and are just as easy to set up as umbrellas, I have no need for standard umbrellas anymore.

for me, i haven't use umbrella for like 1 year by now. but after watching american next top model season 16. i just want to try to use it now. well as a fill with bd/softbox as main at the same angle (not crosslighting or whatsoever)

Umbrellas can be very good tools but like any tool it has limitations, strengths and weaknesses.

If we forget about all the little opinions, preferences and nit picks about modifiers, the reality is that professionals are using umbrellas every day of the weak, by choice, and getting fantastic results.

There's nothing that says that a softbox is better unless it's the better tool for the job but as general blanket statements I tend to disagree.

It's very much like the argument about whether you can do full length work with smallish light boxes. Many will immediately tell you you can't do it, while others will do it all the time and do it well without a problem.

Umbrellas are convenient and powerful tools when used correctly and appropriately.

Ok, umbrella haters... let me have it.

BTW, ideally you want the fill to be coming from camera position, on axis.

The main thing I don't like about umbrellas is spill. If you're working in a limited space with walls around, an umbrella can create a lot of unwanted spill off walls/ceilings giving a flatter look with less contrast. If you've got a huge open studio then that's not nearly as much of a problem.

That and they don't do very well in the wind on location.