Amateur Photographer magazine - Free reflector

bullpost

Theres a free reflector with this weeks AP.
Got mine in Easons today.
costs less than €4.

mehfesto2

Cool. Is it any use?

Fenster

mehfesto2 wrote: »

Cool. Is it any use?

My question exactly. Might be worthwhile for the family to buy a magazine and pop it in the mail to me.

bullpost

Haven't used it but looks ok - probably fine if you don't have one, which I didn't. Comes with a handy pouch.

chevron

What size/colour is the reflector?
thinking it might be of use for in the home.

bullpost

light grey, roughly 1m in diameter.

chevron wrote: »

What size/colour is the reflector?
thinking it might be of use for in the home.

honerbright

Thanks for the tip, bullpost! Went out and got mine today.

Noticed you could get a white balancer instead of the reflector... wondering if it would be worth while picking up a white balancer one as well. But i'm not quite sure what it does or how it works :P

bullpost

Yep - saw that as well and since 99% of the remaining magazines had the balancer I reckoned most of the demand was for the reflector - I had to wade through the bunch to find mine.

I shoot raw so assumed I didn't need it.

honerbright wrote: »

Thanks for the tip, bullpost! Went out and got mine today.

Noticed you could get a white balancer instead of the reflector... wondering if it would be worth while picking up a white balancer one as well. But i'm not quite sure what it does or how it works :P

smelltheglove

Agreed with the above, I went out and got mine today I picked up the reflector, dont know how useful it will be yet as I havent taken it out however I thought the reflector to be a better choice for me, I edit the colour balance in pp if required whilst doing my usual basic pp, it only takes me a few seconds more.

smash

I haven't found a copy yet, although there's only like 3 shops in Sandyford ind est...

PaulieC

steve06 wrote: »

I haven't found a copy yet, although there's only like 3 shops in Sandyford ind est...

none of which would sell anything remotely related to photography...the nearest place would be the newsagent in Stillorgan shopping centre

smash

yea, there's 1 good shop in Bray that I can think of!

Eirebear

huh! i just finally got around to buying reflectors this week.

I got sick of the funny looks i was getting wandering around with a piece of cardboard with tinfoil sellotaped to it!

AnimalRights

I want to learn how to use a reflector.

melekalikimaka

AnimalRights wrote: »

I want to learn how to use a reflector.

ever used a watch to shine the sun to someones eyes???

pretty much that

DaireQuinlan

melekalikimaka wrote: »

ever used a watch to shine the sun to someones eyes???

pretty much that

Haha I have this sudden image of mele in photography class shining the sun into peoples eyes with his giant 1 metre reflector, only to deny everything when the lecturer turns around really quickly and tosses a piece of chalk at his head.

smash

If anyone's interested, there's 1 copy left with a reflector in the gem in Bray, on the quinsbouragh road.

padocon

I know what a reflector is but a white balancer?

Eirebear

padocon wrote: »

I know what a reflector is but a white balancer?

Normally it is either a White, or a Grey piece of card which you use in a test shot and adjust your WB accordingly.

Borderfox

I picked up the white balance one, looks very handy. Take a shot with it in the Church and thats your white balance done. I already have a tri-grip reflector (which I would recommend too)

Doodah7

I bought both... is that a little sad??