softbox advice

[flesym]

hi

i want a single light, and i want to put a soft box on it, or purchased combined.

whats a good light? do they come single or in sets. i would like continuos light

i had a low/mid range budget.

any advice is appreciated cheers

[slimninj4]

Low budget does limit your choices.

You can go super cheap and spend 50$ on a dual 500wt light from sears or Home Depot with stand. Then can defuse the light with a sheet. It is ghetto but super cheap.

I have the kit with a Vivitar 285HV flash and umbrella and in all that was 200$. That is cheap for lighting. This fills a room very nicely. Search the forum for light kits and there are threads each day with this topic.

For me I would say continuous lighting is hella hot. Try ebay...amvona. (http://cgi.ebay.com/PHOTO-DIGITAL-VIDEO-COMPLETE-TUNGSTEN-LIGHT-KIT-DP-1497_W0QQitemZ360010920259QQihZ023QQcategoryZ3860Q QtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem) but that is still 200$ for 1 light and you will need to buy the pc cable still and hot shoe for your camera.

[tjrenegade]

Back in my TV production studio days we made light boxes out of black foam core board and taped diffusion over it....then held the in place with a few clamps to a stand in front of the fresnel light. Supper cheap and worked great.

[flesym]

so can a soft box lid go on a vivitar 285hv??

im not talking about making a soft box, im talking about a soft box that i can purchase from a store.

[Catlover]

- Vivitar 285HV is $90.00 new
- Westcott Apollo Softbox $131.00
- Bogen Swivel Adapter - $28.95

You will need an adapter to mount the hot shoe to the umbrella adapter and also a way to trigger the flash, either a sync cord or ebay wireless trigger. All items except the triggers can be purchased new from bhphotovideo.com