I just got my new reflector but ...

08/16/2007 12:16:26 AM · #1

Ok, I got my new 40" 5in1 reflector today...

I don't really understand the black panel...do you use it to shade the subject, block the light, use just like the other colors?

What the heck?!? I don't get it...I've never used a reflector before.

fotomann_forever

08/16/2007 12:19:30 AM · #2

You use the black side to keep light from reflecting back to the subject. Useful if you want to get higher lighting ratios.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

08/16/2007 12:22:02 AM · #3

Yeah, but wouldn't there be no reflection of light on the subject if there isn't a reflector there?

Or the light is reflecting off of something else like water or a car or something like that and you want to prevent it?

pcody

Canon PowerShot G6

08/16/2007 12:23:08 AM · #4

Say you have a light facing your camera and it's for sure going to hit your lens. You put the black reflector somewhere between the light and the camera and it keeps the lens clean from stray light. Or say you want one side of your model to be really dark, use the reflector right up close to that side and it will eat up the stray light. It's an antireflector. The others add light, the black one subtracts light.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

08/16/2007 12:23:49 AM · #5

Ok, I get it...thank you...now off to practice.

fotomann_forever

08/16/2007 12:31:19 AM · #6

Originally posted by slickchik:

Or the light is reflecting off of something else like water or a car or something like that and you want to prevent it?

Exactly or walls or whatever. and what pcody said.

renefunk

Canon EOS-5D

08/16/2007 12:43:14 AM · #7

jack bauer saiys block the light

08/16/2007 12:44:43 AM · #8

I love Jack.

Ann

Olympus OM-D E-M1