Both are connected to a Photoflex universal ring (the 800, I think) and both have a Photoflex bracket for a hot-shoe type flash . Any flash that folds in the center (420EZ, 430EZ, 540EZ, 420EX, 550EX, 580EX, Vivitar 283) will fit and work. I place a Stoffen Omni-Bounce over the flash, making it effectively a "bare bulb" inside the soft box. I'm old school (no digital SLR, yet) so I'm using a 540EZ and a 430EZ or a pair of Vivitar 283's. I may move to a pair of 550EX's to get wireless. The good news is that once you get your exposure dialed in, it never changes unless you move the lights. So you can shoot product after product without changing anything.
I'm very pleased with the results that I'm getting from this setup for small-product photography. One box is directly over and slightly behind the subject on box is at camera level 45� to the left. I often use a white reflector (just cardboard, nothing fancy) about 45� to the right to lighten up the shadows a bit.
I think my next purchase will be a strip light (12" x 36") or maybe something even bigger.
Mr. Bill
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I've been looking for a softbox to "play" studio light with one 550EX. I'm interested in the new Ezybox 60cm from Lastolite. Given the portability, it looks like a good match to the 550EX to easily take on location or makeshift studio-garage :-). Nevertheless, Lastolite does not make an adaptor for a 'hotshoe' flash.
I wonder if some of you are using softboxes with a speedlite?, which model do you recommend and how do you properly mount the flash into the 'box. Another model looking interesting is the umbrellabox but it's quite shallow and it looks like it needs a bare bulb inside. Even the 17mm panel of the 550EX wouldn't do the trick.
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