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After watching my strobe take a tumble off
its hotshoe lightstand mount last night...I
am heading to HD...
And I always wondered why my people always
had dark feet...vertical..what a
concept..DOH!
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I need to get to HomeBase (the UK HD) soon. I
keep seeing great stuff on here and I never
get around to buying and trying myself!
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make sure you get a little foam thing ( I
think I got some 'feet' for furniture ) and
applied them with a little super glue.
I hate those hotshoes mounted on top of a
stand and getting them to turn sideways was a
pain. I was constantly duct taping the stands
to the side of my van or bungee cording them
sideways on an assistant. But after that
unfortunate incident with the wind and the
high tension wires, and all that dang
ligitation, I decided I had to find a simpler
method.
Besides, I sold the van.
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NIce! Gotta get me a couple of those
clamps...
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yep vertical makes total sence and boy are
the mounts on those triggers crap. But the
trigger does the job. Little tip. The 4
channel version work with the 16 channel you
can mount on strobes and with that trigger.
That way I can use my SB600 in a studio set
up as 3rd light.
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I just built a dubious snoot which has an
exit the same size as the entrance, but
rotated by 90°. I'm confident that it eats
light, but given the room in my studio,
that's more of a blessing than a curse. I'd
been thinking about clever mounting systems
for fastening a strobe vertically, but this
is simple... and thus will be used. Thanks.
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Hey Wizwow, Good idea! what are the lights
clamped to? I literally run around with my
light stands taking action shots and the
hotshoe mounts are lame -- am I seeing the
top of a lighstand in the picture above?
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oooh nooo, wish i saw this late night i was
in home depot buying ceiling tile and i could
have grabbed a few. Well now i have a reason
to go back....lol
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Hey Joe...
Yes, they are my ever present light stands.
I take stands every where.
I use them for everything - including
lights.
Fill cards, sun umbrella to keep camera and
me in shade...
all kinds of things.
I like Bogen, but I am sure any would do.
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I just mount my lights on tripods or boom
stands with an umbrella adaptor -- and my
flashes have tilt/swivel heads, of course. I
can aim the light any which way, without
clamps or bungees. I must say though, I HATE
coldshoe mounts on light stands. I use the
coldshoe feet supplied with my Nikon SB-600's
for the awesome (and secure!) quick-release
switch functionality. They screw securely
onto the stands, and the quicklock switches
on the flashes keep the flashes safe in the
coldshoe foot.
One cool thing about that setup, is I can
use the same mounting arrangement to mount
the flashes to lightstands, tripods,
superclamps, boom arms, or anything else I
can dream up. =)
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BTW, the flexibility of a tilt/swivel head is
one of the reasons I use camera tripods
rather than light stands to mount my flashes.
You can get decent quality 6' camera tripods
for less than $100, mount an umbrella adaptor
to them, for more height and flexibility, and
it works great! =)
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Yeah, I hear the Orange model cost $3.99 each
while the green are only $.99. What gives?
BTW, are those "eBay" receivers?
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Smash-
The green ones aren't ripe yet.
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Ahhh... I see. ;-)
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I actually purchased one of each for testing
- 1 green, and 1 orange - and I can say that
if you're interested in the rubberized 'caps'
staying on the clamps after heavy use - go
with the orange ones.
The green vinyl (or whatever it is) isn't
really held on too well, whereas the orange
stuff seems to be shrink-wrapped (or
heat-treated) onto the clamp, and doesn't
feel like it's going anywhere.
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To all you cold shoe haters -
Have you tried the Bogen 2932 Flash Shoes?
They are exorbitantly expensive at almost US
$6 each, but they change your life if you are
used to the metal ones that short the pins on
your speedlight whenever the tape wears out
(or the business card scrap falls out) or
those plastic ones that wouldn't even inspire
confidence in Rube Goldberg.
Doug
PS - they have a 1/4-20 screw on the bottom
so they will attach to pretty much anything.
A bit of Loctite on the threads of the thing
makes it pretty much perfect.
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If you've got brolly mounts, you can also use
those for a bit more control - check out the
bottom of this summary of tips I put
together... shutter-fug.blogspot.com/2007/06/simple-tips.
html
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@Wizwow - Fantastic idea! When I saw this I
immediately thought of another use that would
compliment the AS-19 stand that came with my
SB-600. This is my first attempt at a Blog
so be gentle. I'll post a discussion thread
for all to use, but wanted to thank you for
the inspiration.
texasbae.blogspot.com/
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Just remember, smaller people need light too:
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very interesting.. heading to HD ;-)
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Also, if you're really feeling rich, try getting the orange or red plastic "A clamps" I was cheap once and
got a bunch of these green ones....but the
rubber / plastic on the green falls off and
flakes out.
Green is for "rubber GOES away"
orange/red is for it STOPS and "stays
on the clamps."
Ya, the other colors cost mabye $1 more per
clamp, but it's well worth it.
Adam in Phoenix..
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How safe is this setup? It looks like its
just friction holding the flash in place.
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mmm i don,t know i found a different color,
but it doesnt not seem safe on ... i must be
missing something...anyway..too bad i did
like the idea of vertical light..sideway
flash
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jose - digital,
They are extremely secure. Simply place the
flashes in the "V" and then secure
them with one or two bungees. You couldn't
shake them out. I can leave them on while I
put them in the car (I have a very secure
area where the flash heads can be safe).
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maybe if i squeeze them hard in, but whta
about the way it hold to the stand, i guess
ihave the wrong type(really look the same but
blue) it would not be solide on the pole...
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my light pole seem smaller in diameter then
here so... i have lowell ones..
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I push the clamps down so the top of the
stand goes into the clamp. That holds the
clamp securely and wont allow the clamp to
twist or give way.
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Anybody know if you get something similar in
Australia? This is just so cool!
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Good idea Don. I especially like the bar
code on the side ;)
All kidding aside, this is a neat trick.
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Seen in a discussion of Strobist.com. (?)
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