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10/26/2005 12:40:44 PM · #1
I wanted to get a softbox for fashion/portrait type work but they are a little on the expensive side. Alienbees has something called a brollybox that they describe to be "the poor man's softbox." Anyone use one of these and know how they compare to a softbox?

//www.alienbees.com/brolly.html
10/26/2005 12:44:48 PM · #2
It just like an umbrella with diffusion material over the opening. Unlike a softbox there is no internal diffusion material. IMO, it it not a good as either one. The catchlights are not as pleasing as an umbrella, and the light is not nearlly as diffuse as a softbox.

edit fro typos

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10/26/2005 12:48:29 PM · #3
Thanks for the input. I already have a 60" and 45" umbrella with a removable black backing. Maybe I won't get the brollybox afterall.
10/26/2005 01:03:10 PM · #4
try //www.software-cinema.com/page/tinkertubes try this site. I'm heading for HOME DEPOT as soon as I figure which one I want to build first.
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