Wimberley Plamp II PP-200

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Armenian genocide survivor, amazing cook, scrabble master, and loving grandmother. You will be missed. It was designed specifically for macro photography and I wanted a lightweight tool, easy to carry, and effective at helping me concentrate to taking great photos. plamp (n.) (combination of the words, "plant" and "lamp") (adj. plampy) (adv. Plamply/plampily) (v. plamping, to plamp) (sentence {v}: plamp it up!) You can bend it in an infinite number of ways to fit it to the exact photographic situation you are in. There's also a version of it called the Wemberly Ground Plamp.

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The average helping hand usually has a couple of crocodile clips attached on a frame-like structure, so it can be used to support things like polystyrene cups if you use those for your extreme macro diffusion, as I do. The most common use for the photographer's clamp is to hold a flower in place, but you can use it to hold any small object in the prefect position for a close-up photo. 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. The second option is to extend one of the legs of your tripod toward your subject and then attach the Plamp further down the leg of your tripod and thus closer to your subject. It's a very light plastic build, weighing in at a scant 7.9 ounces, which is about the same as an adult Syrian hamster, and stretches to 23 inches long.If you need more reach (e.g. if you are using a 180mm or 200mm macro lens), you have three options. The first option is to attach the If you need more reach (e.g. if you are using a 180mm or 200mm macro lens), you have three options. The first option is to attach the Plamp to an object other than your own tripod. The second option is to extend one of the legs of your tripod toward your subject and then attach the PLamp further down the leg of your tripod and thus closer to your subject. The third option is to extend the length of your Plamp by adding extra links to its arm. The trade-off to adding extra length to your Plamp is that it becomes less rigid. reflectors, which are generally held in a relatively vertical position and not fully cantilevered out, can be held and positioned confidently with a single Ground Plamp. Wimberley sent me a Plamp II to review, and it's a definite improvement on the basic plamp of yesteryear. The Plamp II has a better strong clasper bolt so it doesn't come loose, a sensitive fine head to clasp the stem, a flexible stake accessory that can bolt it in the ground rather than on a tripod leg and a fine head attachment that's easier to adjust than just the original head on the flexible tubing. Helping Hand 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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With a Multi-Angle Central Column (MACC) System that allows users to shoot from zero to 180 degrees in variable vertical and horizontal positions, the Vanguard Alta Pro 263T is a great tripod choice for macro shooters who want stability for low-level shooting. Park Cameras, York Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9TT | VAT No. GB 315 9441 58 | Registered Company No. 1449928 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. It's a very simple, non-tech piece of macro photography equipment that can be used in a variety of ways, both photography and non-photography uses. It's mainly designed to clamp to your tripod and gently grip your subject or a light modifier.

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I've used it this way more than once to see what I was doing while fixing a drain pipe under the kitchen sink. 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. 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. Any review of the Wimberley Plamp should include its weaknesses too and I only know of two shortcomings. The first weakness is that the plamp is quite stiff when you first get one. This makes it challenging to make very minute changes in its exact position.

Wimberley Professional Photo Gear - The Plamp II - Tripod Head

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.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. 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.

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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. Take control of harsh daylight with this compact diffuser from Manfrotto. Reducing the intensity of light that passes through it by a stop, and spreading it for a softer look, the panel could also be used as a windshield for protecting delicate subjects. With individually adjustable reflectors and a clip-on diffuser, this shoot-through ring flash allows you to take total control of the lighting in your macro images. It can be attached to the front of virtually any lens with one of the six filter thread adaptors that come in-box. This flash could also be used for portrait photography, where it gives subjects’ eyes distinctive and attractive donut-shaped catchlights. TTL-compatible and with a modelling light built in, this fully featured device can turn a great macro image into a stunning one. Here's something you can try if you like to get creative with your photographer's clamp. I got the idea from another photographer. Get two of these gadgets together and you can connect them to form a makeshift, adjustable mini-tripod to handle some really unique photography situations.The main clamp is shaped to be able to grip onto poles like the leg of your tripod or can also clasp flat objects in the orange shoes on the ends of the jaws. non-PHOTOGRAPHIC uses for your plamp 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. You can use the plamp to grip a variety of objects because of several different clamping areas. The pressure from the different gripping areas are all precisely controlled by a thumbscrew to get just the right amount of grip.