I don't see much advantage to this; possibly that it stretches the fabric to soften wrinkles.
If you buy one of these, you can _only_ use their 8x8 backgrounds with it. Expensive system to buy and expensive to maintain. Or buy a standard two-stand backdrop hanger and use any backdrops with it. Even curtains (like the 10-foot black ones I just bought at IKEA for $40). As for using it as a softbox: how? There's no light containment at all--it's a flat surface. You could maybe use it as a scrim, but I bet it kills 2-3 stops of light. Get some white rip-stop nylon and use that for a scrim. Only drops 2/3 stop of light by my testing. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a photo booth at the company party this afternoon, I saw this > background setup and was instantly filled with gear envy: > http://www.calumetphoto.com/product/calumet-on-site-portable-background-system/MP0500/ > > $250 for a stand and backdrop is out of my price range this week, but it > looks awesome. The white backdrop also looks like it could be used as an > 8x8 softbox. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
