Which deflector for deep throat?

Chris&jess wrote in post #10222659
Wow, what a lot of unexpected and enormously helpful effort you've made here! Thank you very much. I'm going to have to go with the maxi deflector. Great light on your real model BTW.
Chris


EDIT: What was the distance between the flash tube and reflector?

My pleasure Chris, and thanks.

When I use the deflectors in the 39" Deep Octa or the 53" Octa I place the deflector about 3 inches from the flat part of the speed ring which incidentally with Elinchrom modifiers with the proprietary Elinchrom speedring the front of the flash tube is just about flush with the front surface of the speed ring.

So, when comparing non-Elinchrom items that are modded or converted that's a point of reference in terms of what would be considered the 'correct' placement of the flash tube.

Oh yes, one last thing about deflectors....

If you want to accomplish the same thing with strip boxes as with an octa or standard softbox then use a deflector and watch your strip boxes get a bit zippier.

I really enjoy edge lighting but if there's a giant hot spot in the strip it can make placement of the edge lights problematic. I also love using a large strip as a main light modifier, knocking down the hot spot and getting more even distribution from center to the short edge.

Deflector good!

Robert,

A great and noble series and examples!
+1 for a sticky!

TMR Design wrote in post #10222395
OK, I had some time to do sample shots.

Thanks Robert, that's great.

Cham_001 wrote in post #10224582
Robert,

A great and noble series and examples!
+1 for a sticky!

mickeyjuice wrote in post #10224594
Thanks Robert, that's great.

Thanks guys.

Awesome stuff Robert. Thanks for taking the time to do the comparison