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Does anyone use reflectors?

Postby MHD on Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:42 am

Those fold out reflective circles you can use to bounce daylight and flash off???
Are they good?

(just curious)
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Postby jonnydee on Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:45 am

I used an A3 sketch pad to bounce some light for a portait the other day, does that count?? :D I wasn't expecting much, but it worked a treat. It just filled in the shadows on the side of the face (the portrait was taken with the other side of the face facing a window).
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Postby gstark on Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:45 am

You need a means of support for them but yes, they can be very useful.
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Postby MHD on Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:47 am

I have a wife *ducks*
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Postby jonnydee on Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:52 am

Who do you think was holding the sketch pad?!

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Postby Onyx on Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:03 am

I saw in the Lowepro catalog some of their bags have a gold and silver reflector that is an optional accessory for their higher end backpacks, it zips away for storage in a back compartment (much like all weather covers zips away in the bottom) and I thought it was a neat ideal. However the latest Lowepro catalog I got sent from Maxwell (dated 2004/5) had no mention of this in any of the sections.

Can anyone confirm or deny? For the Supertrekker, Protrekker, Naturetrekker, etc range of bags.
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