WAngell Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 I've always avoided using a fog machine near any musical stuff as the old ones use to leave a bit of a residue. Newer still seem to use the same water+glycerin juice. Any idea if these will harm strobes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Naka Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I don't know, but that fog is a PiA to shoot through. The AutoFocus may not be able to lock up on the subject, so you have to focus manually.Flash will be reflected back at you by the fog.Some of those fogs literally "stinks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAngell Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) All very true. I ended up making my own fog juice so I could play with the amount of glycol and as little as possible as that's what creates a film on stuff. Overall it worked well and no film left on strobes or other stuff even though we had it fairly thick at times. Yep, AF was either a pain or non-existent. I was shooting at 2.8 for a shallower DoF which made manual difficult with the models moving a bit. Some haze would have helped with light beams as the fog didn't spread out as evenly as I'd hoped and dissipated too quickly. Next time. In the end I was able to get close to the shot I wanted though did run in to a 'strobes too bright' issue. :) Edited November 8, 2018 by WAngell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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