Saturday, July 22, 2017

Umbrella Softbox

Godox and Neewer make some very reasonably priced umbrella style soft boxes (https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-centimeters-Octagonal-Speedlight Photography/dp/B00PIM3I6I/ref=sr_1_24?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500749277&sr=1-24&keywords=godox+softbox). The drawback is the way the flash and part of the light stand are inside the softbox. This arrangement limits the movement of the softbox. The pivot point for the softbox in inside the softbox.





There are several companies that make a boom arm that allow you to mount two or more flash units inside the softbox while keeping the flashes in the center and putting the pivot point outside of the softbox. This arrangement allows you to have full movement of the softbox.




I have the 32” version with two Godox V860II or two Godox V850 flashes inside. The V850’s are manual only, the V860II’s are full TTL and manual.




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