Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Stands/Octagonal soft boxes.
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 01:44:59 -0700
References: <F204EBtKarvzr0dSHpV00000372@hotmail.com>

Aka Yote wrote:
> 
> Dear friends:
> 
> Interested in acquiring a lighting
> equipment I may buy
> a profoto acute 2400 generator and
> strobes, (www.profoto.com).
> 
> I want to be able take that for travel.
> In their website, they show some stands.
> I wonder, if there is a brand name for
> stands and for lighting besides
> profoto that you may want to recommend as
> reliable, enduring, and very light weighted.
> I had previously owned some manfrotto stands
> but were kind of heavy.
> 
> I also saw octagonal light boxes at their
> website.  I wondered if one of the reasons,
> (please excuse my poor knowledge on the subject),
> why they are octagonal is because when you shoot
> portraits it leaves in the eye an octagonal mark
> of light instead of a rectangular or square one.
> 
> I appreciate all your responses to these questions.
> 
> Very truly yours,
> 
> Aka Yote.

May I also recommend Chimera which is made here in Bolder Colorado
mainly from Spinnaker sail cloth.
I called them once on the phone and the phone was picked up by their
owner. We talked for over an our.
I think their stuff as an edge in quality and design over the Photoflex
and other brands. They are the Leica of light modifiers of that type in
my opinion.
http://www.chimeralighting.com/
but if you can get their paper catalog it is really spectacular.

I would not want an octagonal key light in my subjects eye.
A square or circle is what looks right to me.


Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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In reply to: Message from "Aka Yote" <akayote@hotmail.com> ([Leica] Stands/Octagonal soft boxes.)