Photography Asked by ablaze on February 28, 2021
I bought 20″*28″ Umbrella Softbox Reflector for Speedlight (Model: 6Y19. Details & dimensions), assuming I can just mount it on my light stand. That was a mistake. I need this reflector softbox, for portraits and food photography.
The problem:
The soft box just came with the box, diffuser fabric and 4 spikes as you can see in the details. So one end of the spikes sticks in a corner of a soft box but the other end has nowhere to stick in. In order to use this reflector softbox, I seem to have 2 options:
I purchase Bowen’s speedlight ring and Bowen’s adapter. But it seems like they’d cost ~$20.00 a piece, costing me extra $40 in total.
I could buy E27 Base socket for less than $20.00 – but then I’d have to be in the proximity of a power outlet.
Question:
Is there a solution, which let’s me mount my manual flash and the softbox reflector on a light stand, and is also cost effective?
EDIT
I have tripod and a light stand with cold shoe mount which I’m using for shoot through umbrellas.
My first guess would be to use a gobo-head or a magic arm combined with uni-clamps - the possibilities are endless. I don't know what your sticks are, what kind of contacts and screws you are talking about.
Answered by Florian Claaßen on February 28, 2021
The link of the product is broken, but I am assuming it is simply the softboxes that have an umbrella mechanism inside to open, the flash is inside and the way to hold it is using the umbrella's rod.
Do not use the mount you are linking, because it is for continuous light, aka, 4 lightbulbs.
Look for a thing called "E type umbrella holder"
The E type is the simplest one where you can change the angle of the system, hold an umbrella and put a flash head on the top using a hot-shoe.
They are not expensive, about $10 Usd.
A safer type of mount is the "S type umbrella holder" this holds the Speedlight by the head, not by the hot shoe.
Try not to use an improvised solution because your flash can end on the floor.
Answered by Rafael on February 28, 2021
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