Fotodiox Pro Octagon Softbox 60" - The Ultimate Lighting Solution For Broncolor (Impact) And Visatec Strobe Lights With Octbox, Speed Ring, And Soft Box Review

If there's one thing you should know about flash photography, it's that you need good light modifiers. And, generally speaking, bigger is better. The bigger the light source, the softer the light, which leads to nice, beautiful images with soft, flattering shadows. (Of course, for artistic purposes, you may prefer a harsher light. But that's a different story.)This is about as big as it gets! Anyway, I couldn't fit anything bigger in my basement studio, which only has a 7' ceiling. It is…

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much when I ordered this softbox. but the overall quality is actually quite surprising. The speedring adapter seems well made and fits my old Norman LH-2000 and LH-2400 heads without issue, the material feels rugged, and the overall quality of light from the softbox is pretty good. That said, like nearly all softboxes, it was a real pain to put the thing together--the included rods are very, very rigid and the pockets that the rods slip into are very tight. Given…

I just got this 24 x 36" Softboxes today. It came well packaged and included instructions. The materials are of good quality. It did take a minute to figure out that the rod pockets were not sewn over. There is a space to slide the small metal end into the pocket. You may need to insert them at nearly 90 degrees to start them. The speed ring insert, which is highly polished metal, for my old Novatron M300 was too tight so I got a large crescent wrench opened just slightly more than the…