Re: taking pictures in the operating room
- From: "Pat" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 May 2006 13:56:49 -0700
Can't get the hospital to splurge on it and bill someone's health
insurance? What is medicine coming to?
Okay. Call b & h and ask them. www.bhphotovideo.com
Otherwise, you can assume the distance from the ceiling to the brain is
close to a constant, varying only be placement and possibly dropping
the slippery little bugger on the floor.
If you want to do it on the cheap (oh man, that hurts my head -- cheap
brain surgery), there are a few options. First, you could install a
flash over the table with a flash diffuser (like Sto-Fen). This would
be better, assuming people don't steal out of the OR. Or, you could
buy a cheap tripod and a cheap "slave" flash. Then, bring the tripod
into the OR when you need it and place it in the same place every time
-- aimed at the same spot on the ceiling. Put your camera's pop-up
flash up and put the camera in full manual mode. Use your flash to
trigger the slave and light up the place. It'll take a few exposures
to get the right settings. A better (but slightly more expensive
option) would be to put the flash on a light stand (maybe with an
umbrella). If it's at an angle, it will minimize the reflection.
For more money, don't use a cheap slave, use two flashes that
communicate between themselves. Canon has them and I assume Nikon does
too. Then you can put one to the side but you still have full metering
and don't have to use manual setting on camera.
These option will work if you can get light in, but if you are working
inside a deep hole, then you need a light right or something like I
showed you.
Of course the ideal solution would be to take one of those big wonking
lights what you see on TV and cut a hole in the bell-housing. Then,
shoot down through the hole and use the OR light to light up the work
area. No cost, and explaining it to maintenance would be fun.
If you want to be super cheap (and you have absolutely no price) (poor
brain surgeon who isn't arogent, like that'll happen), you could get a
"wedding bracket" that is used to hold a flash, such as
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=371038&is=REG&addedTroughType=search
and tape a couple of cheap, bright, LED flashlights to it for lighting.
It would be pretty close to getting light into a hole. You might need
to put a diffuser over it, but you could make one out of a translucent
paper or the bottom of a clear alcohol bottle.
Artists have portfolios to show their work. Do doctors have the same?
Like, hey, look at THIS fancy stitching!!!
Good luck and remember, don't misplace your lens cap in there.
Hey, I'm still using Brain v. 1.0 Any chance of an upgrade?
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