Small REVIEW - Steves Photo Light Tent Cube 80cm (32") 56K BEWARE!!

In a thread where I initially asked for anyone who knew this product I was requested to comment on the product when I got it. So here goes:

This is the product that I'm commenting on: -->LINK<--
Included in the packages is:

• 1 x 80cm (32") Photo Light Tent Cube
  
• Front detachable door cover with camera lens slit
  
• 4 'infinity backdrops' cloths in white, black, red and blue
  
• 1 carrying bag (32cm / 12½") diameter

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Canon 20D, 50mm f/1.4 + Canon 430EX Speedlite on manual controlled fired remotely with a set of pocketwizards:

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This is just for unfolded size reference (and for fun ):

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Useful review olz
the test shots are great (btw they aren't showing"also the reference shots", I had to copy & paste in another browser window and remove the extra/ after http to see them)

one question though, do you think it's a good investment to buy the one with daylight fluorescent lighting setup? - i currently don't have a flash yet

Thanks

Green wrote in post #2375380
Useful review olz
the test shots are great (btw they aren't showing"also the reference shots", I had to copy & paste in another browser window and remove the extra/ after http to see them)

one question though, do you think it's a good investment to buy the one with daylight fluorescent lighting setup? - i currently don't have a flash yet

Thanks

Geeze... that's weird. All the pictures showed up in my browser even though there was an extra /? Well.. I the picture links are now corrected. Thanks for telling me Green!!!

As far as your question regarding the lights on his page I don't really know. I think that almost any light will do if you shoot raw and buy a 18% white balance card and include it in the frame of the first picture. You could then adjust the whitebalance in your raw converter according to the card. At least that's what I'm planning to do until I buy another flash. You can get extreamly cheap halogen lamps at the DIY centre. Anyone got any comment on this approach?

olz wrote in post #2375392
Geeze... that's weird. All the pictures showed up in my browser even though there was an extra /? Well.. I the picture links are now corrected. Thanks for telling me Green!!!

As far as your question regarding the lights on his page I don't really know. I think that almost any light will do if you shoot raw and buy a 18% white balance card and include it in the frame of the first picture. You could then adjust the whitebalance in your raw converter according to the card. At least that's what I'm planning to do until I buy another flash. You can get extreamly cheap halogen lamps at the DIY centre. Anyone got any comment on this approach?

Thanks,the photos are shown now.

Also thanks for the idea of using the 18% white balance card I didn't think of it. I guess lamps will work well in this case.

Green wrote in post #2375398
Thanks,the photos are shown now.

Also thanks for the idea of using the 18% white balance card I didn't think of it. I guess lamps will work well in this case.

No problem. I'm glad that you could use it!

I couldn't get through the ordering process in the site
I don't have a paypal account & for some reason the site doesn't accept my credit card info- I have emailed them regarding this and hope to hear from them soon.

I you don't live in the UK you will have to ask for a total price of the product including shipping to you place. He then sends you a special link to his site where you can pay by VISA (thats what I did). Shipping to Denmark was about 14 EUR. I recon it will be more to the UAE? Have fun and show us your results when it get there

olz wrote in post #2375463
I you don't live in the UK you will have to ask for a total price of the product including shipping to you place. He then sends you a special link to his site where you can pay by VISA (thats what I did). Shipping to Denmark was about 14 EUR. I recon it will be more to the UAE? Have fun and show us your results when it get there

sure olz
I've asked for a quote already
thanks alot for the feedback