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For some time i've been concerned over how my flash is mounted in my softbox. Also being attached to a rf602 receiver, it's pretty top-heavy and unstable, as well as firing the flash pretty high up in the softbox which i'm sure make the light uneven.....
the other evening I was catching up with how the guys at lightenupandshoot.com were going on and came across a product they were selling and decided to produce my own take on it....
I have a knackered old cobra flash sat in the cupboard, but fortunately it has a removeable hotshoe mount. After butchering the internals and attacking it with a file, I had a nice, rigid mount...
IMGP1176.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
IMGP1177.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
I then trimmed a nice thick piece of persex to size and glued it to the mount with hot-melt adhesive
IMGP1178.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
attach a big piece of self-adhesive velcro and it's finished!
IMGP1179.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
I alread have velcro on the top of the flash as I also use a DIY bounce card with it! could maybe do with a strap of somesort but it seems safe enough for now. Feels a lot more stable and the light is directed more centrally into the softbox
So it's gone from this...
IMGP1180.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
to this...
IMGP1181.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
not exactly groundbreaking, but just thought it's nice to share
the other evening I was catching up with how the guys at lightenupandshoot.com were going on and came across a product they were selling and decided to produce my own take on it....
I have a knackered old cobra flash sat in the cupboard, but fortunately it has a removeable hotshoe mount. After butchering the internals and attacking it with a file, I had a nice, rigid mount...
IMGP1176.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
IMGP1177.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
I then trimmed a nice thick piece of persex to size and glued it to the mount with hot-melt adhesive
IMGP1178.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
attach a big piece of self-adhesive velcro and it's finished!
IMGP1179.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
I alread have velcro on the top of the flash as I also use a DIY bounce card with it! could maybe do with a strap of somesort but it seems safe enough for now. Feels a lot more stable and the light is directed more centrally into the softbox
So it's gone from this...IMGP1180.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
to this...
IMGP1181.jpg by dobinio, on Flickr
not exactly groundbreaking, but just thought it's nice to share