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• 1. Aston  |  June 27th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

  Quicktime 7.6.6 says the videos are broken. just comes up with a question mark. Tried other qt sites and it’s ok at my end. Just thought you should know. Ast…

• 2. damien  |  June 27th, 2010 at 7:10 pm

  Hi Aston,

  Thanks for the feedback. What browser are you using and on what platform?

  I’ve tested the videos in IE XP pro on our windows test server, in Parallels on a Mac again with IE XP pro, Firefox on a Mac, Safari on a Mac, Google Chrome on a Mac, iPhone and iPad. I thought I was nearly there

  I’m on Quicktime version 10 and as it’s a free upgrade (assuming you are not a Pro user) via software update I might have to accept non reverse compatibility for old versions.

  It’s always a tough call but info on your browser and OS etc. certainly would help. I’m not concerned with the ability to play the videos outside of a browser.

  FYI, I made the videos using Handbrake.

  Thanks again, Damien.

• 3. Richard Moore  |  June 28th, 2010 at 8:09 am

  A fabulous way to see the products in action. I particulaly ike the Orbis flash now I have seen it in action I will place my order.

  Thank you for the insights Damien.

• 4. George  |  June 29th, 2010 at 9:41 pm

  Quicktime 7.6.6. is the latest version for PCs and these videos do not play on IE or Firefox on the three modern PCs/laptops I’ve tried (all with Windows 7).

  Not seen this problem before with a quicktime file have to say. Makes no attempt to stream.

  Thank you

• 5. Richard Moore  |  June 30th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

  Just received the Orbis fabulous. Just wondered if you also include use of the Orbis on the Speedlight Mastery Workshop.

  Many Thanks Richard

• 6. Steve Hale  |  July 1st, 2010 at 1:28 pm

  These are great Damien, as a proud owner of a Lowel which has just arrived from yourselves any plans to do a short video on it? I am learning through practice trial and error before using it with clients but some tips on video would be great.

  Thanks
  Steve

• 7. Chris Hanley  |  July 1st, 2010 at 11:43 pm

  hi steve
  nice to see you have invested in a lowel I’ve had mine for nearly 5 yrs and is one of my most used pieces of kit.
  There are some nice lowel shots on my maunsel house set which D has blogged, plus lots more on our cherish the dress posts and indeed my own blog. If you have any specific Q’s by all means send D or myself a DM on twitter and we’ll do our best to answer

• 8. Steve Hale  |  July 2nd, 2010 at 3:16 pm

  Thanks Chris, been following your blog since I did the very first Cherish workshop you did in Manchester last year. Loving the warmth this light gives, even gelling my speedlites CTO doesnt seem to replicate this as well.

  Cheers
  Steve

• 9. damien  |  July 5th, 2010 at 12:19 am

  Hi George,

  The videos work on my 6 year old PC running Windows XP Pro that has never had an update beyond service pack 2. It does have iTunes on it though and that might just be the key to the problem why some PCs can and some PCs cant play the content. Just a thought that was given to me by Martin.

  Cheers, Damien.

• 10. damien  |  July 5th, 2010 at 12:21 am

  Hi Richard,

  Orbis is not on my Speedlight Mastery video because I didn’t have one at that time. I’ve made one video that you have seen and I’m sure i’ll be making more soon:)

  Cheers, Damien.

• 11. damien  |  July 5th, 2010 at 12:23 am

  Hi Steve,

  I’ll be shooting a Lowell video soon too. I was just waiting for our battery pack updates. It was the labels that took the time but we have them all now.

  Cheers,

  Damien.

• 12. damien  |  July 5th, 2010 at 12:24 am

  Hi Steve,

  One more note: Use a starting exposure of 800ISO with 1/60th second and f/4 and your Lowel pictures will sing

  Cheers,

  Damien.

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