On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 2, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd buy a Westcott speedlight softbox kit; either another Apollo or >> the new RapidBox, with a stand and umbrella mount. Since I already >> have a 42" Medium Apollo, I'd most likely go for the strip box. >> >> If any money left over I'd get a 40 degree grid for it too. >> >> Location lighting is da bomb. > > Yes it is! > > I had been thinking radio triggers, too... I saw the discussion the other > day about the Cyber Commander, which is spendier than cheapo ones, but would > give the ability to change the output from camera .... sadly, my credit does > me no good at Paul C Buff... > > Ever used the 7 ft umbrellas...?
No, biggest I've tried is the 42" umbrella softbox, like these: http://www.amazon.com/PBL-Umbrella-Reflective-Photographic-Lighting/dp/B005DM83KO Not nearly as efficient as the Westcott designs, and that's critical with speedlights. The Paul Buff PLM with front diffuser is nn my longer-term shopping list. The extreme silver surface and parabolic shape mean it's super efficient and usable with speedlights. http://www.paulcbuff.com/plm.php With a dish that big you really need a multiway speedlight bracket and multiple flashes inside it. You're lighting a large area so you need more watt-seconds. -- -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.
