HOW TO SELECT A BEAUTY DISH?

[JohnnyWrench]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

 

[tirediron]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

Looks pretty sketchy to me; at $40 it's a rather expensive garbage can lid, and since it's not a parabola, I doubt that it would work as anything other than a rather 'rough and ready' reflector.

 

[table1349]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

Why not save $39.00 and do this: DIY Speedlight Beauty Dish

 

[Derrel]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

OMG--THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT!!!! I got a good big laugh out of it, and actually saved the listing and did a screen cap of it!

 

[Derrel]

Why not save $39.00 and do this: DIY Speedlight Beauty Dish

Ohhhhh, my! So, so ghetto! What about the used condom safety retention strap, and the Pampers outside padding system? Surely those needed accessories are in the follow-up DIY post, right?

As far as the Original Poster's issue...I'm with Tirediron...just take a couple of sheetmetal screws and affix the Speedotron dish to the L-bracket....I mean...why not just go that route? Or if you want to, use small machine bolts and washers and nuts and whatnot....but yeah...just a standard, do-it-yourself, Home Depot kinda modification ought to work, as long as the flash unit remains in the middle of the opening at the back, and you have some kind of tilt-and-locking capability with the swivel bracket, doesn't matter too much how you get the Speedotron beauty dish hooked up. And no matter HOW clownish it might happen to be, it will without a doubt look more polished and professional that either 1) the garbage can lid beauty dish or 2) the single-use aluminum roasting pan beauty dish/ring light dual-duty light unit.

 

[hombredelmar]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

The question is if you have time to take a chance ? I should admit that it is creative not more than that

 

[hombredelmar]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

The question is if you have time to take a chance ? I should admit that it is creative not more than that

 

[beachrat]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

The question is if you have time to take a chance ? I should admit that it is creative not more than that

He went all out full blast with a 32 gallon lid.
How could you NOT take a chance?

 

[hombredelmar]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

The question is if you have time to take a chance ? I should admit that it is creative not more than that

He went all out full blast with a 32 gallon lid.
How could you NOT take a chance?

well........i dont know

 

[Derrel]

After reading this thread I jumped on my local craigslist and found this...

One of a Kind Custom made Speedlight Beauty Dish off camera flash

I wonder how well it works? Maybe not that great since he's selling it.

The question is if you have time to take a chance ? I should admit that it is creative not more than that

He went all out full blast with a 32 gallon lid.
How could you NOT take a chance?

I dunno...somethin' tells me that disposable aluminum foil roasting pan beauty dish could give that ole' garbage can lid a real run for its money!

 

[beachrat]

Maybe Derrel,but the garbage can lid comes with a '63 Rambler sideview mirror.
That's gotta be worth a few points.

 

[hombredelmar]

Guys, thank you all for your contributions I learned a lot about cars