pardon my ignorance, but is this kind of softbox more useful for portraiture or event shooting with the flash on and off camera? sorry for the wording
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It's useful for both on and off camera flash. It's a pretty cheap and portable alternative to a bigger soft box. If it can help you, here's an example of a series of photos I took with only 1 off camera Canon speedlite and this very same Fotodiox soft box to diffuse the light: http://sublime-digital.com/portfolio/maternity-photo-shoot/
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Anytime the flash is off camera it is best. This just makes the light a little bigger which makes the light softer. This will work on camera... A bit softer than without.
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It's useful for both on and off camera flash. It's a pretty cheap and portable alternative to a bigger soft box. If it can help you, here's an example of a series of photos I took with only 1 off camera Canon speedlite and this very same Fotodiox soft box to diffuse the light:http://sublime-digital.com/portfolio/maternity-photo-shoot/
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Its pretty decent for portraiture, but for event shooting, i'd go with either reflections off the walls or a diffuser. When using the softbox, you just have to make sure its not going all flimsy on you and that the leather isnt blocking any of the flash (Have the soft box erect as possible)
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You would need to get an adapter to attach to the speed light in order to use these soft boxes. Check out this thread: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=801744 There are softboxes specifically made for speed lights. Westcott has one that I've used before that is super light weight, where the Fotodiox are pretty heavy.
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You can get a much better lighting angle of your flash than you would probably get from the top of your camera. You could also turn the flash to sideways with the rotating bracket. Comes handy if you do not have walls or reflectors to bounce light. If you add a soft box for your flash, you would a much nicer tone especially if you are shooting people -- the pictures come out definitely better. The grip too lends a hand in handling your kit.
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It does not have TTL capabilities,so it will work with the Canon, but you have to set the power setting manually. Of course the softbox is not a flash. It is just a light diffuser that mounts on almost any flash, but the Newer flash cannot be used for video and it does run on aa batteries and the rechargeable ones are reccomended.
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Hi there, I own this camera since this April and took around 8000 pics since, about half of them in very low light. With this camera, you do not even need to use the flash in 99.9% of the cases. (this is why I chose this camera in the first place) In case it's really dark and you don't have any lightsource, you can use the flash and it is sufficiently strong so your photos will look good. But usually, you really don't need the flash at all. I made perfect shots (photo and video) in dark dimmed pubs as well as beautiful nightshots walking around NYC all without using the flash. But if you insist, it's there, and it's perfectly fine.
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K.C.. this softbox should work independ of any flash manufacfure. It has a cold shoe that will fit any flash. I do not have any Nikon flashes that I can try, however I have 3 different canon flashes and a Youngnuo flash and all of them fit this softbox just perfectly.
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I've only used the built-in flash, which I like as it's quite flexible, which can operate from full flash to 1/64 for subtle lighting support. In full flash combined with one of the filters (such as the grainy black and white filter) you can get some pretty dramatic effects.
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I have a Nikon d80 and it works great with that. Definitely better than the built in flash and is ok as a professional. If you are in photography I recommend springing for a little more expensive one and a soft box or defuser.
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And for the softbox usage the answer is yes! Amazon carries many softboxes for the strobe, the softbox attaches to the portion of the strobe that extends from the body of the strobe, the softbox will have four screws that you will tighten to secure the softbox to the strobe. This is a very good strobe to learn studio photography I have own many of the 300 watt and sold them for high wattage strobe, the light output is high and perfect for portrait or event photo shoot using backdrops.
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Hey, I think you would be trying to exceed the limits of your flash, maybe the smaller softlighter would be good for portraits with the flash you have. Or double up on flashes, I use 3-4 yongnuo flashes with this item. Depending on what camera you have you may need something to trigger the flash, you can search for flash triggers, you need receivers and transmitters, the cheap ones work fine if you don't need e/ttl, or you can use a TTL cord. Hope this helps
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Decidedly better. I've been using an Omni-Bounce, Gary Fong Lightsphere, etc., but getting the flash up off the camera has made a big difference. Of course, you will need a cable or do as I did and spring for a set of Phottix remote flash triggers. :)
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It works fine with Einsteins. The carrying bag and grid should be handled carefully but the softbox itself has worked really well through many shoots, overall a bargain.
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i dont own that softbox, but i have a flashpoint of a similar size, and works just fine!!
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hello. i got the small one and i even added the softbox attachment....but i wish i had the larger one because then id have a larger softbox possibility. i really like and enjoy using my small one though. good luck deciding....then enjoy for holidays.
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Yes you can, this is how I use it in my studio. The brightness will depend on your Strobe, the softbox does not come with a Flash/Strobe/Light. Hope this helps. Jason.
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This product is just the softbox to mount onto any aftermarket flash head. The end that fits over the flash is of a size designed to fit the flash units one plugs into the hotshoe on top of the camera body, not for any built in flash. Product works great to soften the harshness of full flash, but product isn't the most sturdy. I've been using the same one for years but I have been very careful with it.
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I have seen similar flash units with the GODOX brand on them that come with a softbox attachment.. while these flashes are good for the money the mountings to the stand are not that tough so they need to be mounted with care and not overloaded.. the 250w head seem a lot more substantial and can also be found with softboxes if you search