Thanks Chuck. I had read before that Chimera were considered to be very good
but hadn't heard anything about Photoflex. I guess that either the
availability of the studio makes it so you haven't used the Bee's brolly box
much or it neither stands out as really good nor bad.
If I remember correctly both the Bee's standard light stands and umbrellas
made poor impressions on at least one user. Thanks for the tip that the
Photoflex umbrellas are well made.
-jeff
>From: Chuck Norcutt
>
>No, sorry. I don't own any softboxes other than the small size "brolly
>box" that the Bees sell. <http://www.alienbees.com/brolly.html>
>
>I bought them to have something very small to be used in my house but
>haven't had to buy anything else as I now have full access to a well
>supplied studio which has very nice Photoflex softboxes. I have some
>Photoflex umbrellas and I can say that everything I've seen from
>Photoflex is very well made. I'm also told the Photoflex softboxes are
>color neutral... but maybe not so important in these days of digital and
>custom white balance settings.
>
>But Photoflex ain't cheap. If I needed some softboxes myself I'd
>probably buy something cheap on ebay and throw it out if it wasn't good
>enough. I did buy some cheap umbrellas once but now I'd pay the freight
>for Photoflex. No comparison on construction quality.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
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