Recent content by NorthernNikon

The simple answer would be to use a 2nd light stand or a MagicArm to to hold the flash closer to the centre of the umbrella. The really simple answer though is not to worry about it. If you're that concerned about even spread of light on your subject you probably should be using a softbox or...

Nikon use the terminology "Micro" for their close focus lenses instead of "Macro." Historically "macro" was applied to lenses that produced an image on the focal plane larger than life-size. Today it tends to be applied to the final image rather than the focal plane, and few Macro lenses are...

Well if you're your knickers aren't twisted something else must be skewing your logic. How can I think you're wrong when I don't know why you think the way you do? Nothing you say is back up by any reasoning or explanation. If it were, there would be something of substance to actually agree or...

You could always look at the Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 AF-S which would give you the equivalent focal length of 90mm on your D90, alternatively, the Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 AF-S, would be roughly equivalent to 52mm on the D90 and is very highly rated for it's very reasonable price.

As I said previously, you stated your opinion as fact. As I also said previously, the same opinion was, and remains, unsubstantiated. Feel free to explain why you hold your opinions, then others can either learn something from them or at least decide whether to value them or disregard them...

I never suggested using 14-24/2.8. Any sensible person having read my posts would infer that I was referring to the 24/70/2.8 and 70-200/2.8. Having said that, if given a 14-24/2.8 I could use it for portraits and get them published. I'd have a much harder job doing that with the 500/8...

Not unless I've completely misinterpreted it. I read it to be restrictive, one person would see only one type of portrait as being a portrait, another only a different type. Thus, neither would see what the other held to be a portrait as a portrait.

Of course it's daft. It's purposefully daft to show how daft your unsubstantiated statement was. You obviously don't understand the meaning of the word hyperbole then.

I don't see how. The term predates photography and merely describes a representation of a person/persons. People can't just ascribe their own definitions to terms with commonly held definitions without causing anything other than confusion. Two people might both have different ideas of what...

Then it shouldn't have been staed as fact. :razz: Where's the hyperbole in my post? Yes, we're all different, and that's why it's important to put reasons behind statements of either fact or opinion so that others can make up their own mind. It also helps to avoid hyperbole. I doubt...

The older Nikon SB-28 offers FP sync but whether it offers it with your body is another matter. I'd stick with the newer Speedlights simply for the benefits of Nikon's Creative Lighting System. Of those you listed, the 800, 900 and 910 are the most versatile as they can work in commander mode...

Well they're both excellent lenses but they don't live up to your hyperbole. The term 'portrait lens' is outdated. Portraits are no longer subject to the restrictions of the studio and the set styles of the time as they were when the nomenclature first appeared. The fact is any non-specialist...

When I see a post where that line of thinking is relevant I'll let you know, but with regards to my posts, it's still one big "so what?"

I didn't. One pro's requirements will be different to another's, just as one client's requirements will be different to another's.

No, it was definitely in relation to the SB-900 cut-out as I;d just suffered from it myself on a shoot. I tried a number of things and switching the Speedlights off TTL did seem to stop the cut-outs triggering, but then I didn't do any bench testing, just on the job. Ah yes, it could be a...