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I see how some of you are using ping pong balls cut to slip over your Janjos.
Pretty cool execution there.
How is that working for y'all?
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while many folks use ping pong ball diffusers attached to the Jansjo lights themselves, the original usage (and the way I have used them) was to attach them to the bottom of the objective. Then the lights are shone onto the ping pong ball and the light is diffused onto the subject. Both ways of using them gives good diffusion, though nowadays I prefer using a flat diffuser at the lens since it is not at all easy to work with ping pong balls.
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 I'd like to see what your talking about.  |
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I am still chuckling at Quote:
it is not at all easy to work with ping pong balls.  I can imagine! |
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"while many folks use ping pong ball diffusers attached to the Jansjo lights themselves, the original usage (and the way I have used them) was to attach them to the bottom of the objective. "
Same here.
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attach them to the bottom of the objective. Could someone please dumb that down so I can understand? Maybe post a photo . . . . I see the photos above, but can't quite decipher them. |
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Cut the ping pong ball in half. Drill a small hole in it a bit larger than the objective front lens element. Attach the half ping pong ball with hole to the objective with double-stick tape such that the hole is lined-up with the objective front element. Shine the lights onto the ping pong ball. Snap the shot.
Edited by rmpsrpms
01/06/2020 7:38 pm
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Got it. Thank you!!
Thinking that might not work so great with the big 'ol fat lens I am using.
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I think you're looking to use them on Jansjos like Darth, correct? So no worries, but cutting them in half is still a bit tricky.
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Well, I am all set up with Jansjos and Ping Pong balls.
Penn brand ping pong balls.
They are throwing this terrible yellow light!
What brand ball are you guys using?
The Penn balls look white, but the light that they produce is a bit dim and very yellow.
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What brand ball are you guys using? You might need to set the white balance to match the lighting with the yellowish ping pong balls installed. BTW, I don't use ping pong balls at all -- I shine the jansjo lights on/through a lens-attached diffuser made of Canson Opalux paper. Edited by pepactonius
01/10/2020 3:47 pm
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Ah! Thats it.
I went to great pains to set the white balance (it is way too complicated on this Olympus)earlier and I have not re-set it for the new (ping pong) lights.
Duh
I should have some pics this afternoon.
Also, I have a big sheet of Opalux right here. I have not used it yet, as the ping pong balls just seemed such an elegant solution!!
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First effort. Please critique. Be brutal! ISO 100 F-8 Shutter at 2/5 sec. I tried to focus on the stars on the columns.  |
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