Sony A7x lounge

Speaking of updates, I've still not done the uncompressed raw update on the body yet. Probably not going to use it most of the time but want to have it installed for certain landscapes. Need to make a point of doing it, the sony firmware process scares me a little though

do it on a laptop so power loss is not an issue. You have the option of turning the feature off, so no harm with the update.

xpfloyd wrote in post #17787609
The weather better change soon. Im itching to photograph something proper. Heres my current landscape lens lineup

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Bchg​Hk Landscape Kit by xpfloyd, on Flickr

navydoc wrote in post #17788563
A little something I picked up a week or so ago...I can sum it up in one word...smoooth!

Chivas Regal, Gold Signature, aged 18 yearss

(Nadim, for this shot, I used a bounce umbrella + ambient in manual mode.)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/ACjn​eZ Chivas 18 by Gene, on Flickr

Very nice.

What I like about your "product shots", Gene, time after time, is the smooth lighting you have at your place.
The choice of backgrounds (the wood paneling for example, behind most of these shots) makes a huge difference compared to the starkness of my walls, for example.

Charlie wrote in post #17788720
do it on a laptop so power loss is not an issue. You have the option of turning the feature off, so no harm with the update.

Its more the fear of bricking the camera actually doing the update. I much prefer the canon way of putting the file on a memory card and inserting.

navydoc wrote in post #17788588
Looks like it hit focus fine for you, disregarding the noise.

this, and its shot at 25600! looks great to me.

Bit off topic but can anyone advise me on what I need to take some reflected type product shots (something like this - http://www.noupe.com …e-product-photography.jpg and this - https://www.clavister.​com …amily-front-2700x1900.png). Is it just glass thats used or can acrylic/perspex be used? Whats the cheapest way to achieve this?

i used flexiglass from lowes. it's actually just a clear plastic.

xpfloyd wrote in post #17788758
Bit off topic but can anyone advise me on what I need to take some reflected type product shots (something like this - http://www.noupe.com …e-product-photography.jpg and this - https://www.clavister.​com …amily-front-2700x1900.png). Is it just glass thats used or can acrylic/perspex be used? Whats the cheapest way to achieve this?

Anything reflective will work. Most people use plexiglass.....I use the top of a subwoofer with a piano black finish hah

Most important thing is to control the direction and the spill of your light sources

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/x3cq​ka

vinmunoz wrote in post #17788760
i used flexiglass from lowes. it's actually just a clear plastic.

Thanks Vinz. I assume then if you wanted it black you would put it over a black material and if white a white material etc?

Excellent, thanks for the info Vinz/Carlo. I will pick up a bit of plexi and have a play around. I want to try and get better at lighting these type of shots. Good winter project for me

Edit - Ive done it this way before using my old kitchen table which was glass but it gives a sort of double reflection at times

Photo from Eddie's gallery.

^I think the double reflection looks way cool.

And don't worry about the update. I've found a laptop and IE work best. Chrome has failed me many times in the update and also with Playmemories apps.

I've updated Nex-5,6,7,A6000,A7R,A7S, A7Rii and never bricked one. If I can do you'll have no problem.

xpfloyd wrote in post #17788772
Excellent, thanks for the info Vinz/Carlo. I will pick up a bit of plexi and have a play around. I want to try and get better at lighting these type of shots. Good winter project for me

Edit - Ive done it this way before using my old kitchen table which was glass but it gives a sort of double reflection at times

Gallery photo:
posted by Eddie originally in forum: Sony Digital Cameras

Cool shot.

High-key white infinity and low-key black infinity have their own challenges, but for the low-key shots, the trickiest part for me is keeping unwanted light and reflections out of the frame, and getting the reflections in the right places. The cognac bottle shot you posted looks like they used a couple of strip boxes.

For the shot of the a7II I posted, I used the rogue speedlight grids on two speedlights....one shooting downwards in front of the camera as a key light, and a rim light to separate the camera from the background.

Out kitchen has three bicycles where most normally have a kitchen table

digital_AM wrote in post #17788031
Vin, your portraits are top notch! Keep up the great job.

Another view of the kitchen. The island has the cooktop, oven, and microwave providing that clean look we were after.

IMAGE LINK: https://alfredomora.sm​ugmug.com …i-F9jzNZp-XL.jpg&lb=1&s=A on Smugmug

I so need to learn how to do this, very nice

navydoc wrote in post #17788563
A little something I picked up a week or so ago...I can sum it up in one word...smoooth!

Chivas Regal, Gold Signature, aged 18 yearss

(Nadim, for this shot, I used a bounce umbrella + ambient in manual mode.)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/ACjn​eZ Chivas 18 by Gene, on Flickr

Nice picture. Here's what I've been drinking lately.