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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · What do I need to assemble a macro set up? (micro four thirds) | |
A lot of excellent images here are produced with a diffused flash on the hot shoe. The best are where the diffuser reaches over the subject and acts much like the sky on a bright overcast day.
I find I get best results with a softbox but is is cumbersome and intimidating to the subjects.
With my E-M1 I am now using the pop-up flash which came with the camera as a radio trigger for two other system units.
One is out to the left side, on an L-bracket. Until it broke, I was using a little tilt flash shoe between the bracket and the gun. I then swung the bracket in towards the midline for very close shots. I now have a small shoe with a built-in ball swivel, so that the L-bracket can remain parallel with the camera, maintaining a more secure grip. (The hand grip on the L-bracket gives a useful alternative means of supporting the setup).
The other flash gun is on another small, ball swivel bracket, in turn mounted on a circular bracket meant to clamp a lens to a tripod, in this case clamping the flash to the lens barrel.
I am still trying to get the light output balanced between the two guns.
The biggest problem is that the pop-up flash pops down again at the slightest touch and then no flash fires.
The above works TTL with the camera in manual mode with a high sychro shutter speed (at least 1/160) and the flash in fill mode.
Harold
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