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LED Light Panel for Macro Photography

Started 6 months ago | Questions thread
c h u n k
c h u n k Senior Member • Posts: 2,042
Re: LED Light Panel for Macro Photography

Mike Engles wrote:

Been there. Really not enough light to to allow high shutter speeds to freeze images, like flash does, as well as high apertures for DOF. You end up,using high ISOs and then have to mess with NR

I have two, but with batteries, much heavier than flash, for the light output

Depends what the use is. I clicked thread bc Im about to buy some but some people get results. Using them for single shots in place of flash def does NOT make sense. But people are using them to do hand held stacks too. The options with current cameras are to use flash, which means using mechanical shutter and slow burst rate. You also have to use external power source for the flash to keep up even at regular burst. Its very doable though - Look at project Maritus. He gets like 30 frames on a 5DIV and twin flash or speedlight.

The other option is, of course, using LED panels. One guy was just in a convo with me about it in another thread. Cant remember his name - he shoots the stacks of sand/garnets and some spiders with a single Godox LED panel. Remember, you dont have to stop way down as the DOF is managed with the stacking.

Like I said, I havent tried them myself yet, but Ive seen images made with them and its definitely doable.

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