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07/08/2008 11:21:42 AM · #1 |
| I'm working with a set of AB B400's, and we're looking to pick up a medium softbox for them. However, the AB softboxes are over $100, and we're wondering if there might be a less expensive route. So is the mount/speed ring a universal type mount. Or is it something specific to AB, so only AB accessories? Thanks for any help you guys can offer on this. |
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07/08/2008 11:39:03 AM · #2 |
I'm not sure about the compatibility, but I did buy a large softbox and strip light from Alien Bees and am impressed with the quality given the price. The new versions also support grids which were important to me and in my mind just increases the value for the price. Someday I'll have a nice rotolux from elinchrom, but I think the AB products are a great value for getting started.
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07/08/2008 11:46:19 AM · #3 |
You can buy your softboxes from anywhere, but you will need the AB speedring to attach them to your AB strobes. Check the cost of the speedring, add the cost of the softbox you choose & see if you save money by ordering from 2 different suppliers. In my case, it made more sense to just order the softboxes (with speedrings) from AB.
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07/08/2008 11:55:40 AM · #4 |
| That's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for the quick responses! |
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07/08/2008 03:32:07 PM · #5 |
AB softboxes are already on the cheaper end of the market. I ripped the velcro off the front panel of one of their large softboxes a couple years ago. Plenty of people say they're a good value. Personally I like my equipment more durable and better built. If you do consider getting softboxes not made by AB, then get an AB/WL/Balcar mount speedring and you're good to go.
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07/08/2008 03:40:53 PM · #6 |
| You might consider a brolly box. They're MUCH cheaper and easier to manage than softboxes, but produce similar light characteristics. |
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07/08/2008 09:20:19 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
You might consider a brolly box. They're MUCH cheaper and easier to manage than softboxes, but produce similar light characteristics. |
That's going to produce a large amount of spill plus I doubt you're going to get the same even coverage as a softbox with inner baffle. You also can't grid it. They're cheap but I don't think it's an apples to apples comparison in terms of light characteristics, unless the only characteristic you're looking at is diffusion and not control, coverage, spill, etc.
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07/08/2008 09:24:42 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by virtuamike:
That's going to produce a large amount of spill plus I doubt you're going to get the same even coverage as a softbox with inner baffle... |
I own both. There's no significant spill and coverage is diffuse and even. |
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07/08/2008 10:34:19 PM · #9 |
| Thanks for the ideas. I'm not the one spending the money, it's the company I'm interning for. So I think I'll first go with the suggestion that it's a reasonable price for quality gear. My boss just was a little taken aback by the price at first. |
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