DavePearce
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I have recently purchased a very, very cheap pair of Bowens Monolite 400 Strobes, all in working order with two C-stands and a few umbrellas. $30 NZ Dollars to be precise! Happy chappy or what?
Anyway, my problem is that as they are older, around 30 years from what I've read, and they don't have an apparent way to fit modifiers like softboxes to them...
Here are a couple of photos for you to see what I mean.
As you can see they do have an umbrella fitting, so I could use softboxes and Octa's designed for speedlights, where you shoot into and reflect out (if the said modifier is deep enough and the strobe is not too close to the umbrella/back). But I was wondering if there is a way to fit a speed ring to use current modifiers? These are my first studio strobes, I'm a big user of speedlights though.
Can anyone help? Or am I destined to use umbrellas and the like?
Cheers
Anyway, my problem is that as they are older, around 30 years from what I've read, and they don't have an apparent way to fit modifiers like softboxes to them...
Here are a couple of photos for you to see what I mean.
As you can see they do have an umbrella fitting, so I could use softboxes and Octa's designed for speedlights, where you shoot into and reflect out (if the said modifier is deep enough and the strobe is not too close to the umbrella/back). But I was wondering if there is a way to fit a speed ring to use current modifiers? These are my first studio strobes, I'm a big user of speedlights though.
Can anyone help? Or am I destined to use umbrellas and the like?
Cheers