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Flash gun attachment
Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? Eugene -- "and in the end, the love you save is equal to the love you made" |
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wrote: Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? sounds like a flash bracket, such as a stroboframe: http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?tablename=stroboframe |
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"nospam" wrote in message ... In article , eugene wrote: Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? sounds like a flash bracket, such as a stroboframe: http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?tablename=stroboframe No, I don't think it was anything like that. It seemed quite neat and unobtrusive. -- "and in the end, the love you save is equal to the love you made" |
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eugene wrote:
"nospam" wrote in message ... In article , eugene wrote: I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? sounds like a flash bracket, such as a stroboframe: http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?tablename=stroboframe No, I don't think it was anything like that. It seemed quite neat and unobtrusive. Well, it "is" neat and unobtrusive with the camera and flash on it. I have one (a different, larger model than the one shown) and other than getting the flash further away, it's not that noticeable. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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"eugene" wrote in message
... Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? Sounds like a Camera rotator/flash rotator bracket. There are a few popular ones: Tiffen: http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?...me=stroboframe Really Right Stuff: http://reallyrightstuff.com/flash/04.html Newton Camera Brackets: http://www.newtoncamerabrackets.com/default-old.htm Custom Brackets: http://www.custombrackets.com/script...?idproduct=130 There is also this one, which looks pretty compact, but I haven't heard from anyone who has used it: Dot Line Stealth: http://dotlinecorp.net/index.php?mai...uct s_id=6345 Some keep the flash in the horizontal position all the time and some are designed to flip the flash so that in portrait, the flash is also moved to portrait position (even though it is still above the camera). Canon do a flash bracket called a SB-E2, but to be honest, I don't see the point in it as it puts the flash to the side of the camera in landscape orientation, which means that you are going to have a potential shadow problem in landscape position. |
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"Allen Smithee" wrote in message ... "eugene" wrote in message ... Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? Sounds like a Camera rotator/flash rotator bracket. There are a few popular ones: Tiffen: http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?...me=stroboframe Really Right Stuff: http://reallyrightstuff.com/flash/04.html Newton Camera Brackets: http://www.newtoncamerabrackets.com/default-old.htm Custom Brackets: http://www.custombrackets.com/script...?idproduct=130 There is also this one, which looks pretty compact, but I haven't heard from anyone who has used it: Dot Line Stealth: http://dotlinecorp.net/index.php?mai...uct s_id=6345 Some keep the flash in the horizontal position all the time and some are designed to flip the flash so that in portrait, the flash is also moved to portrait position (even though it is still above the camera). Canon do a flash bracket called a SB-E2, but to be honest, I don't see the point in it as it puts the flash to the side of the camera in landscape orientation, which means that you are going to have a potential shadow problem in landscape position. Thanks for all that info. I eventually did remember that it was called a rotator and you have given me some good choices. They are a bit expensive right enough but I'll have a good look. Thanks again, Eugene -- "and in the end, the love you save is equal to the love you made" |
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"eugene" wrote in message
... Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? Sounds like a Camera rotator/flash rotator bracket. There are a few popular ones: Tiffen: http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?...me=stroboframe Really Right Stuff: http://reallyrightstuff.com/flash/04.html Newton Camera Brackets: http://www.newtoncamerabrackets.com/default-old.htm Custom Brackets: http://www.custombrackets.com/script...?idproduct=130 There is also this one, which looks pretty compact, but I haven't heard from anyone who has used it: Dot Line Stealth: http://dotlinecorp.net/index.php?mai...uct s_id=6345 Some keep the flash in the horizontal position all the time and some are designed to flip the flash so that in portrait, the flash is also moved to portrait position (even though it is still above the camera). Canon do a flash bracket called a SB-E2, but to be honest, I don't see the point in it as it puts the flash to the side of the camera in landscape orientation, which means that you are going to have a potential shadow problem in landscape position. Thanks for all that info. I eventually did remember that it was called a rotator and you have given me some good choices. They are a bit expensive right enough but I'll have a good look. Thanks again, Yeah, I think that most of them are over-priced for what they are. Once you have an idea what you want, don't forget to look on ebay. You may be able to find cheaper versions (don't know what the quality is like though) for around £15. |
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eugene wrote:
Sorry for pestering people tonight but I have another query. A couple of years ago I saw a wedding photographer using some sort of swivel attachment for his flashgun. It meant that if he was taking an upright photo, the gun remained above the lens thus avoiding shadows. I have searched for this but I cannot find it. It was a Canon camera he was using so presumably the attachment was also Canon. he told me he bought it in Dublin and it cost about £180. Anybody able to enlighten me please? Eugene Some time ago I made a "L" shaped aluminium bracket for my SLR which bolted to the bottom via the tripod thread and used a cable from the hot shoe to the speedlite. I glued a hot shoe from an old slave to the top of the cable socket and bolted another one to the bracket I made which allowed me to move the flash from top to side without disconnecting it. The only problem was in the coverage but a diffuser on the flash made up for the change from portrait to landscape orientation light fall off. Even if you had to by a couple of hot shoes, I couldn't see it costing more than a few bucks. Of course you might not see yourself as a "handyman" in which case you'll probably need to pay the money and get a store bought model! |
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