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Of Mice & Men. by Derrick Austinson Photog Via Flickr: Of Mice & Men. Madison, WI @ The Loft May.28.2010
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Of Mice & Men. by Derrick Austinson Photog Via Flickr: Of Mice & Men. Madison, WI @ The Loft May.28.2010
Recycling by Joe Crocco Via Flickr: Strobist: SB-600 above and behind bottle @1/4 power, with a 1/4 Honl grid. SB-24 camera left @1/16 power,with an 8 inch snoot. Black cards camera left and right. Strobes fires with cactus V4's.
Wine Glass & Bottle-O-Joy! by Rik Ruff Via Flickr: It was Karl Taylor's video (www.karltaylorphotography.com) that inspired me to make an attempt at duplicating his shot. I spent about 30-minutes gathering the props--wine & bottle was easy, finding faux wood shelves which was taped together to look like a table, adding my own hand-painted backdrop (2-blind shades also taped together), then using my speed lights, scrims, and a flashlight to illuminate the label. Now that the temps have been warming up, the house was also doing the same. It was 81-degrees when I finally had everything setup and snapping shots. We refuse to turn on the A/C this soon so I did what I could (for an hour!) before I was happy with the shot :P I don't' recall doing much editing…well, maybe some spot healing here and there, but I did finish the job by adding a little vignette. The best part of all of this…drinking my favorite subject before heading off to bed! Camera/Lens: Nikon D700 with 85mm f/1.4D 1/80th of a second @ f/3.5, -3.7 EV ISO 200 Speedlights: SB-600 (Manual 1/64th power @ 24mm) w/ soft box (camera Left) + scrim SB-900 (Manual 1/32nd power @ 24mm ISO 100) w/ Orange Gel + soft box (backlight) Octagonal Softbox (Coolights 3-in-1) (camera Right) + scrim Triggers: Mini-TT1 & Flex-TT5's Direct Light: Flashlight with handmade snoot + Orange Gel (@ bottle label)
Nikon SB-700 Released!
No, it's not a joke. Press release: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091509sb700.asp What I consider to be major upgrades from the SB-600:
Commander capable (up to 2 groups). Now there are four commander options for Nikon (in addition to the popup flash): SB-700, SB-800, SB-900 and SU-800.
Head rotation: 180 degrees to both sides according to Nikon.
Zoom coverage up to 120mm.
SU-4 optical slave mode. See here.
Other features similar to the SB-900 such as the interface, light distribution pattern, support for gels, overheat protection, etc.
What I consider to be notable missing features:
Power - the press release gives a GN of 38m at 120mm zoom, 100 ISO. I'm guessing the 35mm zoom is 1 stop weaker, meaning about 27m, which is a bit weaker than Nikon's stated GN for the SB-600 (30m at 35mm zoom, 100 ISO). The cynic in me thinks this is intentional on Nikon's part to force us to buy more. :)
Not unexpectedly, the price is much higher than that of the SB-600, at $329.95. I guess this is a viable alternative for those who were disappointed with the discontinuation of the SB-800. Fortunately, the SB-600 is still listed on Nikon's website (for now) as a more affordable (and possibly more powerful) alternative.
Fireman's Turnout Gear by Joe Crocco Via Flickr: Strobist: SB-600 High camera left @1/4 power with a 1/4 inch grid. SB-24 Low camera right, @ 1/16 power, with an 8 inch snoot, raked across the cinder block wall, Strobes fired with Cactus V4's.
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