Can I use Q40 LED torch as a strobe???
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Yvonne said:
our professor mod has helped advise quite a bit, i'll just add on a little. strobes can cost from a lower end 400++++ to 1800++, including arms, base tray and all. a light cannon costs 400++ by itself, doesnt serve that well as a strobe, much bigger, and you have not included the cost of handling it uw, unless you wanna use your hand for lighting placement.
minimizing the working distance between your camera and the subject helps bring out more colour and of course you can see better details on the subject
i also did without a strobe for.. err.. lets see.. almost two years? i dun have as good results as waisj, but i think i survived reasonably ok. ditto on the wide angle thing that waisj mentioned. i would suggest flash off for wide angle photos though, if you are relying on internal strobe. your light wont be able to hit the subject at a distance, so you end up getting either very dark pics, or pics with a lot of backscatter. thats my own experience la.
sehsuan said:wah, i'm so discouraged... i just got my Q40... :cry:
CANNON? die liao. i'd rather CANON :bsmilie:
Yvonne, save up something that you'll use long term. I think I'll use my Q40 for almost eternity cos it's more environmentally friendly to use AA rechargeables :bsmilie:
flood already also not so heartpain
Q40 is good as a dive torch, yes you can use it as long as it's functioning as a dive torch, but not as a photography lighting equipment.. and c'mon, Q40 only how much nia ... :kok:
I've got a Q40 but now got new Q40 its LED white light...
This new torch cos ard $80+. I was hoping that it will brighten up my pictures even more, getting slightly better pictures for the time being...while i save up for the strobe :embrass:. This Ah Mui dun do big business lah so dun earn much!
This new torch cos ard $80+. I was hoping that it will brighten up my pictures even more, getting slightly better pictures for the time being...while i save up for the strobe :embrass:. This Ah Mui dun do big business lah so dun earn much!
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Yvonne said:I've got a Q40 but now got new Q40 its LED white light...
I was thinking of posting the same question when I reached home but with a different torch ,Princeton Impact XL LED ( 1 watt , 4 AA batt , ard $80 ).But saw this thread. How different is the Q40 LED ? I understand that this 2 torch give a narrow beam, so might have a problem to light up the entire background even if doing Macro. The Dive Rite 7 LED torch gives a beam that my fren describe as quite wide for its size. He had not used the Q40 or Princeton. Or like someone had said, C4 or C8 LED is wider, but comes at a cost of $160+++, might as well buy a low end strobe like Epoque 150, + tray ,arm , optic cable shld cost ard $381 ??
I was about to check out the strobe today, until I saw my fren's pics from last week similans island trip. When I saw the pics, 1st thing I asked was, " Ae you got lobang for strobe anot ? What strobe you using ? " He replied that no strobe was used. I was shocked. He used red filter. The effects of the pics are as good as using a strobe. But I guess by using red filter has its limitations.The pics are taken with red fitler w/o strobe, in similans visibilty. If in Hantu, might not work, i guess. Strobe is still the way. But guess I will go the cheaper red filter way.
I guess using the red filter only bring back the red that is lost, I still need the sunlight and my internal flash in order for the pics to turn out well. Especially in limited vis diving like Hantu, doing Macro without a strobe is challenging.
So my questions are, Can any seasoned UW photographers here explain the pros and cons of using red filter, without strobe. I am thinking of using red filter, with the Princeton Impact XL LED if abit of lighting is needed ,for the time being. Until I can fully master the characteristics of my camera, and struck 4D :bsmilie: , before considering to get the Inon D180. Thanks alot for any advise in advance
ok, so now you have
1) Ambient light (w/ red filter)
2) Internal strobe
3) External Strobe
There is another 4) Manual White Balance
i dun have shots for ambient light w/ red filter, but lanxx has some, hopefully he can show you. you can read up our Interesting Articles though some of the links seem to be dead
just some of my pics to show you examples of using different lighting .. though they may not serve very good examples...
2) Internal Strobe
shots like this can survive with internal strobe
3) External Strobe
it will be pretty hard to shoot something this small without an external strobe (and macro lens of course, but lighting from internal strobe cannot hit the subject at 5cm working distance)
4) Manual White Balance
If your camera can allow manual white balance, it can be quite interesting to play with
1) Ambient light (w/ red filter)
2) Internal strobe
3) External Strobe
There is another 4) Manual White Balance
i dun have shots for ambient light w/ red filter, but lanxx has some, hopefully he can show you. you can read up our Interesting Articles though some of the links seem to be dead
just some of my pics to show you examples of using different lighting .. though they may not serve very good examples...
2) Internal Strobe
shots like this can survive with internal strobe
3) External Strobe
it will be pretty hard to shoot something this small without an external strobe (and macro lens of course, but lighting from internal strobe cannot hit the subject at 5cm working distance)
4) Manual White Balance
essentially, you need to consider
1) what kind of photos do you want to take?
2) how serious are you in photography? you may not be that into uw photography now, but if you are already an avid land photographer, chances are you may wanna go more in depth into uw photography much sooner than others
3) the limitations of your camera.
4) last but definitely not the least, your budget.
there are a lot of good equipment to improve your photography, but you dun have to buy everything now. work within your budget, and learn as you go along. for myself, i started with a canon a40, two trips and i changed to olympus c5050. almost half a year later then i went to buy a 512mb cf card (under peer pressure from pioneers in this subforum :sweat: ) and stayed on like this until just last month i got my strobe. also get to use macro lens of siaoon la ( i didnt pay him, so legally it is still his, haha) i think i learn quite a bit along the way.
since you have already bought your q40, you might want to try it out for yourself and see how the results turn out. in my opinion, you do have some reasonably decently lit shots using internal strobe. using a Q40 wont bridge that much difference. if it doesnt work that well, then just use it as a dive torch, it'll serve you pretty well in that respect.
1) what kind of photos do you want to take?
2) how serious are you in photography? you may not be that into uw photography now, but if you are already an avid land photographer, chances are you may wanna go more in depth into uw photography much sooner than others
3) the limitations of your camera.
4) last but definitely not the least, your budget.
there are a lot of good equipment to improve your photography, but you dun have to buy everything now. work within your budget, and learn as you go along. for myself, i started with a canon a40, two trips and i changed to olympus c5050. almost half a year later then i went to buy a 512mb cf card (under peer pressure from pioneers in this subforum :sweat: ) and stayed on like this until just last month i got my strobe. also get to use macro lens of siaoon la ( i didnt pay him, so legally it is still his, haha) i think i learn quite a bit along the way.
since you have already bought your q40, you might want to try it out for yourself and see how the results turn out. in my opinion, you do have some reasonably decently lit shots using internal strobe. using a Q40 wont bridge that much difference. if it doesnt work that well, then just use it as a dive torch, it'll serve you pretty well in that respect.
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WhyZzzzzz said:
Strange...How come I did not know you have one ??
Can I buy !!:bsmilie:
stonefish35
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Thanks all for the advise
Yvonne said:
Its an alternative file format that the camera can save in. (eg .jpg. .gif .bmp .RAW)
This format will enable u to do more high level editing to ur picture on photoshop for example.(like colour,white-balance editing)
RAW format pictures are bigger in file size and take a tad longer to save on a camera rite after the pic is taken.
hope tis helps
rgds
Yvonne said:
some people here are looking for underwater models to shoot. if u volunteer your time and befriend some of these people, they may just lend you their strobes. or charge them for the session and you will get yr strobe very soon. afterall, isn't this a bikini / swimwear shoot?
Sorry i am one of the more selfish people around here, but i know of a guy who always has new equipment to use and lend. befriend him and he may put u on his preferred list.
btw, your canon ixus camera only has jpg, no RAW
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