Thanks for the detailed info Mark. Where does the flash bracket attach?
It's hard to determine from the photo. I would think it's too heavy for
the hot shoe.
Paul
On Jun 29, 2005, at 7:35 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
Hi Mark -
There's full technical data in my reply to Bill Sawyer.
I shot these at ISO 400, which helps even up the background lighting
(the insect itself it lit largely by the flash - note the dual
highlights in the dragonflies' eyes to get an idea of how the lighting
parses out. The bottom highlight is the flash, the top is the sun.)
In some respects, digital is harder than film for this kind of
shooting. I used to merrily shoot away with ISO 100 film hand holding
the camera at 1/250th, and got seemingly sharp images. But the greater
acutance of digital really brings motion blur to the fore - even
shooting at 1/350 it's hard to get a crisp shot with the *ist-D
handheld. So I use a monopod.
As noted, I used the A*200. I'm still using this bracket that I put
together a few years ago -
http://www.markcassino.com/essays/flash_brackets.htm
Though the Pz-1p has given way to the *ist-D and the Sunpack flash has
been replaced with the AF360FGZ.
The QR plate for the monopod goes into the camera's tripod socket.
HTH -
MCC
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www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts"
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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: GESO - Three Bugs
"Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's a mini gallery with three bug shots from the last few days:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/peso/GESO_June.htm
Great stuff as usual. What ISO were these shot at?
After the (relative) success at my casual attempts at insect
photography
last week I'm starting to get interested in pursuing this kind of
thing
a little bit more...
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
