A New Bare Bulb Flash Arrives

Great solution Dave.
I've been using a ball bungy through the clip on the pack then around the light a few times. works but not as sturdy as your solution.

Dave: Serendipity rules . I came to exactly the same solution while away from home. Ordered and received, removed the two cap screws and it's in use. For those outside the USA and unwilling to pay phenomenal postage rates from sources there, I got mine from Hutongstore on eBay.

elv wrote in post #15909170
Great work Dave!

Off topic but you know I have also searched everywhere for a female 5/8" connector like the part you discarded from that clamp. Shame that one doesn't have a 1/4" threaded hole in the centre of the base or it would be perfect. Its the closest I've seen for now though, thanks.
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Discarded? NEVER! I have big plans for that baby receptor, Elv. Drilling and tapping its base to accept 1/4-20 bolts shouldn't prove too challenging.

Whortleberry wrote in post #15910130
Dave: Serendipity rules . I came to exactly the same solution while away from home. Ordered and received, removed the two cap screws and it's in use. For those outside the USA and unwilling to pay phenomenal postage rates from sources there, I got mine from Hutongstore on eBay.

It is said that great minds think alike, Phil

elv wrote in post #15909170
Great work Dave!

Off topic but you know I have also searched everywhere for a female 5/8" connector like the part you discarded from that clamp. Shame that one doesn't have a 1/4" threaded hole in the centre of the base or it would be perfect. Its the closest I've seen for now though, thanks.
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Yep - 5/8" female connector = rocking-horse effluent. There are always the Manfrotto variants but it'd be nice to find something less esoterically priced, just to experiment with.

tetrode wrote in post #15910235
It is said that great minds think alike, Phil

I'm grateful to still have a mind, Dave. "Great" would be really stretching a point for me these days

Whortleberry wrote in post #15910381
Yep - 5/8" female connector = rocking-horse effluent. There are always the Manfrotto variants but it'd be nice to find something less esoterically priced, just to experiment with.

Actually I can't find any with a 1/4" 20 female thread on the base from Manfrotto, Avenger, or Arri etc. Not even a 3/8" thread for that matter.

I'm after this to screw straight onto a monopod, providing a 5/8" female receptor on top.
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Elv: Here's a link to a UK-based supplier with loads of possibilities. Yes, I know about the postage situation from 'up-over' to 'down-under' but the page also gives you all the Manfrotto part numbers. Methinks you'll have something similar in Oz.

Alternatively, I'm completely misunderstanding quite what you are looking for.

elv wrote in post #15910863
Actually I can't find any with a 1/4" 20 female thread on the base from Manfrotto, Avenger, or Arri etc. Not even a 3/8" thread for that matter.

I'm after this to screw straight onto a monopod, providing a 5/8" female receptor on top.
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To proceed slightly off-topic:

Tapped for 1/4-20:

tetrode wrote in post #15911492
To proceed slightly off-topic:

Tapped for 1/4-20:
Note that, miraculously, my pilot hole for the tap was almost centered! That never happens

Thanks Dave, that looks ideal, there's plenty of thread depth in the base there too. The wider base looks like its just made for a monopod of similar. I will mod one for myself, but I was still hoping I could find an off the shelf version I could link to for other people.

Phil - thanks for that link, those are the standard Manfrotto/Avanger/Arri components. There's actually a lot more than that still, but nothing like the 5/8" female to 1/4" 20 female thread as Dave just made above. Theres lots of variations but nothing with a simple 1/4" or 3/8" female thread in the base.
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elv wrote in post #15913032
Thanks Dave, that looks ideal, there's plenty of thread depth in the base there too. ...
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This is true, Elv. Even though I do have a bottoming tap, I elected to drill and tap straight through. There's more thread than you'd ever need (and, man, was it ever tedious trying to get the tap all the way through).

EDIT: And it looks like that very clamp might be available right your own backyard, Elv:

http://www.camtoolbox.​com …f-cclamp-with-socket.html

How do i know if it is a new or a first generation QF63S tube spacer ? Cause i just bought the telephoto from Adorama last month but it does not seem to enter in my CL-180

tetrode wrote in post #15892042
To return, briefly, to the Quantum QF63 Telephoto Reflector and tube spacer:

Today I received a current version QF63S tube spacer. With some persuasion and as Rand reported, the CL-180 flashtube will seat fully in the new style spacer. The flashtube will not seat fully in the first generation spacer.

Moving on to the 360: The flashtube cannot be fully inserted into the new style spacer. Even after applying more force than I probably should have, about 1/8" - 3/16" of pin was exposed between the base of the tube and the top of the Quantum spacer. The good news is that the tube will fire.

A quick test in the backyard comparing perfomance of the Telephoto Reflector on a 360 with and without the spacer.

Godox 360, half power, ISO 100, f/16, flash-to-subject (wall) distance = 25', with the tube spacer:

Same setup and settings but without the tube spacer:

Same setup but at f/8 and, again, without the tube spacer:

I also metered flash output with the Telephoto reflector and tube spacer at a distance of 50' with the flash at full power, ISO 100. Reading was f/5.6

turcoyan wrote in post #15913101
How do i know if it is a new or a first generation QF63S tube spacer ? Cause i just bought the telephoto from Adorama last month but it does not seem to enter in my CL-180

If it looks like this, it's a newer version:

elv wrote in post #15913032
Thanks Dave, that looks ideal, there's plenty of thread depth in the base there too. The wider base looks like its just made for a monopod of similar. I will mod one for myself, but I was still hoping I could find an off the shelf version I could link to for other people.

Phil - thanks for that link, those are the standard Manfrotto/Avanger/Arri components. There's actually a lot more than that still, but nothing like the 5/8" female to 1/4" 20 female thread as Dave just made above. Theres lots of variations but nothing with a simple 1/4" or 3/8" female thread in the base.
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Yep, as I realised after seeing Dave's subsequent post - I'd completely misunderstood your requirements. Sorry for the misdirection (but, hey, it may just be useful for someone else).

Dave: You're not wrong about the sheer tedium of winding those taps through - not quite as boring as ironing a 10x20ft calico background but still pretty darned unexciting. Still, it stops you having to waste life's precious moments watching TV. Now that really is boring.

The only good TV available in Amerika is British TV.

windpig wrote in post #15913833
The only good TV available in Amerika is British TV.

Not since Benny Hill went off the air.

(yes, I'm joking)