On Jun 20, 2012, at 5:39 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > A gridded striplight is a very dramatic lighting tool. Essential for > doing the body light-sculpture kind of thing.
Striplight, not softbox? Can one use some black fabric (or aluminum foil) to turn a softbox into a striplight? > > > Larry, be sure and check out http://fotodioxpro.com/ for info too. Good point, they've got more details there. It's weird that they have separate speedrings for alienbees and for white lightnings, and other companies don't. > > The differences between those products would appear to be mainly that > Fotodiox offers "standard" and "EZ-Pro" softbox variations. One type > works like an umbrella, versus the traditional stiff wires thing that > breaks fingernails I hear. (I don't have any of these yet, but I've > read up.) Ahh! I see. They don't make a big, or any, difference between the pro and ez-pro on amazon. > > The eggcrates are velcro'ed such that they adhere to the inside lip of > the softbox. They should be compatible. Even my $50 folding Fotodiox > 24" speedlight softbox has the requisite velcro although I don't have > an eggcrate for it. Their pictures on amazon show the eggcrates for all of them, whether they come with eggcrates or not. > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> First question, how much difference does an eggcrate make when shooting with >> a softobox? I tend to shoot in confined spaces, and like to be specific >> where my light goes, so I'm pretty sure I want one. >> >> I'm afraid fotodiox is a bit slow in answering email. Does anyone happen to >> know what is different besides the price on these? >> >> I see three products that look identical, one is $39 or $54 and 3.8 lbs the >> other is $69 and 10 lbs >> what is different? >> >> $39: >> http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Softbox-Speedring-Alienbees-Strobe/dp/B003EWKG3M/ref=pd_bxgy_p_text_b >> • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) >> • ASIN: B003EWKG3M >> $69: >> http://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Softbox-Speedring-Lightning-Lighting/dp/B003EWPKGA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1340145959&sr=8-7&keywords=softbox+white+lightning >> • Shipping Weight: 10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) >> • ASIN: B003EWPKGA >> >> Then there is this for >> $54: >> http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Softbox-Speedring-Lightning-Lighting/dp/B003EWPABU/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1340145579&sr=8-10&keywords=fotodiox+softbox+white+lightning >> • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) >> • ASIN: B003EWPABU >> >> Do they all work with this: >> http://www.amazon.com/Studio-Solutions-softbox-Eggcrate-degree/dp/B003EWQ7X0/ref=pd_ybh_14 >> • Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) >> • ASIN: B003EWQ7X0 >> -- >> 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.
