On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:54:51 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:20:04 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

Anyone have any good suggestions for types of lightboxes for product
photography?

I do NOT have a hip slick and cool digital SLR, and even the external
strobe connections are a *******.

Id like to build a lightbox..but it needs to be big enough/rugged
enough.. to put in a dirty, oily part or piece.

Something for shooting photos for Ebay for example.

Ive seen how some Ebay companies like Reliable Tools do it..but I dont
have that kind of floor space (theirs is 50'x50' with huge movable
fill lights in towers on wheels.

So Im going to need something useable with at least 3 strobes and
operational via slave flash.

Anyone have any links etc etc for simple designs suitable for what we
do?

Gunner


Oh..I use Olympus Camedia C-4000s, C-3030s and C-3000 cameras.

Cheap, take good photos and are rugged as hell.

Gunner

You don' need no steenkin' lightbox. About any aimable strobe
compatible with your camera will suffice, just one will suffice
nicely. The other accessory would be an aluminized umbrella,
available for about $30. The backwards-aimed strobe bounces off the
umbrella. Many excellent professional photos of technical objects,
including photos for glossy corporate annual reports, have been
done this way with a single bounce strobe. Been there, seen that
done. The pro photographer was Al W at Honeywell, Inc.

I've used an Olympus FL-40 which works with my old Camedia 2500 and
will also work with C 3030, C 4040 and C 5050.