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Antonio Correia
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At last I had some sucess on doing a light stand.
Some of my so called inventions are not working but not this one.
And this is good.
What is this ? This is a rod for painting with a bit of a screw at the end which has been melted.
The base is also plastic and the rod fits nicely in the tube of the base.
At the end a flash which can be placed from 1 meter to 3 meters hight, near the ceiling for example to bounce the flash.
A success.
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Some of my so called inventions are not working but not this one.
And this is good.
What is this ? This is a rod for painting with a bit of a screw at the end which has been melted.
The base is also plastic and the rod fits nicely in the tube of the base.
At the end a flash which can be placed from 1 meter to 3 meters hight, near the ceiling for example to bounce the flash.
A success.
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How heavy is the base? You do not want that stand to fall over and dump your expensive speedlight onto the concrete flooring. I might need a wider, more stable appearing base to feel comfortable myself. Just a thought.
I actually use a heavy old tripod to act as a flash stand myself. But air shocked light stands are pretty cheap here in the US.
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I don't know, for the moment, how heavy that base is. I will weight it and tell you.
However, when the flash is as it would be in the last picture - the more the rod is extended the worst in terms of balance - the base just holds fine for a little push and tends to come to the vertical easily.
It is normal that, for example using the stand with umbrella and extended the hole thing, this is pretty sensitive.
We can't have everything in life
Very unstable.
Better stop using it before the flash falls and crash. :cry
Better get a light stand.
Today, I made 1 hour shotting with the rod and the stand.
Very dangerous when extended.
No problem when at the shown position.
But we must be very careful ...
Umbrella, soft box or something similar is pretty dangerous when on the rod. Not even tryied.
Flashes are expensive.
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Nikolai: another thing to drag, to carry ?
Don't feel like carrying more stuff, but is is a good sugestion indeed.
Just in SOS, may be.
I hope to be able to go and shoot some young men, 15, 16, 17 years old, playing hockey during next week.
I can use whatever I find to stabilize the base...:D
My softbox is coming on monday ...
It will be interior shots and ... well... flashes get ready
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8' is not tall enough and, most likely, very thin. If you put up a monolight with a decent softbox it would be very wobbly.
32" is fairly small size, too, IMHO.
As with any lighting equipment (which is extremely hard to sell if you decided to upgrade it), it's highly recommended to purchase a good stuff right off the bat even at a premium - you'll pay less in the long run.
You are an exception with your cavernous space of course:D
Good thing to be aware of, also.
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Actually, when I got them few years ago my primary intention was to use them "on location". Venues usually happen to have a much higher ceiling than 8 ft.
However, my primary concern with a smaller stand is not its height, but its robustness, which often seems to be in a direct connection to its maximum height.