Rear LCD screen protector

[Sean Setters]

You now have a 5D Mark II? When did you get it? I somehow missed that news

I got it yesterday. When Bryan posted the 15% off Refurbished SLR coupon for Canon Direct, I had to. I also got the Vello battery grip for it from B&H. I spent yesterday evening customizing most of the settings that are important to me and played around with the camera a bit. Here was my first flickr post with it:


Just Another Day by budrowilson, on Flickr

I was trying out the autofocus and seeing how the depth of field is different between it and my 7D. Oddly enough, it seemed to nail autofocus with my 85mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4 lenses without any AFMA corrections (which surprised me). So far, I'm happy with the camera, but it certainly is a different animal to shoot with. I'm looking forward to giving it more of a workout this weekend.

[Mark Elberson]

Just Another Day by budrowilson, on Flickr

Really like this Sean. I find on-axis in general to be flattering to women, but this is lovely light. How are you finding your new BD compared to your PCB variety? A quick Google search says it costs a few times more. This looks very soft light to me.

[Sean Setters]

Really like this Sean. I find on-axis in general to be flattering to women, but this is lovely light. How are you finding your new BD compared to your PCB variety? A quick Google search says it costs a few times more. This looks very soft light to me.

I was never a huge fan of the PCB silver dish that I had. Don't get me wrong, it's "ok," and relatively cheap. For the money, it's hard to beat. The only time I really liked it, though, was when I was trying to overpower the sun for a dramatic effect. The coolness of the light (which I'd often counter with a 1/4 or 1/2 CTO) plus the specularity turned me off from using it much of the time. I had gotten to where I used it socked most of the time--and at that point, it's just a round softbox (although it handles better in the wind than a traditional softbox).

So far I'm really enjoying the Mola. I ordered the Opal glas center diffuser for it, but it was back-ordered so I haven't received it yet. B&H said they'd have stock replenished next week. As I don't have the Opal diffuser yet, I've been using it with the stock PAD (perferated aluminum diffuser) without the diffusion sock on it (typically speaking). I wanted to get an idea how it performed stock before adding the opal diffuser. I'll use it a bit more this weekend on at least one shoot (maybe two). We'll see how it goes.

[Photog82]

I watched a video on it as well as looked at before and after comparisons, it appeared to cause a lot of glare. I'm interested to read your thoughts on your new purchase when you have time to test it.

[Mark Elberson]

Just realized that this thread was about screen protectors and not beauty dishes, sorry!

[Sean Setters]

Staying on the hijacked subject, sorry!:

I don't have the white version (PCB HOBD-W). I decided that if I wanted a white dish, I was going to go all out and get a Mola. Compared to the PCB HOBD, the Mola's light is certainly softer, but just as important is the build quality--it's much more rigid without being unnecessarily heavy. The Mola requires a speed ring, but that also means that it's made to be universal (just in case I wanted to use it on something other than my White Lightnings).

[clemmb]

Just realized that this thread was about screen protectors and not beauty dishes, sorry!

I see how it relates. Don't you? LOL

Congrats Sean.