Wimberley Plamp II PP-200

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In macro photography, the close focusing distances and narrow apertures that are often required can lead to available light being a precious commodity, so why not make your life easier and your images more dramatic by adding some of your own!

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Some helping hands also have a magnifying glass or soldering iron holder, but you can usually disassemble the things to remove the bits you don't need. So we make do, and repurpose other objects to achieve our goal. There are a couple of ways I go about it myself, but no doubt there are plenty of other (better!) ways. If you’re looking for a truly budget way to enter the world of macro photography, look no further. Available in a wide variety of filter thread sizes and mount fits, this simple metal ring allows you to reverse-attach any optic with a matching thread size to your camera’s body. The segmented arm of your Plamp is approximately 19" long. If you do not need all this length, we encourage you to shorten your Plamp. To shorten the arm, bend the arm sharply until it snaps in two (do not worry, you will not hurt the Plamp), remove a length and reconnect the pieces. This lens could also double up as a fantastic portrait optic, thanks to its nine-blade circular aperture which produces beautiful bokeh in the out-of-focus areas of a scene.Secondly, like anything else made of plastic, it does have a useful life span that will be shorter than something made of metal. Your Plamp will loosen up after many uses. How much of a problem is this for you? That depends on how frequently you use it. My plamp is still stiff as a board. If you use yours a couple of hundred time, yes, it may loosen up to the point where you'll have to get a replacement. Thread two or three pipe cleaners through a straw. Twist these together at one end and twist in another pipe cleaner. Twist a couple into the other end. The Plamp. It’s a clamp, for plants. Along with having the best name of any photographic accessory on the market, Wimberley’s Plamp II is the ideal tool for stabilising wind-blown macro subjects such as wildflowers. The helping hands I've seen are all made out of bright shiny metal so you'll have to watch out for reflections. Yes, it has a bit of a weird name, but it's a product that works really well. I have a couple: they hold up my diffusion inside in the studio and they keep windblown grass still when I'm working outside.

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Designed for full-frame sensors, this manual-focus optic offers a true-macro magnification ratio of 1:1 and a bright f/2.8 aperture. Available in all major camera mounts, the 100mm f/2.8 ED UMC Macro has a 15-element, 12-group construction that features high refractive and extra-low-dispersion elements for premium image quality at a price that won’t break the bank.Have any friends who like to shoot macro too? If so, please share this review of the Wimberley Plamp II Macro Clamp with a friend or on your blog. A helping hand repurposed from the world of soldering to the world of photography. A cheap and cheerful diffuser holder, but you can of course also use one of these to mount your specimens. The rotation joints at the ends are a bit fiddly to adjust mid-flow, and I removed the magnifying glass as it just gets in the way. Kenko's Auto Extension Tubes contain all the circuitry and mechanical coupling required to maintain autofocus and TTL auto exposure with most lenses, provided there is enough light. As they’re available in a wide variety of camera mount fits, there will very likely be one that works with your setup. Plamp, a nice strong holding tool, made from Loc-line modular flexible arm material. The "spring clamp" jaws do a great job at attaching the thing to a tripod for use outside. Plamps are very useful to hold reflectors as well -- clamping a Plamp to the tripod is a good way of transporting it between potential subjects if you're using them for field macro. Plamp plamp (n.) (combination of the words, "plant" and "lamp") (adj. plampy) (adv. Plamply/plampily) (v. plamping, to plamp) (sentence {v}: plamp it up!)

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Often used in a standalone fashion in a chatroom or comment but usually accompanied by emojis, exclamation marks & substituted for other words in phrases, lyrics or sentences. I'm sure you can come up with your own creative uses for your plamp. these are just a few of the uses that have worked well for me. There are other options out there too. I bought the Wimberly Plamp II for two reasons. Your problem is that you're too far from civilization. If you were in the Detroit area, you could pop into one of dozens of Grainger, McMaster Carr, or Production Tool locations to play with the Loc-Line, try before you buy. When you're in real close with macro photography, the slightest movements are magnified. The solution is that you just have to be patient when making those small adjustments to get the precise composition you're after.The plamp's large clamp can be attached to essentially anything that will fit in its jaws. This includes nearly every tripod on the market, tree branches, furniture, stakes driven into the ground, vegetation, etc. The Plamp is designed to attach to your own tripod but it is often handy to attach it to a second tripod so that you are free to move your tripod around without affecting the subject.

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Reveal a world of hidden detail like never before. Matt Higgs rounds up 11 accessories ideal for the macro enthusiast… Extension tubes are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its standard minimum distance. This has the effect of magnifying a subject so that it appears larger, both in the viewfinder and in resulting images, thereby allowing almost any lens to be used for close-up work without losing any optical quality. Whether you use your Wimberley Plamp as a clamp for macro photography, a third hand for photography, or as a flexible clamp for another purpose, it's an interesting gadget you can have fun with. It's just one of those things, you'll need to have some widget or tool to hold up your diffusion or reflector in the field but there is a dearth of dedicated product for this purpose out on the market. The aluminium Alta Pro 263T can safely support professional setups weighing up to 7kg, and extends to a top working height of 165cm, making it well-suited for landscape shooting as well as macro.The general vibes of watching a livestream from quarantine, often while partying at home, stemming from the recurring presence of plants & lamps on DJ livestreams.