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Gary Fong vs Soft Box for my Flashes ?

 
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Dec 15, 2009 02:12 |  #1

Okay maybe this wont make sense to everyone, but I am curious should I spend the extra money and pick up the soft boxes for my flashes or I can just get away with using my two Gary Fongs Lightsphere Clouds?

Any advice is welcome


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Dec 15, 2009 03:19 |  #2

what are you shooting


B&W film shooter gone digital.

  
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Dec 15, 2009 03:41 |  #3

if you shoot a lot of off camera flash (looking at your bunch of speedlites) you might want to pick up the soft box, or a convertible umbrella..
it will be one of your best investment to start with lighting kits..


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Dec 15, 2009 09:31 |  #4

Softboxes, or better yet umbrellas. Softness is based on the apparent size of the light source. Fongs are small, and not particularly efficient. For ocf anything bigger and more directional will be better. I dont know what sort of softbox you are considering but nearly anything is going to be better than the Fongs.




  
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Dec 15, 2009 14:11 |  #5

Eiro wrote in post #9200370 (external link)
Okay maybe this wont make sense to everyone, but I am curious should I spend the extra money and pick up the soft boxes for my flashes or I can just get away with using my two Gary Fongs Lightsphere Clouds?

Any advice is welcome

Depends totally on what your shooting...

Fongs work good for on camera flash that you bounce...but off camera, 9 times out of 10, a soft box, umbrella or other similar modifier is going to give a MUCH better result. Convertible umbrellas are dirt cheap and can give you a variety of options and outstanding results.


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