Side By Side SOL LED vs MH

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

But that's when it's fun to take photo of growing sequence. You take your small frag and in one month you take them again, each month or every second month and you check the growth.

I was surprised when I saw my photos 8 months later. I have some that are growing 1" per month so you can imagine after 8 months. It's fun to do and help you keep track of the growth and color.

I am a wildlife photographer...I understand photography well enough to do some little shots of corals I was assuming that you know a bit about photography and exposure, focal etc..that's all it takes

YOu really can't compare this to medicine... Photography does not require 6 years of university + and the same base apply to everything...it's only the lens that change. I don't see much difference between doing corals, bugs or a moose, or even a bird in flight.

Well my biggest problem is that I took apart an expensive tripod to put the head on my monopod. And now I can't remember how to reassemble the tripod and can't justify another 500 for a new one.

And I agree that it's not hard to just take shots of frags. I'm really picky and selective with my photos. And unless I can make them look really good I probably would never post them

[Funky_Fish14]

Great comparison... I hope your not leaving the LED taped up like that for too long though, Being against a flat surface like that is likely obstructing the heat sink.

Cheers,

Chris

[MarkoD]

so i got a message from AI today

they finally moved their production plant and are producing units again

should be available in stores in the next couple weeks

[daniella3d]

There is no need for a tripod, beleive me.

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Well my biggest problem is that I took apart an expensive tripod to put the head on my monopod. And now I can't remember how to reassemble the tripod and can't justify another 500 for a new one.

And I agree that it's not hard to just take shots of frags. I'm really picky and selective with my photos. And unless I can make them look really good I probably would never post them

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

There is no need for a tripod, beleive me.

He took a pic of his moorish idol and it's a great pic! Happy? Get off his case already.

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

There is no need for a tripod, beleive me.

I dunno about that... there may not be a need for one... but they improve picture quality by a heck of a lot! My photos are MUCH more crisp when I use a tripod.

*Edit: Just saying that I feel there is definitely an improvement in my shots from use of a tripod - While adding in the disclaimer that I know not a thing about photography

[MarkoD]

It all depends what focal length you use. I like shooting telephoto to compress the background. And when shooting at 400mm you need at least a 1/400 of a second shutter spee; which is impossible when using off camera flash cuz the sync speed is only 1/200. So the only way to avoid camera shake is to use a tripod

[lastlight]

I don't see how any shot wouldn't be at least a little better shot from a tripod?

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I don't see how any shot wouldn't be at least a little better shot from a tripod?

Unless you are trying to do an 'action' (read: Blurrrrrry) shot

[lastlight]

Chris please don't challenge me in public. Imagine I took enough offense to negaRep you...