On Jun 8, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Google for "brolly box", Larry. They sell 'em, so yes the idea is > sound. Fer example ... > > http://www.cowboystudio.com/category_s/244.htm
Thanks. I'm not at all surprised that such things exist, the trick is knowing the search terms. > > But be sure and check out what Fotodiox sells in the way of > inexpensive softboxes first. Good to know. Thanks. > > Go to amazon.com, search for "fotodiox softbox lightning" and you'll > find, among other stuff, a 24"x36" softbox with speedring for White > Lightning for $29 US. > > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've got a couple of shoot through umbrellas that work pretty well, with the >> minor issue that since they bounce a lot of light back the way it came, they >> work almost more like light grenades, throwing photons indiscriminately in >> every direction. >> >> I just realized that with the clamps on my white lightning, I could cut a >> hole in some posterboard to mount it on the flash, run the shaft of the >> umbrella through it, and end up with a light source that is fairly diffuse >> and pretty much only shoots light forward. I'd rather have a big softbox, >> but that would cost $50 or $100, and a sheet of posterboard is closer to $5. >> Less, if I use one of the beat up pieces that I bought for backdrops a few >> years ago. >> >> I'm curious whether anyone has tried something like this, and if so, how >> well it works, or rather what it works well, or poorly, for. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
