I used to have the Splash Art kit. Very good it was. I believe it has been improved since my early version.
The TP kit @andrewc mentions above is also very good. Might be worth snapping his hand off!
I personally much prefer the "bag with a hole in it" approach - for me it gives the most interesting shots:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/20926615@N05/albums/72157625137872065
Using a kit (at £200?) just gives the same images which I can see everywhere.
A chap i know on an astro forum uses one that he bought this year, he's taken some incredibly good water droplet images with it.Anyone here used the Pluto trigger set-up ?
$160 odd dollars with drop valve
Cheers been looking at them for months and just not sureA chap i know on an astro forum uses one that he bought this year, he's taken some incredibly good water droplet images with it.
certainly impressive, thanksHere are few he did with the Pluto trigger, i'm sure he won't mind.
Credit for these images goes to Johnfosteruk a member of stargazers lounge.
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Dam it, I'm blaming you , just ordered the pluto and droplet valve 20% off at the moment.
Haha, you know you'll love it .@Kodakkid
Dam it, I'm blaming you , just ordered the pluto and droplet valve 20% off at the moment.
Well you've convinced me John but it will have to wait, got my eye on a Sigma 180mm Macro.Mark told me about this thread so I thought I'd join up - Don't blame him btw, blame me Scott you won't regret it at all mate.
It's a cracking little device that's come in handy for lots of other work too.
It also has intervalometer/timelapse/startrails modes which are simple and intuitive
It has a handy ND calculator which takes the shot at the correct exposure for you once you tell it your exposure length without ND and how many stops of ND you're using if you stick the camera in bulb mode.
The sound trigger is useful too (I'll post a few images once I have 3 posts) and there's a laser trigger with it as well as various other modes.
For the droplets, you have 6 variables on the app - first drop size (in ms - that is, how long the valve stays open), flash delay (how long after the first drop is released before the flash is fired) and second drop delay & size (how long after the first drop the second drop is released etc), then the same for a third drop.
You want your valve about 18 inches above your surface
Once you get those dialled in the 5th variable to play with is the viscosity of your liquid. I've used glycerol, xanthan gum, cornflour and all sorts to thicken the liquid, all to great effect.
I'm starting to sound like I work for 'em now, but I'm just easily pleased
Mark told me about this thread so I thought I'd join up - Don't blame him btw, blame me Scott you won't regret it at all mate.
It's a cracking little device that's come in handy for lots of other work too.
It also has intervalometer/timelapse/startrails modes which are simple and intuitive
It has a handy ND calculator which takes the shot at the correct exposure for you once you tell it your exposure length without ND and how many stops of ND you're using if you stick the camera in bulb mode.
The sound trigger is useful too (I'll post a few images once I have 3 posts) and there's a laser trigger with it as well as various other modes.
For the droplets, you have 6 variables on the app - first drop size (in ms - that is, how long the valve stays open), flash delay (how long after the first drop is released before the flash is fired) and second drop delay & size (how long after the first drop the second drop is released etc), then the same for a third drop.
You want your valve about 18 inches above your surface
Once you get those dialled in the 5th variable to play with is the viscosity of your liquid. I've used glycerol, xanthan gum, cornflour and all sorts to thicken the liquid, all to great effect.
I'm starting to sound like I work for 'em now, but I'm just easily pleased
They do have 20% off for Black Friday until 27th code (BLACKFRIDAY2018)Well you've convinced me John but it will have to wait, got my eye on a Sigma 180mm Macro.
So it’s your fault, I’ll apologise to @Kodakkid (I’ve given the wife johns details )
Some great pics mate, I’ve been looking at it for months and thanks for the simple advise on use, going to make a stand type thing so everything can/will be set up and then just see how we go, I have a BB and air rifle (not sure about this in the kitchen, but I’m sure she won’t mind) so in all honesty I think that’s going to be my first thing, breaking stuff for scientific purposes
How does the laser work ? Any good ?
Well you've convinced me John but it will have to wait, got my eye on a Sigma 180mm Macro.
Nice.Ha, tell the wife all you like mate, I'm sure you'll get yours in due course
I just screwed 3 bits of batten together for a stand and lashed the valve on with an elastic band, does the job nicely.
Speaking of breaking stuff, see attached. My wife has vetoed firearms in the kitchen so it'll have to be done elsewhere
Ref the laser, the trigger has a sensor, and you point the laser at it, when the beam breaks it triggers. You can change the delay/sensitivity in the app, does the job nicely.
Funnily I'm eying up the Sigma 105 macro.