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 ScubaBrett22
   
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Something Personal
 |  |  |  | Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
< on 5/4/2010 12:34 AM >
|  | | | I have a Camera and flash light question.
For the Flash Light i use a Princeton Tec Miniwave II and Tec 40
This is the Miniwave II
- 80 Lumens
- LAMP XENON BULB
- BURN TIME 10 Hours
- BATTERIES 4 C Alkaline
This is the Tec 40
- 28 Lumens
- LAMP HALOGEN BULB
- BURN TIME 5 Hours
- BATTERIES 4 AA Alkaline
I want to know are those flash lights good?
For my camera question i have a flash that is meant for underwater but i can use it above land. Does a flash help at all?
I have a Intova ISS 2000 Slave Flash strobe light.
- Coverage Angle: 60 degree.
- Color Temperature: 5700 K
- No. of Power Output Level Settings: 4 ( 10% > 25% > 50% > 100% )
Thanks guys!
Oh does anyone like to scuba dive?
[last edit 5/4/2010 12:37 AM by ScubaBrett22 - edited 1 times]
I'm that kind of explorer that likes to take random pictures, and take to many pictures. |
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AnAppleSnail
  
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | |  | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 1 on 5/4/2010 12:45 AM >
| | | | Flashes are good. For exploring, there's little reason not to go LED. Photographers will notice the effects of a cool white LED on their photos, though. A 'warm white' Cree LED has a CRI of 80, so it's acceptable for photography.
I have a 2xAA light, it'll do about 160 'warm white' lumens (out the front) for over an hour. It has much lower modes for creeping around and preserving night vision. The main advantage of LED is high power in small form-factor and excellent dimmability. ($55)
I have another 1xAA light, just barely bigger than the battery, (also warm-white) that is about as bright (on high) as your MiniWave. It doesn't go as dim as the 2xAA Quark, but it's amazing for a keychain light. ($35)
If you are extremely picky about color rendition, you won't accept any reasonably-priced LED light - LEDs are weaker in green and (most noticeably) red than incandescents, but warm LEDs help people to be less corpseriffic.
Edit: Make sure the flash is away from the camera or you lose shadows and textures.
[last edit 5/4/2010 12:45 AM by AnAppleSnail - edited 1 times]
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ScubaBrett22
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Something Personal
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 2 on 5/4/2010 12:47 AM >
| | | | Posted by AnAppleSnail
Flashes are good. For exploring, there's little reason not to go LED. Photographers will notice the effects of a cool white LED on their photos, though. A 'warm white' Cree LED has a CRI of 80, so it's acceptable for photography.
I have a 2xAA light, it'll do about 160 'warm white' lumens (out the front) for over an hour. It has much lower modes for creeping around and preserving night vision. The main advantage of LED is high power in small form-factor and excellent dimmability. ($55)
I have another 1xAA light, just barely bigger than the battery, (also warm-white) that is about as bright (on high) as your MiniWave. It doesn't go as dim as the 2xAA Quark, but it's amazing for a keychain light. ($35)
If you are extremely picky about color rendition, you won't accept any reasonably-priced LED light - LEDs are weaker in green and (most noticeably) red than incandescents, but warm LEDs help people to be less corpseriffic.
Edit: Make sure the flash is away from the camera or you lose shadows and textures.
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yup i love LED's but these two flash lights are the only ones i have at the moment.
I'm that kind of explorer that likes to take random pictures, and take to many pictures. |
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AnAppleSnail
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 3 on 5/4/2010 12:53 AM >
| | | | Posted by ScubaBrett22
yup i love LED's but these two flash lights are the only ones i have at the moment.
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Home Depot sells a decent selection. Coast/LEDLenser puts out an acceptable 5white/1red LED light. It's unregulated so it's going to get dimmer every minute until you replace the batteries, but it works. It's about $20-25, and it'll last you for a while. I highly recommend the Quark line from 4sevens.
If you want a warm light, buy this: Quark Warm line. The "Tactical" interface involves setting the 2 modes you can get to immediately, while normal involves clicking through (which drives me up a wall). I like the 2xAA because the output boost from cr123 isn't huge, and I don't think the runtime is worth the investment in batteries and charger.
Check out the Flashlights, Torches, and Portable Lighting board, where we nerd it up even more...
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ScubaBrett22
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Something Personal
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 4 on 5/4/2010 12:58 AM >
| | | | Posted by AnAppleSnail
Home Depot sells a decent selection. Coast/LEDLenser puts out an acceptable 5white/1red LED light. It's unregulated so it's going to get dimmer every minute until you replace the batteries, but it works. It's about $20-25, and it'll last you for a while. I highly recommend the Quark line from 4sevens.
If you want a warm light, buy this: Quark Warm line. The "Tactical" interface involves setting the 2 modes you can get to immediately, while normal involves clicking through (which drives me up a wall). I like the 2xAA because the output boost from cr123 isn't huge, and I don't think the runtime is worth the investment in batteries and charger.
Check out the Flashlights, Torches, and Portable Lighting board, where we nerd it up even more...
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i bet i could build my own.... led circuit broad and put it in its own case and have a massive battery 
I'm that kind of explorer that likes to take random pictures, and take to many pictures. |
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AnAppleSnail
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 5 on 5/4/2010 1:02 AM >
| | | | Posted by ScubaBrett22
i bet i could build my own.... led circuit broad and put it in its own case and have a massive battery
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If you don't know much about LEDs, read up on how to limit the current or you'll fry some expensive LEDs. Start small when building your own, then make bigger ones. If you don't have a way to fabricate a case (water-resistant at the least) you're likely to spend as much building as buying.
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ScubaBrett22
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Something Personal
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 6 on 5/4/2010 1:03 AM >
| | | | Posted by AnAppleSnail
If you don't know much about LEDs, read up on how to limit the current or you'll fry some expensive LEDs. Start small when building your own, then make bigger ones. If you don't have a way to fabricate a case (water-resistant at the least) you're likely to spend as much building as buying.
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I know a few "nerds" that i am friends with that can help me. xD
I'm that kind of explorer that likes to take random pictures, and take to many pictures. |
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insanebuslady
Location: ?
Gender: Male
"You talkin' to me?"
| | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 8 on 5/4/2010 5:44 AM >
| | | | Basically what Applesnail said. Different bulb/reflector combos give you very different qualities of light.
Another thing to consider is that the throw on LED's usually isn't quite as good as it is on an incandescent. Leatherman makes a line of LED lights that has a patented focusing reflector, but they come with a pretty hefty price tag. Unfortunately, since it's a patented design I haven't come across any other LED lights (which aren't insanely expensive) that have a comparable throw. SO normally an LED will not throw light as far as an incandescent even if it is giving off more lumens, because it's unable to focus the light in the same way.
In my opinion a 2AA Minimag is a good basic light painting tool that everyone should have, and its cheapcheapcheap. Of course a good old 3-4 D Mag is my tool of choice and not very expensive either. Plus any maglite is fucking indestructible
Princeton Tec makes a great product, those are good lights you have there. My headlamp is a Princeton Tec Yukon and I love that thing to death
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gr8fzy1
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
Fewer and Fewer...
| |  | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 9 on 5/4/2010 8:42 PM >
| | | | I wanna get one of these as a backup...
http://www.amazon....811&pf_rd_i=507846
Softly creeping through
Empty hallways decades old,
glimpsing history. |
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ScubaBrett22
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Something Personal
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 10 on 5/5/2010 12:52 AM >
| | | | now that is sweet....
I'm that kind of explorer that likes to take random pictures, and take to many pictures. |
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jeepdave
 
Location: Anderson, SC
Gender: Male
It's also a gun.
| | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 11 on 5/5/2010 8:02 AM >
|  | | | If your super hardcore you will use a Bic.
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AnAppleSnail
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 12 on 5/5/2010 1:25 PM >
| | | | Posted by jeepdave
If your super hardcore you will use a Bic.
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I had a blast going through a drain the other day. We cut off the super-high-power LED lights, and put the giant spotlights back in the bags, and used candles. It really changes the experience when you can only see white concrete walls within 15 feet. It was a small taste of when the world really was dark, and of the places where it still is. Turning on the dimmest flashlight in its dimmest mode was a shock.
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Buffalonian
Location: Buffalo, NY
| | Re: Camera/ Flash Light question sorry i am a noobie!
<Reply # 13 on 5/5/2010 1:52 PM >
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Honestly, that's the coolest fucking thing ever.
After two workshops with Lostamerica in the high-desert of California ... he didn't have to twiset my arm in getting a Stinger Streamlight.
http://www.amazon....ight/dp/B00008BFSI
Troy uses it for a lot of stuff during night painting and can be seen here.
http://www.flickr.com/lostamerica/
Pros.
1. is durable, reliable, and can light a fucking building up from 300 yards away.
2. it has that "soft" quality light that is perfect for controlled night painting (rather than using strobes) ...
3. it black, hard, and long - for the women in the audience.
Cons.
1. its expensive.
2. Not exactly small pocket size - pick up a UER keychain light! [shamless plug for avatar-x] - http://www.uer.ca/uerlights.asp - for that.
So ... ya, flashlights are cool, but why not spend a little more if you do light-painting and night photography, or just simply like to ninja shit up ??!?
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