POTN Aussie Club #8 - Einsteins won't make you smart

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9675759
Ta. This is frustrating, but, oh well.

Associated question (funny how these happen): Do I worry about printer profiling, or do I just use my Epson A4 printer for home stuff, and get the pro stuff printed out? I'm leaning towards the latter, I must say.

I don't print anything at home.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #9676077
I don't print anything at home.

Yeah, I'm pretty much heading in the direction of just a screen profiler - anything up to A4 for me is on the Epson R230, anything else we print elsewhere.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #9676077
I don't print anything at home.

PS - did you check out those shots of the ND Fader I put up yesterday?

Best question heard so far today: "So, will you be bringing lighting?"

Yes, I've finally got to talk to the designer about what shots he wants for the Tigers membership mag.

Yes, I'm bringing quite a lot of lighting

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9676182
PS - did you check out those shots of the ND Fader I put up yesterday?

No, but I have now. (yeah ok, I sometimes skip a couple of pages)

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9667658
Bands a bit badly when set at 'max' (I think, but maybe I expect too much?), but I was running ISO3200, f2.8, 1/320

Hmmm, interesting. I guess they're essentially using two polarised filters to produce the ND effect.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #9676241
No, but I have now. (yeah ok, I sometimes skip a couple of pages)

Sensible, which is why I thought I'd mention it again.

Yup, exactly. Not sure if I'm annoyed or not.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9676199
Yes, I'm bringing quite a lot of lighting

Will there be room to park your B-Double ?

amsm wrote in post #9676433
Will there be room to park your B-Double ?

I'm hoping there will be room for the MX5! Parking at Punt Rd is awful.

OK, I'm taking a 1510 full of lighting gear. That's a lot for this job

@Juice,don't forget to check your MF/AF switch before you start shooting for the Tigers.

HI guys and girls!

Back from my trip down south, was great! Had a villa looking out onto which is a private beach for the resort. It was damn good! The day trip to Mogo Zoo was also awesome! Got a couple of hundred shots to get through and I'll post some up soon.

First things first though, gotta call Canon.

Ps. Nice taxes all! Mic that (I think it was mic) that yellow wall shot was good. Muchos vibrant! Oh, and Rai. Great work as usual (Although that first one was a re-post from memory).

Source ......Fredmiranda.com

I'm really not helping anyone* with this am I !!

Austen.

*Myself included !!

Still talking about these lights ay?

Holiday tax:

My brain is starting to hurt.

Coming from an electronics background, my understanding is that a stroboscope is a device, that once triggered, discharges a capacitor to provide a pulse of light. The length (in time) of that pulse is determined (first principles) by the size of said capacitor, and the current draw of the strobe tube (it's probably referred to as something else, but for this case let's call it that).

There are two ways to control the 'light burst'.

Control the capacitor charging time.

Fire a big-arsed SCR across said capacitor mid-way through the firing of the strobe, thus quenching the flash. (I'm guessing that this is what the einsteins will do).

Both methods will achieve the required exposure time, however the latter is highly inefficient.

As for flash timing affecting colour temperature, I'll need more information in order to be convinced.

To anyone who thinks I'm just being difficult, I was brought up to question everything. These statements may appear to be argumentative, they are merely points to encourage debate. Judging from the last two pages, there is little encouragement required.

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DigitalDabbler wrote in post #9677653
....There are two ways to control the 'light burst'.

Control the capacitor charging time.

Fire a big-arsed SCR across said capacitor mid-way through the firing of the strobe, thus quenching the flash. (I'm guessing that this is what the einsteins will do).

Both methods will achieve the required exposure time, however the latter is highly inefficient..........

As *I* understand it, the IGBT circuitry (effectively) works exactly the same as a Speedlight, that is, it doesn't "quench", as in absorb, the "excess" power, rather like a dirty-great-big knife-switch it just cuts the power to the flash-tube, leaving the excess power in the capacitors.

That's why your Speedlight batteries last far longer on lower power, the capacitors are not fully discharged, hence less battery power is required to "top them up".

So the efficiency is not affected in that no excess electricity is being "dumped".

Is the way I understand it !!

Austen.

DigitalDabbler wrote in post #9677653
........These statements may appear to be argumentative, they are merely points to encourage debate. Judging from the last two pages, there is little encouragement required.

Actually, I think there's very little "debate" going on !!!

Seems there's three or four of us potentially in the market for new (on-location) lighting gear and a similar number of options with a similar number of current users !!

It seems to me that with the probable exception of the E-Bay Specials (and, at their price, they may even have something going for them !!) there appears to be no "right" or "wrong" answer...........

Of the options being considered, D-Lite4's / Quadras / Einsteins / ( Rangers + Damos Profoto probably being a bit over-budget where's the Bowens fan-bois ? ) none of them get a "Shocking choice" rating, likewise (Rai and the Quadras excepted, but I suspect he'd also "allow" the D-Lite4's ) none of them get a "This is the only choice to get" rating !!!

So, for the amount of funds under consideration, I'm so grateful for all the guys inputs !!!

So, not "debate", just an active gathering of ideas !!

B.T.W...........Mic ( & Al ? ) back from Kayell yet ??

Austen.