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Adam Svoboda
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Heres the MM on a ruler.
shot with 20D
No adjustments, only resize.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9762/mg26511cw8.jpg

Edited on Mar 22, 2008 at 04:03 PM



Mar 22, 2008 at 04:03 PM
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p.3 #2 · p.3 #2 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


Reckon that is only just over 7:1 ? -- 22.5/3.2

Brian V.



Mar 23, 2008 at 03:07 AM
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p.3 #3 · p.3 #3 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


I only haw my dads old yashice external flash. Can anyone please suggest what can I use to defuse light?



Thanks.



Mar 24, 2008 at 09:54 AM
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p.3 #4 · p.3 #4 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


from the bench..............






Edited on Mar 25, 2008 at 12:17 AM



Mar 25, 2008 at 12:13 AM
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p.3 #5 · p.3 #5 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


WOW
And I thought my rigs looked crazy.

My main set up is a ringflash but I also use a FL 50 and a softbox2 on a boom as well as a smaller flash on a cord.

Ringflash on my 330 along with the my helper. (very cheap, worked for crickets)

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/Jimindenver/Bugs/P8123522.jpg

JimB



Mar 25, 2008 at 10:19 PM
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p.3 #6 · p.3 #6 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


I use a flashlight and cheap close-up lenses...sometimes the on-camera flash dialed way down

seems to work for me

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2113/2354714086_8679340736_o.jpg



Mar 26, 2008 at 01:57 PM
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p.3 #7 · p.3 #7 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


Here's my redneck dual Bud Light beer can snoot setup (original single snoot design by LordV and he gave me permission to publish this):







No Flash, P-Mode:


With dual macro flash snoots:


No Flash, P-Mode:


With dual macro flash snoots:


With dual macro flash snoots:


I plan to make a more robust paper towel diffuser on the main snoot this weekend.

Here's a link to more images and my youtube build video.

-Roy




Mar 28, 2008 at 08:54 AM
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p.3 #8 · p.3 #8 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


2X - 6X setup with focusing light & flash diffuser.............






Edited on Mar 29, 2008 at 12:44 AM



Mar 29, 2008 at 12:21 AM
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p.3 #9 · p.3 #9 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


Well, I came across this link in the Lighting forum: DIY Ring Flash So I decided to make my own. I didn't follow his instructions to the "T" but the result is just about the same. Diagram and BOM here: Parts List

Sorry about the volume of images, but it should help explain the "cause and effect".

http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_01.jpg


http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_02.jpg


http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_03.jpg


http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_04.jpg


http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_05.jpg


http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_06.jpg


http://www.motleypixel.com/public/posts/diy_ringflash_07.jpg


-Roy



Jun 26, 2008 at 11:49 AM
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p.3 #10 · p.3 #10 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


I'm going to add my Foam ring flash while this is up.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k203/denverwingsfan/E%203/macro/cam2.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k203/denverwingsfan/E%203/macro/cam1.jpg

I don't have pics of my boom set up for the fl 50 and soft box II



Jun 26, 2008 at 08:50 PM
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p.3 #11 · p.3 #11 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


Made a modification to my DIY-twinlight yesterday....

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Its actually a two-tunnel, pointed downwards. Alum-foil on the inside walls and two shampoo bottles.



Jun 26, 2008 at 10:45 PM
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p.3 #12 · p.3 #12 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


This is a great thread, with lots of useful ideas. Here's my meagre contribution, built just last night. Background: the E-3 with Sigma 150mm and FL-50, just to give an idea of the size and distances involved. Since the Sigma 150mm has a working distance of about 15cm from the front element, I figure I want the light to begin focusing down just around the end of the lens.

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/macrophotography/FL-50_macro_snoot/Fuji002w1.jpg

I built the snoot out of thin corrugated cardboard that I salvaged from a box for an electric house fan I bought a few days ago. I selected this material since it was handy, nice and rugged, easy to form, and it had a kind of plasticized finish on the outside that should help preserve it a bit better.

After cutting it to shape, I lined it with 75mm wide adhesive-backed glossy aluminum repair tape from the local home center; here's what it looked like (upside down).
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/macrophotography/FL-50_macro_snoot/Fuji004w1.jpg

And mounted on the flash:
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/macrophotography/FL-50_macro_snoot/Fuji009w1.jpg

I then covered the opening with some left-over plastic sheet I originally purchased for the softbox I built last year. Right now I've only attached the plastic with cellophane tape since I want to experiment with materials as I go along.
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/macrophotography/FL-50_macro_snoot/Fuji011w1.jpg



. . . and a couple of quickies from the garden:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/macrophotography/FL-50_macro_snoot/P8122875w1.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Peregrinor/macrophotography/FL-50_macro_snoot/P8122862w1.jpg



Aug 11, 2008 at 09:43 PM
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p.3 #13 · p.3 #13 · Whats your macro lighting setup?


wow! these are crazy!!!!

i just put a 1 litre carved up milk jug on top of my siggy ef500 dg super!



Aug 12, 2008 at 12:14 AM
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