Posts Tagged ‘wizard’
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Today’s goals were to test some mountain bike set-ups and remote flash set-ups. I am hoping to put in a good display at the MTB world champs in September with both stills and video snippets.
VIDEO TESTS
The main test here was sound. I am using the JCV 3CCD HD camcorder because of its compact size, but the on board sound is none too crash hot. I’ve made a lead that goes from the 3.5mm stereo jack to 2 x XLR connectors. These are attached to RODE M3 9Volt Powered Microphones. I wanted external sound and to exaggerate the stereo affect by spacing the mics well apart.
The first example is with runners….
Then MTB’ers….the set-up is at the end of this one.
FLASH TESTS
I’ve still got quite a bit of work to do on this, but getting there. My main problem is the lighting and location. Full sun is not too good, full shade or heavily backlit are good, but you need to get a location of the course that has these conditions, and a descent spot.
The Dual flash is working well. Shot most of today at 1/1000 sec and f5.6. The PocketWizards work really well with the high speed sync. Hypersync is ok from 1/400 – 1/800, but over that it’s not all that good.
Heres a video of the last setup I tried….
Tags: camera, Canon, ETTL, fill, Flash, Mountain, Mountain Bike, MTB, photography, photos, pocketwizard, Ratio, remote, setup, ST-E2, strobe, test, wizard
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Some time ago I changed my beam cross trigger to 9 Volt to make batteries easier to get. However, I had no idea how long the system would work on such a small battery. The 12 Volt system would run for days, but it’s not so easy to get 12 V batteries when you travel.
The test in the video was to see how many switches you would get from a 9 Volt battery. I had tested “static” life at 5 1/2 hours, but I didn’t know if triggering would have a bearing on the battery life…….seems not. Check the Video.
I am guessing over 500,000 triggers will do fine. I hope to give the trigger a run at an event this weekend. We’ll see how it goes in the field.
Tags: 9, battery, Beam, bench, camera, demo, laser, pocket, remote, switch, test, trigger, Trip, Video, volt, Wire, wizard
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Yet another of the shots I’ve always wanted to do. A little cliche, but hey. It’s a part of my little elements project, this is, of course, fire.
This video will give you an idea of the setup used. Not all the secrets are here, like how to light the match, but that’s for you to work out!!
Tags: commercial, CTB, fire, Flash, FlexTT5, gel, lighting, match, pocket, remote, setup, smoke, strobe, Studio, Video, wizard
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
I’ve always wanted to do the standard water droplet photo, but never had the time on my hands……until a week or so ago.
Click Image or HERE to go to gallery
Here’s the studio set-up for the shoot…..
It was a bit of a laugh and good to have done….I do need to get a life though eh!!!
Tags: Blue, CD, Colours, Droplets, Drops, DVD, Flash, FlexTT5, Gels, pocket, red, remote, Studio, Water, wizard
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
I had a great week last week with Duane, Lucas and Matt from Sporting Images.Duane has a great attitude towards trying remotes and he let me give some shots a go.
The first shot we tried was from the under-pool port holes. I’d never been down under the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Center, so this was a great thrill.
This shot was not without it’s problems. My camera (1DMK2N) worked ok, but had to shoot at a challenging ISO3200. Duane’s amazing 5DMK2 was shooting at ISO6400 and the shots were amazingly clear, however, I couldn’t stop that set-up from falling asleep after a few minutes. My remote cables are home made and I hadn’t tried them on a 5D MK2, so they were likely the problem.
The second shot was a high shot of the starting blocks. It was a 1DMK2N at ISO3200 in TV Mode at 1/400th Second. The shot is part of an image montage product that Sporting Imagessell. This shot worked well……when I had it focussed correctly (I’ll get to that issue in a later post).
Images are from the 2009 Australian Age Championships. Images for sale through Sporting Images.
Tags: 2009, Age, Aquatic, Australian, Center, Championships, duane, focus, Hart, Olympic, pocket, remote, Sport, sportingimages, swimming, Sydney, underwater, Video, wizard, Workshop
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