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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted" data-source="post: 368529" data-attributes="member: 29753"><p>Following Wayne's excellent advice, I've been thinking further & would like to aim for both an R1C1 kit for indoor macro & small product shoots, also a larger speedlight & umbrella (maybe with a reflector) for the cottage shoot plus larger product shoots such as clothing. I'd add a 2nd speedlight & umbrella as funds allow.</p><p></p><p>I did a test of some clothing shots yesterday just using the on-camera flash (distance about 8' from the subject with sheet over a window on the right). The results were surprisingly ok, but ISO was high (f8, 1/80, ISO 1600). Although I could have dropped the aperture a stop, I'm assuming from that I need a stronger flash.</p><p></p><p>Here's the image - just to see what light I had: (please ignore the awful background cloth & that the product is against the background - creating a shadow)</p><p>[ATTACH]119074[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>To fix this, I'm thinking about an umbrella stand:</p><p>[ATTACH]119075[/ATTACH]</p><p>with a reflector:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]119076[/ATTACH]</p><p>I did think last night about going back to studio flash where I know what I'm doing. The issue for that is portability, so I'd like to stick with the speedlight route which I could use just about anywhere.</p><p></p><p>Which speedlight? I'm thinking of maybe the SB-700, I could also get a Yongnuo YN565EX at the same time (plus another umbrella) to give me a 2nd cheap unit that I can directly compare in use with the Nikon speedlight.</p><p></p><p>Suggestions are very welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted, post: 368529, member: 29753"] Following Wayne's excellent advice, I've been thinking further & would like to aim for both an R1C1 kit for indoor macro & small product shoots, also a larger speedlight & umbrella (maybe with a reflector) for the cottage shoot plus larger product shoots such as clothing. I'd add a 2nd speedlight & umbrella as funds allow. I did a test of some clothing shots yesterday just using the on-camera flash (distance about 8' from the subject with sheet over a window on the right). The results were surprisingly ok, but ISO was high (f8, 1/80, ISO 1600). Although I could have dropped the aperture a stop, I'm assuming from that I need a stronger flash. Here's the image - just to see what light I had: (please ignore the awful background cloth & that the product is against the background - creating a shadow) [ATTACH=CONFIG]119074[/ATTACH] To fix this, I'm thinking about an umbrella stand: [ATTACH=CONFIG]119075._xfImport[/ATTACH] with a reflector: [ATTACH=CONFIG]119076._xfImport[/ATTACH] I did think last night about going back to studio flash where I know what I'm doing. The issue for that is portability, so I'd like to stick with the speedlight route which I could use just about anywhere. Which speedlight? I'm thinking of maybe the SB-700, I could also get a Yongnuo YN565EX at the same time (plus another umbrella) to give me a 2nd cheap unit that I can directly compare in use with the Nikon speedlight. Suggestions are very welcome! [/QUOTE]
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