changed my set up...stack shot

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SONYNUT
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changed my set up...stack shot

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finally broke down and bought a stack shot...i resisted for years but now that i am pretty much stuck at home. i have more time to play:roll:

went from my vertical set up to this horizontal..

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glued some different background materials onto some 72mm aluminum lens covers with a magnet on the back for quick color changes..

up /down stage and left/right make centering easy.

1/2 aluminum main base

long stackshot

diffuser made from a plastic drinking glass and sanded

2x lens adapter gutted and bored out for full opening...
using the a55 sony i leave the mirror up...it was blocking the view a bit till i bored the rear mount..funny thing is i never noticed before ..

modified minolta rack ..thick bottom mount plate.

2 littlites
http://www.littlite.com/

berkey blocks on shafts for easy set ups..

http://store.berkeysystem.com/500-series/

magnets glued to top of shafts to hold tools
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Post by Saul »

Very nice idea to use linear stages on the magnetic base with the magic arm !

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that is just a spacer block of aluminum so my fingers fit 8-)
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Post by mawyatt »

I like the diffuser, good idea!! I have been using large styrofoam cups and also light tents (actually two, one inside the other) trying to get uniform lighting.

The tents work well with the 4 strobes in double diffused light boxes, but create a large setup.

I have been using the Ikea LED lamps with mixed results with the styrofoam cups, even tried the Ikea LEDs and the strobes but not in light boxes...just some inkjet paper covering the strobe dish opening..again mixed results.

Thanks for the diffuser idea, I'll give this a try.

Cheers,

Mike

BTW was just in your area visiting Honeywell. Man it was cold up there, being from Florida anything below 60F is cold and it was -9F this morning!!

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On the littlites...I used the plastic from a milk jug for diffusion ;-)

the shroud is a plastic tumbler cut down short with a hole drilled..then sanded

cold as hell today too.

unfortunately there are no bugs out either...not much to play with yet.
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.getting a 200lb toolbox upstairs by yourself is a pita


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business card holder holds the stackshot control at a nice angle ;-)

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stuck a sony a5100 on there...preliminary results are looking way better Image[/img]
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