What's a good soft box?

[Tom Barnett]

Does anybody know the make of a good portable soft box that can be easily mounted onto a Canon 580 flash?? If so where do you buy it?

Thanks!!

[DocFrankenstein]

I'd imagine 580 is not nearly powerful enough to handle a softbox.

[Tom Barnett]

Nonsense!

I've seen people using softboxes with Canon 550's and Nikon SB 80's
I'm sure a 580 would be powerful enough

[Headcase650]

The problem with soft boxes is that its hard to mount the flashgun to a typical softbox speed ring. A flash gun wont support the weight of a softbox. I made a softbox out of 36x23x15 cardboard box, some foam sheets, aluminium foil and some ripstop nylon. It actually works pretty well but I mount the softbox to my lightstand then slide the flashgun in from the back and trigger it with an optical slave. Some people have had good results with a softlighter umbrellas (hybrid softbox/umbrella) and a flashgun.

[Todd Jacobsen]

Does anybody know the make of a good portable soft box that can be easily mounted onto a Canon 580 flash?? If so where do you buy it?

Thanks!!

The available options are limited but...

Lumiquest sells a whole assortment of flash devices, to include SoftBox attachments.

You can purchase them at B&H Video and can check them out at Lumiquest website.

[johneo]

http://lumiquest.com/lq951.htm
or
http://lumiquest.com/lq925.htm
or
http://www.adorama.com/LQFX.html?searchinfo=lumiquest&item_no=3

[Tom Barnett]

Thanks!!!

[poogpost]

Just put a stofen on it.


john

[johneric8]

I use the lumiquest sofbox on my sunpak 5000af with SUPERIOR results. better then most flash shots I see...here is a shot I took up close from a few feet away with the lumiquest soft box attached to the flash

[tim]

This one looks pretty soft, but you'd have difficultly mounting a 580EX onit...

http://www.komfytots.co.uk/org-box-grl-med.jpg

[robertwgross]

Yes, the Lumiquest product is good. It is small enough to fold down and be portable, yet it gets enough of the soft box job done that it is useful.

---Bob Gross---

[johneric8]

Yes, the Lumiquest product is good. It is small enough to fold down and be portable, yet it gets enough of the soft box job done that it is useful.

---Bob Gross---

You know what I love about it Bob? People always see it and go wow, thats a big fancy flash!! how much did that flash cost it's amazing!! LOL.... I always laugh when I hear it, they think the softbox is the flash head... I have really enjoyed having it around. It is really nice to use in a variety of shooting conditions. Especially if you dont have the right ceiling to bounce off of ....

[jobe]

Why dont you try the lightsphere II

[robertwgross]

You know what I love about it Bob? People always see it and go wow, thats a big fancy flash!! how much did that flash cost it's amazing!! LOL.... I always laugh when I hear it, they think the softbox is the flash head... I have really enjoyed having it around. It is really nice to use in a variety of shooting conditions. Especially if you dont have the right ceiling to bounce off of ....

I don't give a damn about what people think when they look at the soft box. I'm more interested in what they think when they see the result shot.

---Bob Gross---

[johneric8]

I don't give a damn about what people think when they look at the soft box. I'm more interested in what they think when they see the result shot.

---Bob Gross---

I'm a people person what can I say, I enjoy reactions of all kinds. I'm sure my shots arent on your level yet so I'm just happy to get one off..I think you may have misunderstood what I meant by my previous statement. I just get a laugh out of the reactions I get to the size of it on the flash. Of course I will like them to approve of the pictures......

[Marshall]

Famous lies- size doesn't matter it's how you use it !

[iwatkins]

Lastolite make them as well, called the Apollo. Works really well on my 550EX.

Cheers

Ian