Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (2)

weka2000 wrote in post #3958801
Yep ...hope your screen is not to bright

that reminds me. people always tell me that my screen IS TO BRIGHT lol how do u calibrate them and stuff

weka2000 wrote in post #3958740
Keep that up and I will show you a photo of a big thing

hey aren't we moving on from the old thread ? I don't think we need to go down that path again.

I do mine the budget way, I get a big print of one of 'my straight out of the camera' images from my local and then sit it beside the monitor and adjust it so they look similar.....

who knows if that is the right way to do it, but that's what I do........

sothen wrote in post #3958919
I do mine the budget way, I get a big print of one of 'my straight out of the camera' images from my local and then sit it beside the monitor and adjust it so they look similar.....

who knows if that is the right way to do it, but that's what I do........

o yeah. i have a few big canvases printed on my wall would they work?

actually no cuz theyve all been p&pd

Alternatively, you buy a cheapish device for calibrating monitors such as the Huey items and do it exactly.

manipula wrote in post #3958971
Alternatively, you buy a cheapish device for calibrating monitors such as the Huey items and do it exactly.

how cheapish are they?

Erm here, a standard Huey is about £60, the Pro is about £100 off the top of my head. They're the cheapest devices I've seen that work, I bought the Pro because I'd seen a very in depth test on all the types here in the UK and the Huey Pro came first essentially, only losing out on minor spec to a device at £400 which was so complicated to use it gave the testers headaches. For that reason and because I get a discount at work which made it cheaper, I bought the Pro, though I have to admit to not knowing without looking what the real differences between the two specs are.

I use two monitors side by side running off their own respective PC's, and we're just about to add a laptop to the family. Knowing they all show the same colour has revolutionised my editing. And the Huey gadgets are painfully simple to use.

On the topic of colour tones though, where did Tony get that greyscale chart on his site from and how do you vouch for its authenticity?

manipula wrote in post #3959106
On the topic of colour tones though, where did Tony get that greyscale chart on his site from and how do you vouch for its authenticity?

Its called google...and its close enough for people at home who are neither computer experts or photographers and dont have colour correcting devices

manipula wrote in post #3959106
though I have to admit to not knowing without looking what the real differences between the two specs are.

Same device, different colour management software.

The pro just makes it easier to manage multiple monitors, multiple profiles etc.
Depending on your graphics drivers, and the software you are working with, often there are otherways of doing it.

Ok reading all this "off the camera" flash stuff. Let me see if I have got the guts of it

1) Manualy expose for the ambient light (hightlights)
2) Manually dial in flash unit to expose for shadows
3) Take photos and wait for everyone to go wow

hahaha - pretty close there weka......

it's not always wow, sometimes more a muted 'huh'...

So who in the BOP surfs out of interest sake? I'm heading off to Omanu for a dip if anyone is keen - I have to do a job first so I'll be at the surfclub at about 2pm - look for the blue falcon xt.

I've got a shoot on Sunday where I could really use this off camera flash thing. Except I've a 580EX and that's it. I can't afford to buy a set of triggers and extra guns, and am unlikely to persuade my colleague to lend me her setup and am thinking hard, and failing, to figure out how I can do it.

I'm presuming Mr sothen that bouncing the flash off a reflector into the shot loses the impact? Which leaves me with the idea of getting myself an off-camera cord, cutting it in half and trying to extend it and hoping it works...

bouncing into the reflector will work just fine - as long as you are close enough or the ambient light isn't too bright.........I'd go for your second option there though - it would work a treat!

Cool, cheers for that. Now to find a guide to extending the cable...