On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:29:08 -0400, Greg Guarino
wrote:

On 3/21/2012 11:43 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:16:46 -0700 (PDT), Greg Guarino
wrote:

On Mar 20, 9:13 pm, Larry
wrote:
or this great deal http://tinyurl.com/7s695b8

Nah. I'm an available light guy, usually outdoors.

LUDDITE!


Next time you have
a day or two to waste check out the 1400 or so non-woodworking photos
I have on Flickr.

I already did that the last time you mentioned it. But I need to get
the computer talking to my Gecko G540 on LPT3 first, then build my CNC
router, then make some money...

I just found out that the new 64-bit computers can't use parallel
ports. I need an extra SmoothStepper motion control board at $155.
Anyone use them? Reviews?


I'll take an Eiffel Tower then, as big as you can manage. And an alp, if
it's not too much bother.

It is. What, I say "What do you think a CNC router is, son?"


So what do you use the umbrella for? (seriously) Portraits? Pics of your
work? Rain?

It can be used two ways. First, as a reflector. Second, as a direct
diffuser.

A light bulb shines a bright dot in the reflection off the furniture.
An umbrella diffuses it nicely, either way.

If your project is small, you can use a light box for the same
purpose, to prevent any single light source from glaring.

Are CFLs reasonable color-wise these days? Or at least
correctable in some way? Aren't there spikes in the spectrum, or am I
dealing with old information (and old brain cells to hold it in) ?

CFLs come in all sorts of color temps nowadays, but a nice daylight
bulb can be tempered to amber by the addition of an incandescent bulb
if you simply MUST yellow the damned photgraph. Many of the early
problems have been worked out (in both the bulbs and the CCDs) over
the years.

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