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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 445190" data-attributes="member: 12496">OK, sorry, I realize now when you said flashes, you meant speedlights.&nbsp; I wasn't thinking speedlghts. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Any mounting for a speedlight in a softbox should include its own stand mounting.&nbsp;&nbsp; The mount attaches the softbox to the stand, and the speedlight hangs off of it.&nbsp; A speedlght hot shoe mount cannot hold the weight of a large softbox.&nbsp; The mount you show is not that mount.One notion -&nbsp; I am not a fan of trying softboxes on speedlights.&nbsp; An umbrella can be fantastic on speedlights, but there is a huge difference for softboxes.&nbsp; Studio lights are bare bulb inside softboxes, so the light extends fully 180 degrees in every direction, to use the reflective sides of the softbox the way intended, to disperse the light angles.&nbsp;&nbsp; But the speedlight has the focused fresnel lens in front, and at best, just lights a spot on the front fabric. It might as well be a shoot-through umbrella.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Some light will come out of the softbox of course, but I think a reflected umbrella (at full shaft length) will be better on a speedlight.See the very bottom two pictures at <a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/umbrellas2.html" target="_blank">Mounting Speedights in Umbrellas</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 445190, member: 12496"] OK, sorry, I realize now when you said flashes, you meant speedlights. I wasn't thinking speedlghts. :) Any mounting for a speedlight in a softbox should include its own stand mounting. The mount attaches the softbox to the stand, and the speedlight hangs off of it. A speedlght hot shoe mount cannot hold the weight of a large softbox. The mount you show is not that mount. One notion - I am not a fan of trying softboxes on speedlights. An umbrella can be fantastic on speedlights, but there is a huge difference for softboxes. Studio lights are bare bulb inside softboxes, so the light extends fully 180 degrees in every direction, to use the reflective sides of the softbox the way intended, to disperse the light angles. But the speedlight has the focused fresnel lens in front, and at best, just lights a spot on the front fabric. It might as well be a shoot-through umbrella. Some light will come out of the softbox of course, but I think a reflected umbrella (at full shaft length) will be better on a speedlight. See the very bottom two pictures at [url=http://www.scantips.com/lights/umbrellas2.html]Mounting Speedights in Umbrellas[/url] [/QUOTE]

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