[Martin Devlin]

August 3, 2013 at 9:10 am

Film makers use corrective gels (light blue) in front pf their lights to adjust the kelvin temp to daylight. An inexpensive setup would be two 500 watt builders halogen lights c/w with stands (about €50 each) with the corrective gel located about six to 9 inches(150 to 200 mm) in front of them. Crude but effective.

[Martin Devlin]

February 27, 2013 at 5:03 pm

The flash gun you have described was designed for The Canon EOS film cameras DO NOT USE IT on a digital camera as the trigger voltage will be too high and can cause serious damage to your camera. Digital flash units have a trigger voltage of around 5 volts, while older film camera flashes have a trigger voltage of about 200 volts. The flash to camera foot may be the same but that’s where compatibility ends.

[Martin Devlin]

November 6, 2012 at 8:01 pm

There is an organisation in the UK (link) http://www.disabledphotographers.co.uk/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; they might be a place to start for information and they might have contact with organisations in Ireland.

[Martin Devlin]

October 14, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Hi Pat you did not say wheither you invested in a flash meter and from your statement ‘Some Experimentation’ suggests that you have not invested in one. I would suggest that it be your next and most immediate purchase as you can not balance your lights correctly without one. and without one you will never master multiple head flash photography.

[Martin Devlin]

October 14, 2012 at 6:05 pm

Hi Damian your members are responsible for insuring their own equipment. many household policies cover some camera equipment, on this one all I can suggest is that you can point members who are interested in aquiring insurance in the right direction. Members change or add to kit and it would be an administrative nightmare for the unfortunate committee member who ever got stuck with that task.
As to public liability if your club is a member of the Irish Photographic Federation you sould check what insurance benefits if any are confered by membership.
Lasty if members of your club attend outings organised by the club they do so at their own risk.

[Martin Devlin]

June 6, 2010 at 6:58 pm

Your water marks are probably caused because you are in a hard water area. Using wetting agent will help considerably but you should consider the following which has been used by many pros for years, get a piece of natural shammy (four times the size of the film you will be using) soak in wetting agent, fold in half and in half again and wring out completely, wipe film from top to bottom, wring out shammy and wipe reverse side of film.
The shammy removes almost all the surface water from the film surface and considerably reduces the effect of water marks.

Martin Devlin