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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65077 06/29/07 03:41 PM
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It's not at all water resistant, and you have to dangle the flash right above the water...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65078 06/29/07 03:42 PM
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while the water is sloshing around...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65079 06/29/07 03:42 PM
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... and sea spray is everywhere.

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65080 06/29/07 03:43 PM
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plus you have to be careful how you flash the subjects...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65081 06/29/07 03:43 PM
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...because so much sea life has so much irridescence and various other weird types of reflectivity.

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65082 06/29/07 03:44 PM
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And then there is the "I don't have three hands" problem with using flash in the intertidal zone...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65083 06/29/07 03:46 PM
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One hand holding an off-camera flash on a cable, aiming it just the right distance and angle...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65084 06/29/07 03:47 PM
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...a second hand to work the tripod head and keep the subject properly framed...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65085 06/29/07 03:47 PM
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I pulled the trigger on the M2K.

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65086 06/29/07 03:48 PM
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and a third hand to work the camera controls: the trigger, the aperture, shutter speed, and manual focus...

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65087 06/29/07 03:49 PM
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I just don't have enough hands to work with flash the way I want to, in tidepools, in most cases.

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Re: Scrapper Time! [Re: Evolute] #65088 06/29/07 03:50 PM
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Meanwhile, during intertidal photography...

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