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Greg Feldman
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p.1 #1 · Softbox that fits AB and others?

Can anyone recommend a softbox that would fit my current ABs and then could be used if/when I upgrade to Hensel, Elinchrom, or another mid-level type of strobe? I guess the issue is just availability of different speedrings that would fit different strobes and the softbox.

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Dec 20, 2008 at 08:59 PM

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p.1 #2 · Softbox that fits AB and others?

Any softbox will fit, it's just the speedring that varies. Chimera and Plume are solid choices. Photoflex's work fine, though.

Dec 20, 2008 at 09:48 PM

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p.1 #3 · Softbox that fits AB and others?

I recently purchased an Illuma Softbox from Calumet. They sell a Balcart adapter which fits the AB just fine. The small Illuma is about 22 x 30 inches. It is very well made.

Dec 20, 2008 at 11:44 PM

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p.1 #4 · Softbox that fits AB and others?

I like my Alien Bees foldable softbox I just got. Solidly built, and folds down nice and small.

Dec 22, 2008 at 06:50 PM

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p.1 #5 · Softbox that fits AB and others?

Jeremy Reitman wrote:
I like my Alien Bees foldable softbox I just got. Solidly built, and folds down nice and small.

+ the PCB foldable boxes come with the speed ring attached.

I have several Photoflex boxes and use the speed rings from PCB ... best price anywhere.

Dec 22, 2008 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #6 · Softbox that fits AB and others?

I have to concur that the AB foldable softboxes are great! I had a medium and large "regular" softbox from AB and ended up selling the medium and returning the large for the same sized foldable ones from AB.

The foldable softboxes are made well, but most imporatantly, they fold and setup SO QUICKLY! I couldn't see myself dealing with setting up standard softboxes constantly. It would take forever. So the foldable ones made a lot of sense to me. Quality is good too! It takes me perhaps 5 minutes per box to set up and that's being careful to velcro the edges of the diffuser too! If I had to rush, I could do it perhaps in 3 minutes.

While the cost of the foldables are about $20 more than their standard counterparts, it's worth it. Plus, the edges of the box are recessed so you could add grids to these boxes too. You can't add a grid to their standard boxes. Something to consider.

I have one of their strip light boxes as well (also foldable) and love it! I added a grid to that for use as a hairlight, but found that the strip box has so many other applications as well.

Dec 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM

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