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Sep 17, 2009 15:19 |  #1

Has anyone used this? How does is compare to their big softbox. It looks like a nice solution, but the lumiquest site only shows one results photo and its not entirely convincing.




  
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Sep 17, 2009 23:44 |  #2

From a look at its construction it looks like it'll work much like a small soft box but with a tiny bit of bounced light. It's suitable for indoors, whereas a soft box will be more efficient outdoors.

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Sep 18, 2009 19:57 |  #3

This would be for event work. I already have a small softbox and the smaller lumiquest. I was just wondering if anyone had first hand knowledge of the big bounce.




  
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Sep 18, 2009 20:10 |  #4

I use it and I'm not too happy with it at the moment. The light quality is fairly good, the problem is the way it attaches. It perches pretty precariously on top of a flashgun in bounce position and the weight/leverage can pretty easily force the flashhead back down to the straight forward position if you're not careful.

The velcro doesn't do a particularly good job of holding the big bounce in the right shape either and it can crumple or slump forward if, like me, you constantly move around, swapping cameras, letting them hang around your shoulder to adjust lights, e.t.c. Straightening it out and resetting the velcro is also incredibly noisy so you won't want to do it during a wedding ceremony or during speeches.

The reason I persevere with the big bounce is that you can cut flaps in the top of it which let the majority of the light go upwards towards the ceiling for bouncing, and then close the flaps again when there's no ceiling available. I can't find anything else which combines a large light source with the ability to quickly switch to bounce mode.




  
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Sep 18, 2009 20:20 |  #5

Thanks, the design seems appealing, but I wondered how it was to actually handle. I plan to use a camera rotating bracket so I may just stick with the smaller lumiquest or bite the bullet and get one of the mid-sized hotshoe capable softboxes.




  
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