Canon Rebel Xti

[charlie]

Check this thread tomorrow sometime, I will post it here.

[charlie]

Here ya go Greg, thought I forgot didn't you???

[gregr]

Thanks! No, I hadn't lost faith :eek3:
It's taller than the others I've seen. I think the trick will be to use something like this and get rid of the hotshoe on the end, then drill that and put a bolt with a wingnut (or similar) to attach the lookdown box to the end of the bracket. Should be all of twelve bucks plus the cost of the box.

[charlie]

Greg, if you do something like that, make sure you post pics of the process.

Taller and black sides, I think that really helps with the reflection issues you talked about. It is actually an overflow box that hadn't been drilled yet. I got it from Kevin in Spokane. I know a guy in Seattle that makes top down boxes, I could send him the same pic with the dimensions and see if he could give it a go.

[gregr]

Thanks but I have someone that will make it for me down here. It's just a matter of me getting around to it

[charlie]

Boy, I hear ya there!!!!

[ashyupdu]

I accept: If you're doing close-ups I recommend aperture priority as a starting point. For close-ups, if you want a lot of the coral in sharp focus you need to use a small aperture- it's hard to say exactly what aperture but like Charlie says- it's easy to delete. So start with something like f11 or so and see how the pics turn out. If you want more of the coral in focus go smaller (bigger f-number, like f16 or f22 even). And This great pictures, thank you for sharing them. I will return to put the picture on your forum and you'll find them great.

[zhenya]

Thanks but I have someone that will make it for me down here. It's just a matter of me getting around to it

Greg, here's some pics of my top down box, maybe it will give some ideas. ;)

Bottom piece of acrylic should be clear but the rest of the box should be black, of course, to help with the reflections. BTW, mine was build by Marc Levenson (melev) couple of years ago.

[charlie]

Looks alot like mine, but mine does not have the attachment, I definitely like that aspect!!!!

[gregr]

Ashyupdu- looking forward to seeing how your pictures come out.
Gene- thanks! I still haven't gotten around to working on the top-down box yet. I'm going to be taking pictures for an lfs and we worked out a way to turn off the pumps so I won't even need a box. Here's a sample:

[charlie]

Got any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gregr]

lol- I will be taking more tomorrow if this flu doesn't keep me home. Hit me like a ton of bricks last night

[charlie]

If they are all like that, I'll wait.

Get better and give us some more eye candy.

[gregr]

Thanks Charlie