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p.2 #1 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

here is a crappy pic from my celly

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speedo - mola - elinchrom

edit: omg..embarrassing i suck at linking photos!

Oct 27, 2009 at 11:17 PM

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shatterkiss wrote:
Thanks! But I'm still kinda not getting it...the clips should snap around the outside of the lip with the grid frame also overlapping the outside of the lip?

Yes, the speedo grid snaps over the lip of the speedo dish. The clips I think are just to help you remove it...it's fairly snug...

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:51 AM

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shatterkiss wrote:
Ha, Brent! Next you're going to have my Demi envious of your Setti.

Your trying to take 5 inches away from me! I have the euro!

Always wanted a setti, to go with my Euro and Demi.

Oct 28, 2009 at 02:22 AM

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p.2 #4 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

drool on that setti and euro!

Oct 28, 2009 at 04:42 AM

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p.2 #5 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

To lock the grid on the Demi, I hook my thumbs (if from front) or fingers (if from rear) thru the long part of the 2 'clips' on the grid and pull straight back towards the rear of the dish. The wide part of the clips then hooks with a nice 'click' behind the Demi's lip with the longer part of the clips sticking out like ears. Nice 'just right' spring tension.

To dismount, I simply pull the 'ears' out away from the body of the Demi.

If you need a pic of it mounted, drop me a PM

Edit: Just noticed the pic from a fellow user - looks identical to mine when mounted.

Edit2: FYI Have tried a couple of grids on the Demi, and the Speedo, while a bit heavy, was BY FAR the most solid, well built and best finished - and comes packed like they were expecting it to be run over by the UPS truck. WELL worth any slight premium paid vs some other 22" alternatives out there (short of a custom unit). Excellent and HIGHLY recommended addition to the Demi.

shatterkiss wrote:
low325 wrote:
i definitely like my mola demi with the speedo grid. the mola creates a nice outer feather of light, which is where the parabolic ridges come into play i believe. i love my mola!

Just curious, but how did you mount your Speedo grid to your Demi? I recently picked up the grid, and maybe they changed the design, but the clips that it has on either side both don't attach to the Mola's lip and obstruct it from sitting flush at the face.

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Oct 28, 2009 at 11:09 AM

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p.2 #6 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

Very interesting...thanks, guys. I'm going to have to pop back over to the studio and play with them again tomorrow and see what I was doing wrong. This is why you shouldn't try out new accessories when you only have 5 minutes between setups on a shoot.

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM

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p.2 #7 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

conner999 was actually my inspiration to go with the speedo grid on the mola. great call!

Oct 28, 2009 at 03:54 PM

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p.2 #8 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

I actually inspired someone? To think my various ex girlfriends said I'd never amount to anything ... Good thing they never had a chance to talk with the wife before she said 'yes'. Dodged that bullet.

Glad I could help - much cheaper to learn from the trial and error (not to mention #$%^ frustration) of others. My first 22" grid was a PoS and a PITA to ship back to the vendor. Should have gone Speedo from click 1 instead of trying to save a couple of $$.

As much as I LOVE Mola's customer service and responsiveness to queries, I do wish they made (or sourced) their own grids and mounts. Would make the buying process much easier - at least for we Canadians who lack a B&H for 1-stop shopping (and go pale when we calculate the 'calculate shipping" button from same).

My opal glass diffuser is enroute from FilmPlus in T.O., anxious to see how it compares to the stock perforated ALU unit.

Oct 28, 2009 at 04:18 PM

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p.2 #9 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

does anyone in this thread own a profoto dish?

Oct 28, 2009 at 06:26 PM

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p.2 #10 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

More than the differences in different brands is the actual use. At my old studio the other guy had one of the bigger Molas. I have a Norman "Beauty dish". It was really easy to get crappy pictures from either one.
They are far from easy to use well, it seems that about 90% of photograhers use them as big reflectors. I was at a MFDB demo a while back and one of the set up was a guy using a Profoto or Mola beauty dish. He had it so close to the model it was almost in the frame and said it was placed in a very specific area to get the most of the 'beauty dish-ness' . The look had all those words that Simon used in a previous post, creamy, punchy, soulful, etc. Something I could almost get close to but never quite how I wanted...

Oct 28, 2009 at 06:44 PM

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Micky Bill wrote:
More than the differences in different brands is the actual use. At my old studio the other guy had one of the bigger Molas. I have a Norman "Beauty dish". It was really easy to get crappy pictures from either one.
They are far from easy to use well, it seems that about 90% of photograhers use them as big reflectors. I was at a MFDB demo a while back and one of the set up was a guy using a Profoto or Mola beauty dish. He had it so close to the model it was almost in the frame and said it was placed in a very specific area to get the most of the 'beauty dish-ness' . The look had all those words that Simon used in a previous post, creamy, punchy, soulful, etc. Something I could almost get close to but never quite how I wanted...

Testing for the sweet spot is essential. Bigger the dish, bigger the sweet spot and working range.

Oct 28, 2009 at 07:54 PM

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p.2 #12 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

Yes, I do.

BTW, thanks to everyone for the more detailed Mola discussion.

low325 wrote:
does anyone in this thread own a profoto dish?

Oct 28, 2009 at 08:58 PM

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p.2 #13 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

Does anyone know if the PCB grid is any good? and whether or not it will fit on teh speedo dish?

Oct 28, 2009 at 11:47 PM

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p.2 #14 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

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Oct 29, 2009 at 12:28 AM

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p.2 #15 · Mola vs Profoto beaty dish

thanks for some reason i misread.

Oct 29, 2009 at 01:28 AM


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