Firing A Shoe Mount Flash In To A Standard Speed Ring: Solutions?

OK, the gradations of the shadows to the right of her nose are ever so slightly softer in #2, the transitions more gradual, and I suspect that might be the more even illumination coming from the bare bulb D-Lite 2 inside the softbox. Then again, it might have the opposite effect! If I had to bet a dollar... I'd bet on #1 being the Speedlight!

That said, there's nothing between the two, you will never see the difference in real-life shooting.

Hi Rudi,

Since no one else wants to play along, it's just you.

Unfortunately your guess is not correct. #2 is the Speedlight and #1 is the D-Lite.

What I neglected to mention was that when I used the Speedlight I added my hot spot reduction mod to even out the light, and your observation confirms that it did in fact even it out. Interestingly, I think it's actually more even than using a strobe without the hot spot reduction. I'll have to test tat further.

Other than a slight loss in power I'm convinced that using modifiers of this size is still relatively efficient and not a waste of power as some have intimated. Obviously, using flashes of lower power changes that so I'm only making reference to units like the Nikon SB-800, Canon 580EX (II), Quantum or other high powered flash.

TMR Design wrote in post #5731818
Other than a slight loss in power I'm convinced that using modifiers of this size is still relatively efficient and not a waste of power as some have intimated. Obviously, using flashes of lower power changes that so I'm only making reference to units like the Nikon SB-800, Canon 580EX (II), Quantum or other high powered flash.

Welcome to the club with the same conclusions!!!

Like I said in my previous post, any differences would not be seen in real life - a live model would not sit perfectly still for a start! And I wasn't 100% sure how the light would be shaped in either case, so I took a stab at it. I'm glad I could notice the slight difference though, and since I was the only one playing, don't I at least get the "Participant" ribbon??

thanks for all the info, TMR. here's what i came up with today for mounting my vivitar 285s with the ebay gadget infinity triggers onto stands with an amvona softbox. you can also see the AA battery modification i did to the triggers. i hope this helps someone else with their project like yours did for mine.

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Hey Benjamin,

Looks like you came up with a solution that works for you as well. Nice job.

With the help of another well placed hole (in between the 2 flash shoe's) in the bracket and a low profile knob with a 1/4"-20 thread the bracket has greater functionality.

Originally I made it so it could fire a shoe mount flash in to a softbox using a standard speed ring. Since I knew I would also be firing the flash in to umbrellas it only made sense to use the same bracket.

Adding the extra hole in between the 2 flash shoe's gives me a mounting hole to attach it to a spigot and lock it in place using the Bogen 2905/026 umbrella adapter. This lets me use an umbrella with the adapter and have my flash and Pocket Wizard mounted on top.

Using this one bracket (of which I just cut the materials for a second one) I can have a flash and Pocket Wizard firing in to any form of umbrella or softbox/octabox I want and I no longer need to use the cheaper, flimsy Photoflex bracket and plastic speed ring. Those parts can now go in to the "Parts for potential DIY's" bin.

Here is the bracket shown mounted to the Bogen 2905 with an umbrella attached.

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Nice job Robert. Definitely a DIY to add to the list.