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Feb 28, 2010 01:01 |  #1

It is pretty basic - cardboard box, wrapped around 285HV. Painted inside black to reduce reflections. Here is the setup:

flash head is 54" from wall (285HV at 1/4 power)
Canon XSi at 1/125 f8 ISO 100
Sigma 24-70 EX DG at 24mm (56 for bottle shot)

285HV WIDE setting

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285HV NORMAL setting
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285HV TELE setting
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285HV SNOOT (appx 8" long / flash at TELE)
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DEMO SHOT - grabbed closest possible subject (it's lame, I know!)
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This simple modifier provides a lot of dramatic light and I look forward to using it. The only changes I would make is to round out the end (to avoid rectangular light patter), and maybe paint the inside silver (to see if it provides more diffused light at the exit). Having these in multiple lengths would be ideal too...

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Feb 28, 2010 05:20 |  #2

Forget the silver interior for the snoot. You'd find that the snoot would not control the light the way it does with the flat black interior. The whole idea of a snoot is to put a spot of light (controlled by the size, shape, and length of the snoot) on the subject. The silvered interior would make a significant change to the shape and control of the beam of light.


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