Ever since moving over to the Profoto lighting system i was very unimpressed when using the Canon Speedlite either on or off camera. The quality of light just wasn´t up to my standards. But i wanted to have something light and small. Hence i started another DIY project, the ProLite! It is basically a steel tube that has a Stofen Omnibounce attached. The fantastic Profoto light modifiers clamp onto the steel tube. Now it is possible to mount softboxes, reflectors and the beauty dish on the Speedlite. The most difficult part was finding a tube with the right diameter and cutting the hole out. I use an Avenger D200 head to mount the ProLite on a lightstand, this also allows tilting.
Lightoutput is limited though, so it is not really useful when the sun is out. It gives about f8 at 3m with the Profoto zoomreflector 2. Should i ever upgrade my Skyports to the new Pocketwizzards with TTL capability i might have a chance to battle the sun via HSS but until then i have to bring the big lights.
I am quite amazed with the lightquality though. The Stofen Omnibounce acts like a frosted glasscover like the one on my Profoto ProHeads. This results in really nice light!!!
This image shows the lightfalloff with the zoomreflector 2 (intentionally underexposed to show it better).
nice.:)
ReplyDeleteBrilliantly done Philipp, bravo!
ReplyDeleteI tried Franken-adjusting a Bowens S-type speedlight adapter and it kind of worked in a precarious way giving the impressive light quality you mention, but threatened to fall apart as there wasn't much 'meat' to it.
It was my failure to find the kind of metal tube you've used that stopped me going any further as it's crucial to the stability and secure mounting of the modifiers, so well done indeed!!
Any thoughts on producing them or might you be sharing the source of the tube so that others might copy your grand design? More than happy to refer to it as my "Derganz adapter" when asked!
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That is awesome! I was already drawing plans to make something like this. I have two 1x3 strip profoto OCF soft boxes that I can use my canon speedlites in for side or hair lights.
ReplyDeleteI also have further info for those who would like to use their Canon 600 speedlites as slave units and still be able to control the output power with the canon ST-E3_RT controller while having your profoto TTl Controller on Camera. I'm not trying to drive traffic to my site I just feel it compliments this setup perfectly.
Here is a link to my write up. This set is going to be great!
http://www.framedelegance.com/blog/2014/7/profoto-b1-or-d1-triggering-the-canon-600-ex-rt-speedlites