Recent content by Niwdog

HI mate. Ended up cancelling the 5DS and going for a 5DSr instead. I know I'm not going to get anything comparable to my 'Blad, but I figured if extra noise was the issue, it might as well be sharp noise!

Their support is excellent, you should give them a call.

Selfies are great, perfect way to learn how to read light :)

Who shot it, incidentally?

A guy called Tim Wallace did a great shoot of an AM under a building. Their lines really suit modern architecture.

Oh, and seamless integration with things like iTeleport and whatnot

IT's all about gmail for me - brilliant archiving and search functions.

Wacom is the only piece of technology I've ever bought that I consider flawless. I'd have this tablet even if it was twice the price, it's literally never caused me a single issue in the years I've owned them. Definitely worth the money - especially the Intuos 4 range - can be got quite cheaply...

Medium format sensor with decent ISO would be enough for me.

Thanks for the reply Chipper, much appreciated - have done a ton of looking around at crops and stuff, and honestly, I find it hard to tell the difference between any of them. I'm very untechnically minded unless it comes to lighting - cameras I'm a complete novice with. But essentially, you...

No, very different. Calumet do a good budget boom that's about 50 quid

Really irritating to use. Had one on my studio, ended up leaving it folded against the wall. Really cumbersome.

Seems very small for the size of your modifiers, I'd cosider painting the walls black and invested in reflectors to control the spill.

Most of that is done in post. The cups of coffee where also shot separately. Smallish softbox, possibly gridded, with perhaps some black card to drop in shadows in key areas, and then a lot of dodging and burning.