Elinchrom users only- whatcha got? (Mark II)

Sheldon N wrote in post #11460195
Concept testing for a possible Christmas photo idea. In previous years I've tried to shoot strobe against ambient indoor light (fireplace, Christmas tree, etc) to get a shallow depth of field "glowing tree" shot. Always a PITA since studio strobes can't really get down that low in power. Used speedlights, double diffused through umbrellas/scrims etc. Too much setup work and hard to get a soft but well defined light with a scrim.

Thought I'd try the 74" Octa, but with the Pocket Wizard MiniTT1/FlexTT5 on a 580EX II so I could just use autoexposure. Used a mess of ball bungees to get it to stay put.

There's potential there I think! Need to gel the flash warmer, maybe balance a little more ambient in, and get my daughter a haircut.

Shot at f/1.8 and ISO 800 with the 24L. I think I dialed in -1/3 EC and + 1 FEC.

Cool beans, Sheldon!

hey Rob, you still love that big chimera ?

Sheldon N wrote in post #11460195

This isn't the former occupant of the 600mm f/4L IS lens case is it? If it is, I can see why you had to sell the lens. I hope she has a real bed now. Lens cases tend to be lumpy.

Dave F.

FJ LOVE wrote in post #11460368
hey Rob, you still love that big chimera ?

Oh my, yes. I'm totally in love with it and still plan on expanding my collection of Chimera lightboxes.

The Quick Release speed ring with the short rods make the large softbox an absolute dream to setup and use.

tetrode wrote in post #11460414
This isn't the former occupant of the 600mm f/4L IS lens case is it? If it is, I can see why you had to sell the lens. I hope she has a real bed now. Lens cases tend to be lumpy.

Nope, this is her big sister. The former occupant of the lens case is about 7 months old now.

I do have to admit, I was all proud of my ball bungee implementation until I popped over to the PLM thread where you have a perfectly mounted Canon strobe with pocketwizard and power cable, all neatly firing into an indirect PLM.

Your custom setups are amazing!

Looks like it worked pretty well, Sheldon.

tetrode wrote in post #11460414
This isn't the former occupant of the 600mm f/4L IS lens case is it? If it is, I can see why you had to sell the lens. I hope she has a real bed now. Lens cases tend to be lumpy.

Dave F.

and I was using my tree as a backdrop.


Dave did you see the festivus link i posted?

TMR Design wrote in post #11460425
Oh my, yes. I'm totally in love with it and still plan on expanding my collection of Chimera lightboxes.

The Quick Release speed ring with the short rods make the large softbox an absolute dream to setup and use.

just checkin, i think i'm going to buy one on friday, looks like the snow will stop by then

Sheldon N wrote in post #11460430
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I do have to admit, I was all proud of my ball bungee implementation until I popped over to the PLM thread where you have a perfectly mounted Canon strobe with pocketwizard and power cable, all neatly firing into an indirect PLM.

Your custom setups are amazing!

Thanks, Sheldon, but a sizable percentage of my custom setups never see the light of day. The PLM+AC7 happens to be one that works very well:

Dr.Pete wrote in post #11456763
I'm no expert, but isn't an ad supposed to make it look like the product helps you take reasonably well-lit shots?

That was my first thought when looking at their advertising images. I've seen plenty of excellent work done with PCB stuff but never in their marketing.

http://www.white-lightning.com …s/abr/moon/slid​e/deb3.jpg

Bave wrote in post #11460570
That was my first thought when looking at their advertising images. I've seen plenty of excellent work done with PCB stuff but never in their marketing.

http://www.white-lightning.com …s/abr/moon/slid​e/deb3.jpg

Anyone surprised? Maybe CS will fix it, they're stellar.

sigma pi wrote in post #11460529
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Dave did you see the festivus link i posted?

Do you mean the link to the KTLA story about the inmate who declared Festivus as his religious holiday and scored kosher meals? Actually I hadn't seen that link until just now. He should have his sentence reduced for pure chutzpah.

I learned something. I never knew the origin of "Festivus". Like the judge in the story, I was NOT a Seinfeld fan. UGH!

Dave F.

FJ LOVE wrote in post #11460542
just checkin, i think i'm going to buy one on friday, looks like the snow will stop by then

Are you going to get the standard or the shallow? I have to say, the shallow is amazingly even and the light is gorgeous.

tetrode wrote in post #11460562
And you should be proud of your "out of the box" thinking with the big indirect octa. It does what you needed it to do in the way you needed it to do it.

Thanks!

Mic, I would just like to point out that even Dave is conspiring to get me to buy more stuff.

Sheldon N wrote in post #11460764
Mic, I would just like to point out that even Dave is conspiring to get me to buy more stuff.

I think the term is "enabler"