Dan Carr Photography - Photography Product Reviews + Ski, Snowboard and adventure photography tips » Gear Reviews http://dancarrphotography.com/blog Mon, 21 May 2012 17:01:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Think Tank Special – FREE Laptop Bag With Every Roller http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/05/01/think-tank-special-free-laptop-bag-with-every-roller/ http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/05/01/think-tank-special-free-laptop-bag-with-every-roller/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 05:14:05 +0000 Dan Carr http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/?p=8687 [...]

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]]> For the month of May, Think Tank are giving away a FREE Artificial Intelligence laptop bag (worth $59) with every roller bag that you purchase.  All you have to do is click on on of my links below and when you come to check out you’ll get the option to add the laptop bag!  Think Tank’s roller bags are the rollers that all other rollers are judged by, simple as that.  Walk into any press room at any sporting event and all you will see is Think Tank rollers as far as the eye can see, I kid you not.  I use a Think Tank Airport Airstream myself.

 

 

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If you are looking to buy a roller before you head out this summer, this is a great time to do so!

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]]> The fine folks at B&H Photo were kind enough to send me some of their studio gear from the house brand Impact.  I’ve written a little review about each individual piece and this post is designed to be the index.

If the prices of studio support equipment usually makes you wince then you should definitely take a look at the Impact brand.  Please do take a look at the reviews as there are some caveats with some products but over all I’ve been pretty impressed.

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]]> http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/affordable-stuido-gear-from-impact/feed/ 0 Impact Super Collapsible Background 8×16′ http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-super-collapsible-background-8x16/ http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-super-collapsible-background-8x16/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:59:37 +0000 Dan Carr http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/?p=8675 [...]

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]]> Not everyone has the luxury of a proper dedicated studio space so what do you do when you need to set up a quick backdrop for a shoot ?  The answer could be to use a pop up backdrop similar to the reflectors that most of us have probably used, only MUCH bigger!  Impact makes what they call an 8×16′ background which is actually an 8×8 popup square with an 8×16′ fabric extension sewn onto it to use as your ‘infinite’ background. When you are done your shoot, the whole thing folds flat into a bag for easy storage in a closet or under something like a bed.

Packed and ready to POP

First a word of warning about this things, it is BIG so don’t pop it open too quickly in your office or you will send things flying at all four walls!  As you can see in the first photo below, on one side we have an 8×8′ square.  In the second photo you can see how the extended piece of material comes off it to provide your transition to the ground.

The frame around the rear part of the background is pretty sturdy and as you can see from the photo of the back of it, the fabric pulls across it nicely and keeps taught, eliminating annoying wrinkles and creases.  Unfortunately the other side is a different story.  The fabric on this side is stitched to the frame until about halfway down but this means that you can’t do anything to improve the tension on it in the top half.  Of course cramming that much spare material into a small bag inevitable leaves it plagued with wrinkles when you get it out of the bag and because the excess material is permanently attached to the frame there is no easy way to iron it before your shoot ! Imagine trying to put this on your ironing board !!!  Essentially you would need to use a hand steamer but that can be a painstaking process and for something that is designed to be a quick popup solution it really would negate the benefits.  The second major problem with the fabric being permanently attached is that you can’t wash it!  This 8×16′ is also available in white but that would be dirty in just a couple of shoots with no good way to wash it.

Unfortunately both the inability to easily sort out the wrinkles and to clean this leave this product lacking and it won’t be added to my recommendations.  You could use the rear 8×8 side for 3/4 length and head shots, but really it would be overkill as you could be using a much smaller and cheaper product to do that, like the Impact 5×7.  For full length shots there is still no substitute for a proper backdrop holder set like this one and a roll of paper or material of your choosing.  It’s not going to be as fast or easy to set up but your full length shots will benefit greatly.

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]]> http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-super-collapsible-background-8x16/feed/ 0 Impact Multiboom Lightstand & Reflector Holder http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-multiboom-lightstand-reflector-holder/ http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-multiboom-lightstand-reflector-holder/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:34:58 +0000 Dan Carr http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/?p=8663 [...]

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]]> There’s a reason that this Impact product has a long name, it’s designed to do a lot of stuff! To begin with it looks like a light stand and of course you can use it in this way but to be honest it’s strengths are in other areas and there are better light stands.  The spigot on the top seemed to be an odd sizing when I tested it with my Einstein strobe, there was a lot of play in it and the metal was very soft and easily damaged with the screw clamp.  More so than other stands that I have used in the past.  Of course if you might just be adding a cold shoe to the top and using speedlights, in which case this wouldn’t be a problem at all.

Compared with a regular Impact light stand

Usable as a light stand, but not the sturdiest option for large strobes/monologhts

The real strength of this product though is the transformation into a boom.  By pulling the top section upwards as far as it will go, you can then rotate it outwards to elongate the boom section.

 

As a microphone boom......

I’ve been using this a lot as a mic boom for my shotgun mic and it works a treat.  All you need is a screw on hot shoe adapter and as you can see, the reflector holder clips work great for holding up your cables.

No troubles holding reflectors at an angle

Rubberized clamps

 

At the end of the boom you have a little hole to hook a counter balance of some sort.

Normally when you want to hold a reflector you would put a separate reflector holder arm on top of a regular light stand.  What’s nice about this Impact Multiboom is that you can leave one item at home as the whole thing is just one piece.  With the additional option to use it as a mic boom and a light stand for smaller flashes then it becomes a very versatile product.  It can be a little bit confusing when you see how many knobs there are on it though, and you’ll find yourself turning the wrong ones on occasion so watch those fingers if you accidentally loosen something.

The rubberized clamps seemed to do a fine job at holding the reflectors that I have, they don’t spring closed that tightly which I think is deliberate so as not do damage what it is holding.  Instead a lot of the grip comes from the rubber on the clamps and I think you would be able to support a small 6×4′ backdrop or similar as well.  As with all Impact products the price is designed not to break the bank and for $80 you get a lot of functionality.

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]]> http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-multiboom-lightstand-reflector-holder/feed/ 2 Impact Air Cushioned Heavy Duty Light Stand 13′ (4m) http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-air-cushioned-heavy-duty-light-stand-13-4m/ http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2012/04/28/impact-air-cushioned-heavy-duty-light-stand-13-4m/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:00:55 +0000 Dan Carr http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/?p=8653 [...]

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]]> The first thing of note about the Impact 13′ light stand is that it’s actually not that heavy.  Heavy duty yes, but not that heavy.  Sounds odd right ?  Well all I can say is that when compared to some of my small light stands it’s a comparable weight BUT it extends to a much larger height!  I was so happy to see this that I immediately threw it in a bag and flew off to a photo competition taking place in Austria.  Weight is important when you are trying to fit all your gear within the requisite baggage limits but I had no issue choosing this stand over some of my existing ones.  You never know when a  bit of extra height will come in handy!

Minimum Height 44 in (112 cm)
Maximum Height 13 ft (4 M)
Closed Length 42 in (107 cm)
Footprint Diameter 36 in (91 cm)
Leg Tip 25mm
Weight 5 lbs (2.3 kg)
Maximum Load 10 lbs (4.5 kg)
Attachment Size 5/8″ stud with 1/4″-20 treaded top

As you can see, it will even double up as a ski pole when needed!

You can see that the Impact 13′ stand has a reasonable base spread to it.  If you jack this thing up to full height though you’ll definitely want to weight it down with some sand bags or something similar but up to about 8ft the legs will give you good stability.

Big chunky connections is what you want to see for durability

 

Winning image from photo contest in Austria

Jumping back to my story about Austria quickly, you can see the 13′ stand in use in the background of this image that I shot.  In this case I was holding up an Elinchrom Ranger Head ,probably about 10 or 11ft off the ground.  This image was actually the winning image in the photo contest that I was taking part in there and I put the height of this stand to good use!

I tend to be pretty rough on my light stands, they don’t stay in a studio.  They get strapped to backpacks and skied around mountains, they get thrown in piles in the back of my pickup truck when I’m heading out to shoot and they rattle around in cases in the bottom of airplanes.  If it can last a couple of months of that kind of abuse then it’ll stay with me a lot longer.  The Impact stand past with flying colors and has become my ‘A’ stand that choose above all others.  Primarily for it’s excellent height to weight ratio. It’s also air cushioned so if you loosen the screws too quickly it will gently lower itself and not trap your fingers.  I used to recommend a specific Induro light stand to people when they asked what I prefer for my big lights in an outdoor environment but from now on I wouldn’t hesitate to point them in this direction.  Again for the price I think you’re getting a very good deal.

 

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]]> If you ever shoot a lot of still life or product photos then chances are you have looked at buying some sort of light tent or shed before.  They offer a quick solution for softening you strobes or continuous lights and they tend to pack down small enough that storage is no issue.  I was sent the Impact XL Digital Light Shed to take a look at and I’ve used similar products in the past to shoot images for product reviews or small products for catalogs.

This particular Light Shed has a lot of options and accessories to get you started all in one flat package.  The XL is 24x24x36″ but it’s also available in three smaller sizes.  Personally , given that they collapse anyway , I would recommend just going for the larger one right from the beginning.  The price difference in them is also pretty negligible.

 


Impact Digital Light Shed from B&H Photo Video on Vimeo.

What we are looking at here below is actually the removable base of the tent.  This is a nice feature as it allows you to put the tent over a nice textured piece of material or surface so you’re not bound by limitations of things you can fit inside the tent when choosing your base.  Unfortunately you can’t really use this wide opening to shoot through though as you have a zipper directly behind it.

You can really see that in this shot , even with the whole side removed the rest of the tent stays taught and solid

The front opening of the tent can be rolled back and uses hook and loop pads to keep it contained.  There is also a zippered slot in the middle of the door which you would use when shooting a very reflective object , to cut down on the reflection of you and the camera.

 

Inside the tent we have further options, it comes with both a black and a white removable backdrop that attaches into the rear top corners.  Make sure that you have a steam iron to hand though as this will need some serious ironing time to get it wrinkle free.  If you don’t want to use the material backdrops then you are also provided with a white plastic base that gives you a nice reflective surface for a bit of a different look.  According to the specification on the B&H page it should also come with a black plastic base as well.  Mine did not…. so check your package carefully once you have popped it open.

Plastic base included

Black and white back drops included

Using the plastic base (excuse the dust on the lens please !)

A I mentioned, I have used these sorts of products before.  What I loved about the Impact Shed was the sturdiness of the cube once it was erected.  Too many of them are simply too soft and floppy and don’t hold their shape.  This is not the case with this product though, even with the front flap open all sides stayed taught and flat and the cube kept its shape.  The full length zipper on the top of the shed is also an important feature that gets omitted from some similar products.  A lot of time when shooting products for catalogs you might not actually want the product to interact with a surface.  In this case you suspend it using fishing wire by hanging it from a book placed over the tent.  The zippered top makes it easy to hang things down from the top..

Considering this is just a touch over $60 it represents excellent value considering the size and accessories it comes with.  It’s certainly a step up from the flimsy Photek one that I last used.

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]]> This morning Think Tank have announced a new first of its kind camera bag.  The 4-Sight features 4 wheels on the base similar to many current carry on luggage bags, designed to make it even easier to get your gear through the airport.  The bag will begin shipping in May for a cost of $299 and readers of my site can as always receive a free gift when shopping through my links to Think Tank products.  The 4-Sight appears to be somewhat similar in size to the Airport Airstream which is my current roller bag of choice and will hold a couple of cameras and 3 or 4 lenses.  This time they are also including a cable tidy bag as well.  Interestingly the opening will swing to the side this time instead of downwards like all their other rollers and there appears to be no provision at all for carrying a laptop, assuming you have a separate shoulder bag.  Despite having 4 wheels though they have clearly made some weight savings in other areas as the 4-sight weighs in a little less than the Airstream does.

·         Internal Dimensions: 12.3” W x 16” H x 5–6.7” D (31.2 x 40.6 x 12.7–17 cm)
·         External Dimensions: 14” W x 19.5” H x 8” D (35.6 x 49.5 x 20.3 cm)
·         Weight: 7–8.9 lbs (3.2–4 kg)
·         MSRP:  $299.75 (U.S.)

 

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]]> I’ve just taken delivery of my own Canon 5D MK3 and also the new 600 EX RT flash with ST-E3 Radio trigger.  I’m really excited to try these things out on some upcoming shoots.  I made a quick video yesterday with some first impressions on the flash and the new trigger.  Stay tuned for more in-depth thoughts in the coming days and weeks.

 

These products are now in stock at B&H.

 

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]]> This is one of those multifunctional accessories that every photographer should have in their kit box.  I’ve owned several different versions from various manufacturers and this time I have been provided with the 4.2″ Pearstone Articulating Israeli Arm version.  My favorite uses of such an arm are to hold accessories for DSLR movie making such as microphones, audio recorders and LCD screens but the actual potential uses are far too numerous to name.

The 4.2″ Pearstone version is just the right size for mounting on the hot shoe of your camera and it comes with a hot shoe adapter that screws onto the end of the arm.  There is an 8″ version available as well but you’ll find it too long for on-camera hot shoe use in most scenarios.  The 4.2″ version is just right though and can position a recorder such as the Zoom H4N in just the right place.

 

 

You don’t have to use the hot shoe mounting method though, both ends of the arm have 1/4 20 screws to mount to any number of standard camera accessories.  In the photo below you can see that I have it mounted to a rod mounted cheeseplate, in this case the Redrock Micro micropod accessory plate. 

 

The Pearstone Arm locks solidly in place when the wheel is turned and the knurled knob gives you plenty to hold onto to exert a large force.  As I mentioned, I’ve used several variations on products like this and whilst they seem simple enough, some of them don’t work as well as you might hope.  The Pearstone Arm works as advertised though and accomplishes it as a lower price point that most of it’s competitors, $34.99 is really something of a bargain when you consider there are similar products out there at 4 or 5 times the price !!

If you want to add even more flexibility to this product then gran a Manfrotto Nano clamp as well that will allow you to clamp it to almost anything you can think of, and particularly tripod legs.

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]]> One of the things that I was happy to see at the launch of the Canon 5D MKIII was that they have kept the venerable LP-E6 battery that was first introduced more than three years ago with the MKII.  I’ve always been amazed at it’s capacity and in the last few years several third party accessory manufacturers have also adopted it for powering video equipment accessories such as LCD monitors of external video recorders.  Of course it’s also been used in the 7D and 60D!  In other words, if you are a Canon shooter then the chances are you have one of these batteries and the standard Canon battery charger lying around somewhere.  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could charge two at a time though like the Canon 1-Series battery chargers?!

Well this is where the Perastone Duo Charger comes in.  With it’s large and seemingly informative LCD display it certainly looks impressive at first glance and at a price of $79.95 should allow you to charge twice the batteries for the only slightly more than the single Canon charger.

The first thing you’ll notice when you go to plug in a battery is that the charger is generic and there is an LP-E6 mounting plate on top of it.  In theory this could be a nice feature as it makes it somewhat redundant and presumably possible to add extra adapters to the charger to deal with other types of batteries.  In practice though it’s a little annoying as the adapter plates often come loose, particularly when removing the battery after a charge.

The second thing I noticed was some very erratic information displayed on the LCD screen.  The screen should display the percentage power for each battery but for some reason it constantly jumped about between the correct information and 0%.  More often than not, a second battery would continually display 0% charge up until the point at which it began to charge (after the first one had finished).  Confusing and irritating.  I have since noted another review where the 0% phenomenon has been mentioned so it seems like it’s not limited to my unit.

All of these photos were taken just a few seconds apart.

Apparently it's 0% charged!

Now it's 100% !

Now what ? I'm not sure ....

 

The batteries seemed to charge well enough though but I found it hard to trust the information on the screen when it changes all the time.  For me though, the real deal breaker came when I packed this charger for a photo shoot in Europe.  EVERY manufacturers battery charger that I have ever used is perfectly capable of handling worldwide voltages.  It doesn’t matter if it’s the charger for a $300 point and shoot camera or one for a Nikon D4.  Plug it into any voltage from 110v to 250v anywhere in the world and you will be just fine.

Unfortunately this is NOT the case with the Pearstone Duo Charger.  For some inexplicable reason it will only work with 110v.  So there I was in Austria last week for a shoot, with this charger, and having plugged it into the European 240v outlet of course it did not work.  For me this is a total deal breaker.  I travel with my cameras, that’s what I do.  I don’t want to worry about which charger to take with me for which country, I just want one that works.  Trust me when I say that to find yourself in a rural location in a foreign country with the realization that you cannot charge your camera battery is huge pain in the butt!

If you honestly feel that you will never ever leave N.America with this charger , and you have a huge number of LP-E6 batteries to charge then it does work but quite honestly I’d rather buy two of the official Canon ones for $110 than this one with it’s limited usefulness and inaccurate LCD readout for $80.

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