Seriously? Mounting a Studio Light on a Putty Knife?

Matthews Putty Knife with 5/8" Pin

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com/c/product/33287-REG/Matthews_429066_Pu​tty_Knife_with.html

This is something a manufacturer saw a market for?


This would make more sense:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com/c/product/3570-REG/Avenger_C1100.html

RDKirk wrote in post #11229842
Matthews Putty Knife with 5/8" Pin

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com/c/product/33287-REG/Matthews_429066_Pu​tty_Knife_with.html

This is something a manufacturer saw a market for?


This would make more sense:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com/c/product/3570-REG/Avenger_C1100.html

In the scenario where I would think of using these two mounts, you'd have to have a pretty small strobe in order to make use of the one in your 2nd link. The handle in the first link extends the strobe out more, giving you more space at the back of the strobe.

I can see it being slipped behind the top of window and door casing.

lol why is that abnormal? ive seen some weird stuff pulled when i PA for big photographers..

put it between 2 apple boxes. could clamp a c stand to it. there has to be a reason

J Kacey wrote in post #11229961
I can see it being slipped behind the top of window and door casing.

That's what they suggest. Without a doubt, if someone handed me one, I could conceive of a place to use it. If you really stop to think about it, it's not going to hold any kind of light with any dependability. You don't get that much depth at the top of a door or window casing to insert enough of the blade.

But if I thought I had to do that often enough to buy a tool for it, I'd get one of these:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com/c/product/3570-REG/Avenger_C1100.html

Or one of these and screw it to my own doggone tool (screwed to a drywall tape knife would be much, much more stable):

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …10_Baby_Pin_for​_Wood.html

Screwed to:

http://hand-tools.hardwarestore.co​m …ll-tape-knife-636652.aspx

My real point is: It's in a catalog...someone said, "We'll sell a bunch of these!"

They work great, Lowell made them decades ago and we could shove one in the top of a closed door and mount a Tota Light on one.

whoa this has to be the best idea ever.. i wish i had one for some onsite stuff before.. cheap too haha

Place the strobe just right and when fired, the paint cringez in fear!, allowing the painter to easily slide under the paint and scrape it off..

Saves hours of time and keeps pesky neighbors away fearing blindness.

Remember, it's just a baby pin. There's nothing that says you have to mount a strobe. It could be a flag, gobo, reflector, or any doo-dad that accepts a 5/8" pin.

Grip guys (and girls) need to think fast and problem solve with what they have. It's one more tool to help them get the job done.

They could make stranger things you hope you don't need

That's pretty funny Jerry.

That is seriously the weirdest item I have seen on B&H to date. Id be embarrassed to whip that out! The second link OP posted was much more acceptable.

Lowell has always made some great gizmos for mounting lights up in weird places, they have another door hanger that I found to be really handy and would handle a speedlight or quadra easy.

ben_r_ wrote in post #11233516
That is seriously the weirdest item I have seen on B&H to date. Id be embarrassed to whip that out! The second link OP posted was much more acceptable.

Why would you be embarassed to have an interesting/simple/che​ap tool to get the job done?

As Robert and Jannie have said above, it's just another tool with its own set of advantages/disadvantag​es...and sometimes it's perfect for the job. What's not to like?

That tool is not any different than the clamps that grab onto drop ceiling supports. When you don't have the room for stands, you use what you can.