Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: mike.online on December 22, 2009, 03:53:10 pm
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Hi All,
Henry's seems to be the dealer for LumiQuest products, but is anyone else selling it for price comparisons in Toronto? I'm leaving the country soon so I'm looking for a Brick and Mortar store.
Specifically I'm thinking of getting a Softbox III for my 580EXII on a 5dMkII. anyone use this combo or have advice? are the other softboxes as good?
- Mike
Henry's Link:
http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...p;itemID=250051 (http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ItemsDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&departmentId=10407&categoryId=10436&itemID=250051)
B&H Photo:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5769...oftbox_III.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/576949-REG/LumiQuest_LQ_119_Promax_Softbox_III.html)
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Hi All,
Henry's seems to be the dealer for LumiQuest products, but is anyone else selling it for price comparisons in Toronto? I'm leaving the country soon so I'm looking for a Brick and Mortar store.
Specifically I'm thinking of getting a Softbox III for my 580EXII on a 5dMkII. anyone use this combo or have advice? are the other softboxes as good?
- Mike
Henry's Link:
http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...p;itemID=250051 (http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ItemsDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&departmentId=10407&categoryId=10436&itemID=250051)
B&H Photo:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5769...oftbox_III.html (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/576949-REG/LumiQuest_LQ_119_Promax_Softbox_III.html)
I am very fond of their softbox. I have had great luck with some dramatic portraits using that softbox on my 430 EX with an off camera hotshoe cord. I hold the flash in one hand and the camera in the other. It looks awkward, but it works very well. I also found that this softbox works best for closeup portraits--flash held about a foot away from the shadow side of (or slightly below) the subject's face with camera about two feet away. Eye color comes through amazingly with that configuration.
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If you going to use SB-III I'd recommend taking a look at this test: LumiQuest Softbox III test (http://photo-tips-online.com/test/lumiquest-softbox-iii-flash-diffuser/)
The light quality differs depending on the flash zoom settings.
Here are two extreme examples:
(http://photo-tips-online.com/test/lumiquest-softbox-iii-flash-diffuser/images/small/lumiquest-softbox-iii-flash-diffuser-test-hot-spot-105mm.jpg)(http://photo-tips-online.com/test/lumiquest-softbox-iii-flash-diffuser/images/small/lumiquest-softbox-iii-flash-diffuser-test-hot-spot-14mm.jpg)
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Thanks for the info!