beegeeboy Senior Member 304 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: In the middle of the UK... More info | Apr 21, 2014 02:49 | #1 Hi all, Gear: A box with a hole; some tubes with glass in 'em
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Staszek Goldmember  3,606 posts Likes: 4 Joined Mar 2010 Location: San Jose, CA More info | Apr 21, 2014 03:02 | #2 A beauty dish is a fairly direct light source but I use my 22" Paul C. Buff dishes quite often. Sometimes with a diffusion sock, but more often with a grid to control spill. It seems 22" is about the standard size, and I personally wouldn't go smaller than that. SOSKIphoto
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fashionrider Goldmember 1,093 posts Likes: 22 Joined Dec 2011 More info | Apr 21, 2014 03:48 | #3 Staszek wrote in post #16849600  A beauty dish is a fairly direct light source but I use my 22" Paul C. Buff dishes quite often. Sometimes with a diffusion sock, but more often with a grid to control spill. It seems 22" is about the standard size, and I personally wouldn't go smaller than that. Agree with Staszek, 22" is the standard size, going smaller isn't recommended. 22" is the most popular, so that means it has the most competition and prices don't jump. If you look at the MOLA beauty dishes, they can cost as much as a new lens! I have the 22" kacey beauty dish with a ring mouth for an alien bee. I love it, I bring it to all my outdoor shots primarily because umbrellas catch wind easily and the beauty dish is more sturdy Gear List (5D3, 70-200 f2.8L IS II, Sigma 85mm f1.4, Sigma 35mm f1.4, 50 f1.8, 24-105L, Alien Bee lights, etc etc)
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bobbyz Cream of the Crop 20,506 posts Likes: 3479 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA More info | Apr 21, 2014 08:24 | #4 22" min. For more than head shots I would want the bigger kacey dish or the Mola. Fuji XT-1, 18-55mm
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Apr 21, 2014 08:51 | #5 Happy with my 22" here; though I need to get a grid for it.
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beegeeboy THREAD STARTER Senior Member 304 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: In the middle of the UK... More info | Apr 21, 2014 09:12 | #6 Thanks for the info so far. Would I get more than just head shots from a 22", or is that pretty much all you'd recommend using that size for? Gear: A box with a hole; some tubes with glass in 'em
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beegeeboy THREAD STARTER Senior Member 304 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: In the middle of the UK... More info | Apr 21, 2014 09:14 | #7 Just seen the price of a MOLA 28". Gear: A box with a hole; some tubes with glass in 'em
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Apr 21, 2014 09:51 | #8 MOLA than you can afford pal...
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Staszek Goldmember 3,606 posts Likes: 4 Joined Mar 2010 Location: San Jose, CA More info | Apr 21, 2014 12:36 | #9 beegeeboy wrote in post #16850041 Thanks for the info so far. Would I get more than just head shots from a 22", or is that pretty much all you'd recommend using that size for? Thanks David You can get nice full body light with the 22" beauty dish, but the feet fall off pretty rapidly. There is a sweet spot in the subject-to-light distance for the beauty dish. If you back it off too far and the light becomes very hard, though maybe that's what you want. Up close, its a beautiful thing. SOSKIphoto
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gonzogolf dumb remark memorialized More info | Apr 21, 2014 12:46 | #10 beegeeboy wrote in post #16850041 Thanks for the info so far. Would I get more than just head shots from a 22", or is that pretty much all you'd recommend using that size for? Thanks David If you are using it for more coverage than a headshot, you are probably using it wrong. Its a harder light, meant to provide contrasty light for portaits. Its meant to be used close. If you want to cover a bigger area you probably want a different modifier. Backing it up to cover too much means you are almost to the point of losing any softness than a direct flash. You can use a diffusion sock, but in effect it becomes a small round softbox.
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FJLOVE Cream of the Crop  20,883 posts Likes: 82 Joined Nov 2006 Location: barrie ont. ca More info | Apr 21, 2014 12:59 | #11 it's my most versatile piece of lighting equipment and would be the last piece i ever sold DILLIGAF about your bicycle or your gear
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beegeeboy THREAD STARTER Senior Member 304 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: In the middle of the UK... More info | Apr 21, 2014 13:20 | #12 gonzogolf wrote in post #16850574 If you are using it for more coverage than a headshot, you are probably using it wrong. Its a harder light, meant to provide contrasty light for portaits. Its meant to be used close. If you want to cover a bigger area you probably want a different modifier. Backing it up to cover too much means you are almost to the point of losing any softness than a direct flash. You can use a diffusion sock, but in effect it becomes a small round softbox. Ah, I see! Thanks for this...you can tell I know next to nothing about how to use one! Gear: A box with a hole; some tubes with glass in 'em
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beegeeboy THREAD STARTER Senior Member 304 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: In the middle of the UK... More info | Apr 21, 2014 13:21 | #13 FJ LOVE wrote in post #16850610 it's my most versatile piece of lighting equipment and would be the last piece i ever sold  There's no way I could justify the cost...however versatile it might be! Gear: A box with a hole; some tubes with glass in 'em
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Submariner Goldmember  3,028 posts Likes: 47 Joined May 2012 Location: London More info | Apr 21, 2014 13:33 | #14 I have a Bowens 500mm BD. Canon EOS 5DS R, Canon EF 70-200 F2.8 L Mk II IS USM, Canon EF 70-300 F4-5.6 L IS USM, EF 40mm F2.8 STM , RC6 Remote. Canon STE-3 Radio Flash Controller, Canon 600 EX RT x4 , YN 560 MkII x2 ; Bowens GM500PRO x4 , Bowens Remote Control. Bowens Pulsar TX, RX Radio Transmitter and Reciever Cards. Bowens Constant 530 Streamlights 600w x 4 Sold EOS 5D Mk III, 7D, EF 50mm F1.8, 430 EX Mk II, Bowens GM500Rs x4
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Submariner Goldmember 3,028 posts Likes: 47 Joined May 2012 Location: London More info | Apr 21, 2014 13:38 | #15 See here Canon EOS 5DS R, Canon EF 70-200 F2.8 L Mk II IS USM, Canon EF 70-300 F4-5.6 L IS USM, EF 40mm F2.8 STM , RC6 Remote. Canon STE-3 Radio Flash Controller, Canon 600 EX RT x4 , YN 560 MkII x2 ; Bowens GM500PRO x4 , Bowens Remote Control. Bowens Pulsar TX, RX Radio Transmitter and Reciever Cards. Bowens Constant 530 Streamlights 600w x 4 Sold EOS 5D Mk III, 7D, EF 50mm F1.8, 430 EX Mk II, Bowens GM500Rs x4
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