On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:45:16 -0400, Greg Guarino
wrote:

On 3/22/2012 12:39 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:29:08 -0400, Greg
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?"

You have to get the extra-depth option.

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.

Troglodyte though I may be, I get that part. I was wondering what YOU
use it for.

Yeah, I got it after replying. I don't do too many projects that are
filmable inside, so it was mostly for product shots. And I once had
an short-lived idea about becoming a photographer. I dropped that
after talking with a few around town. They're underworked and unhappy
at the number of really decent cameras around for dirt-cheap prices.
They still do superb work, but the layman can do a lot better nowadays
and doesn't want to pay for a photographer. I felt the same thing
happening in web design, starting about a decade ago.

Anyway, 'product shots and the errant portrait' is the answer.


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,

Allegedly, but I was under the impression that the inherent light
production was not just skewed, but "spiky". Thus the adjustments made
to imitate "soft white" or "daylight" would still be different from what
we would have expected those terms to mean in the past. But hey, I

If a person was upset over fluor lighting, they were probably upset
over incan, film, and digital photog all along. Sosolly.


watched this the other day, so who knows what technology may bring. :

http://youtu.be/JWDocXPy-iQ

Gumby'd be soooo proud!

--
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
-- Jimi Hendrix