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Wow, truly awesome setups here! I love macro shots but currently dont have any good "kit" for my 350d, so im on the hunt now!
I'm quite impressed with some of your "rigs", I'm just starting out, so thought I would "try before I spend" ...so far so good ............ maybe it's good to keep it cheap, surely the big set ups can't be THAT much better....:shrug:
Where can I get one of these brackets?
Been looking every place I can think of!
Try FITP aka flash in the pan a dealer on here
My newish macro studio setup.
My newish macro studio setup.
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Thanks very much.
Found this: C-Shape bracket and wondered about using that with the above ballhead item. Would get the flash above the lens a bit more, rather than just to the side.
Also wondered about just getting two of those ballhead supports, and then stacking them on top of the camera's hotshoe? I would think there would be enough length from the two stacked supports to get in front of the lens, and it would have a good amount of flexibility.
Hmm... options!
Think I'll probably just grab two of the ballheads and a straight bracket, that way I can try a variety of positions and heights.
Cheers for all the help.
Where can I get one of these brackets?
Been looking every place I can think of! [/QUOTE
Are you talking about the brackets holding the flash?? If so, they are cheap ball heads from China stacked on top of each.
The bracket from the body to the stacked ball heads is just a piece of scrap aluminium, these can also be found at B&Q...
How much flare does that lens hood cut out?
Unfortunately, none :shrug:How much flare does that lens hood cut out?
^ExactlyI would imagine it makes good protection for the slightly flimsy reverse mount connection. Good idea!
That is because the aperture is wide open by default. Canon uses a motor in the lens to control aperture, so if the aperture still works on that lens, you can try mounting it normally on the body, selecting an aperture that will give you more DOF (eg: f/10 or so) then pressing and holding the DOF preview button and removing the lens, keeping the DOF button pressed. The lens will now be stuck at f/10, or whatever you chose, so when you reverse mount you should get better DOF.