$1.75 Light Aiming "Hack"
Jan 29, 2017 03:00:04 #
This cost a $1.75 bulldog clip and a 1/4" UNC (standard tripod screw thread) wingnut I had
in a jar of old wingnuts.
in a jar of old wingnuts.
I used a 1/4 UNC hex nut that was kicking around my garage to mount the bulldog clip holding the little spot light...
Spidery old tripod, but still comes in handy.
I dig this tripod.
Jan 29, 2017 05:20:43 #
Jan 29, 2017 05:23:16 #
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Jan 29, 2017 05:25:30 #
Jan 29, 2017 06:10:12 #
Abo wrote:
This cost a $1.75 bulldog clip and a 1/4" UNC (standard tripod screw thread) wingnut I had
in a jar of old wingnuts.
in a jar of old wingnuts.
Well done, thx for the idea.
Jan 29, 2017 08:34:39 #
Jan 29, 2017 09:08:50 #
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Jan 29, 2017 12:14:25 #
Great idea.
I often use a standard microphone holder to position my flashlight. But your clamp has greater flexibility than a microphone holder.
I often use a standard microphone holder to position my flashlight. But your clamp has greater flexibility than a microphone holder.
Jan 29, 2017 13:37:11 #
What kind of light? I have been looking for something like that. Flashlights have a yellow beam, I need 5500k.
Ken
Ken
Jan 29, 2017 16:27:56 #
Plieku69 wrote:
What kind of light? I have been looking for something like that. Flashlights have a yellow beam, I need 5500k.
I think most LED flashlights come close to that.
Jan 30, 2017 07:13:56 #
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Jan 30, 2017 08:13:32 #
rook2c4 wrote:
Great idea.
I often use a standard microphone holder to position my flashlight. But your clamp has greater flexibility than a microphone holder.
I often use a standard microphone holder to position my flashlight. But your clamp has greater flexibility than a microphone holder.
Thanks.
Jan 30, 2017 09:02:04 #
Abo wrote:
This cost a $1.75 bulldog clip and a 1/4" UNC (standard tripod screw thread) wingnut I had
in a jar of old wingnuts.
in a jar of old wingnuts.
Necessity is the mother of invention, indeed!
Jan 30, 2017 09:37:21 #
Jerry Green
Loc: Huntsville, AL
Well done. This is another excellent example of why UHH needs a Do It Your Self section.It would be wonderful to have all these great ideas/solutions in one section.
Jan 30, 2017 10:02:54 #
Plieku69 wrote:
What kind of light? I have been looking for something like that. Flashlights have a yellow beam, I need 5500k.
Ken
Ken
The flashlight in the first image is a Fenix E35UE "2016 Upgrade". It uses a Cree XM-L2 U2 LED.
To my eye the colour temp is very neutral 6000-6500. The auto white balance feature
on my my Nikon D700 gets good white balance with the Fenix.
I have two other Fenix lights, a pair of LD25. They are considerably "warmer" (artistically not Kelvinewise... close to 5500 Kelvin).
The AWB on the D700 and my Fujifilm nails those too.
The little penlight in the second picture (of the first post in the thread) is a different story... The Fenix flashlights are serious kit; the
rechargeable penlight (of the second pic) cost me $3.63 including delivery from China! It runs a Q5 Cree LED which is
very blue on my example. And the D700s AWB does not cope, so using that I need to crank up the
white balance to 10,000 degrees. And even then there is a sizeable variation of light colour depending on
the particular part of the spot. So I use it only for monochrome and subjects that are not colour critical.
What is good about that penlight is is the shape of the beam. Instead of using a reflector for beam
shape, it uses a projector lens that makes a round spot with very little spill.
It's what I used for the photo below.
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