Example
Hi Divamum...
Here's an example with that exact softbox....for the price, portability and quality it's hard to beat...
With an SB900 and hi sync....
The only drawback I've found is that the clamping mechanism for the ball head that pivots the unit on the mount seems to require quite a bit of torque. The actual T fitting on the screw could be a bit larger. Considering how much is hanging over the pivot point I guess it might be expected. Otherwise it's held up fine and I carry one everywhere because it's so portable.
Chair
By the way Divamum...that chair has got to be the most useful piece of furniture i have ever owned. Photography, playing on a gig,...even fishing
It's like a leatherman tool of chairs.
I wish my 60" had the detachable shaft though. It's like a spear sticking out in front.
Oh wow - I had no idea! That's one of the best parts about the 45" I have - it can be almost flat if I turn it vertically and remove the shaft; very good in small space accordingly
Tom, that setup really is very cool. What did you use as attachments?
Are you shooting ettl or manual with the softbox??
right now I am using brolley boxes and they work great but a 16 or 24 inch s-box would be
easier to carry I do believe and no so much feathering when I want to only light part of a face
or object.
Are you shooting ettl or manual with the softbox??
right now I am using brolley boxes and they work great but a 16 or 24 inch s-box would be
easier to carry I do believe and no so much feathering when I want to only light part of a face
or object.
Shot that manually Art. That's my usual. I think you're right about the rest of it. Highly portable and honestly at the cost if I only got a year out of it I'd feel I got my money's worth. But they're holding up just fine.
Oh wow - I had no idea! That's one of the best parts about the 45" I have - it can be almost flat if I turn it vertically and remove the shaft; very good in small space accordingly
Tom, that setup really is very cool. What did you use as attachments?
You mean the pieces parts?
Diva, I don't know! I do know I buy brackets and parts and then take them apart and end up with many components that can then be used together with other parts and assembled. That is partially why I put the photos up with those in there. I just went and looked them over and held them, and said: "I don't know."
I can take better photos of the little pieces if that would at all help you.
Ha! No, no worries - I can see what they look like, I just have no clue what they *are* (and my own McGyver tendencies have been more of the duct tape variety so I'm clueless ).
I'm shall now start thinking of you as Wallace (as in Wallace and Gromit - see Wallace's inventions for details )
Ha! No, no worries - I can see what they look like, I just have no clue what they *are* (and my own McGyver tendencies have been more of the duct tape variety so I'm clueless ).
I'm shall now start thinking of you as Wallace (as in Wallace and Gromit - see Wallace's inventions for details )
Hahaha! Very funny.....and more apropos than you can imagine.
Hint: My "tom wise adventures" ( hikes) as my GF and son call them are topped each time by Smoked salmon and a good french CHEESE!
Ha! No, no worries - I can see what they look like, I just have no clue what they *are* (and my own McGyver tendencies have been more of the duct tape variety so I'm clueless ).
I'm shall now start thinking of you as Wallace (as in Wallace and Gromit - see Wallace's inventions for details )
"No cheese Gromit..."
Ah yes...the 5P coin slot in the front of everything including the little robo stove on the moon
Good stuff!
Comments
Hi Divamum...
Here's an example with that exact softbox....for the price, portability and quality it's hard to beat...
With an SB900 and hi sync....
The only drawback I've found is that the clamping mechanism for the ball head that pivots the unit on the mount seems to require quite a bit of torque. The actual T fitting on the screw could be a bit larger. Considering how much is hanging over the pivot point I guess it might be expected. Otherwise it's held up fine and I carry one everywhere because it's so portable.
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
Sorry Divamum..I meant the 24" Cowboy...that's what I was describing and using.:D
Yep, she wasn't afraid of it
That corner appears to be part of the softbox but it was a part of a metal gate she was near...still...awfully close:D
was this using a sb600 or 900?
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Kinky Friedman
The 900...nice unit
By the way Divamum...that chair has got to be the most useful piece of furniture i have ever owned. Photography, playing on a gig,...even fishing
It's like a leatherman tool of chairs.
You had to ask....
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
It really makes the thing more usable!! Still cannot believe how strong the post is in that thing!
thanks,
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
Ahh! It would be...Wonder what size the two-piece went to one?
Oh wow - I had no idea! That's one of the best parts about the 45" I have - it can be almost flat if I turn it vertically and remove the shaft; very good in small space accordingly
Tom, that setup really is very cool. What did you use as attachments?
Are you shooting ettl or manual with the softbox??
right now I am using brolley boxes and they work great but a 16 or 24 inch s-box would be
easier to carry I do believe and no so much feathering when I want to only light part of a face
or object.
Shot that manually Art. That's my usual. I think you're right about the rest of it. Highly portable and honestly at the cost if I only got a year out of it I'd feel I got my money's worth. But they're holding up just fine.
You mean the pieces parts?
Diva, I don't know! I do know I buy brackets and parts and then take them apart and end up with many components that can then be used together with other parts and assembled. That is partially why I put the photos up with those in there. I just went and looked them over and held them, and said: "I don't know."
I can take better photos of the little pieces if that would at all help you.
I'm shall now start thinking of you as Wallace (as in Wallace and Gromit - see Wallace's inventions for details
Hahaha! Very funny.....and more apropos than you can imagine.
Hint: My "tom wise adventures" ( hikes) as my GF and son call them are topped each time by Smoked salmon and a good french CHEESE!
Gromit prob exists as my alter ego.
"No cheese Gromit..."
Ah yes...the 5P coin slot in the front of everything including the little robo stove on the moon
Good stuff!
Now I want some toast
(and clearly we have now formed a dgrin subset of W&G lovers. EXCELLENT!
Lastolite 24" x 24" Ezybox Hot Shoe Softbox Kit with Mark II Bracket
$189.95
It is never to late to become what you might have been.
www.behindthezoom.com
That's nice light. Size only suitable for close headshots etc. What's the damage on these?
Neil
http://www.behance.net/brosepix
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
http://www.amazon.com/CowboyStudio-Photo-Speedlite-Softbox-L-Bracket/dp/B003C0ZG2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291960151&sr=8-1
139USD at B&H.....very feasable for me.
Thanks reyvee61
Neil
http://www.behance.net/brosepix