Opteka LS-110 Photo Studio 9.1 foot (110") Air-Cushioned Aluminum Light Stand Review

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(More customer reviews)This stand is very big. It's much better built than the value stand I was using. The air shock thing just seems like springs inside. A flash and umbrella would probably survive a full length drop, but I wouldn't test it. I don't know if it's just me, but I think it weighs more than 5 lbs. I don't have a scale handy, but it's definitely more than my 5 lb laptop. I will certainly buy a few more of these.

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The Opteka LS-110 light stand is aluminum, 3 sections, with sure-twist section locks. It rises to a maximum height of 110'. If you forget to tighten any section with your light mounted, the light slowly descends, thanks to the air-cushioning of this stand. This useful feature saves equipment, and fingers from harm during busy photo sessions. Will work with many reflectors including the Opteka 43" 5-in-1 reflector with the RH-42 bracket.

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Umbrella Adapter with Hot Shoe Mount Review

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(More customer reviews)This thing has a lot going for it. The cold shoe is a nice design where there's a gap at the bottom and it has a spring-loaded screw. I'd say it's pretty much the bar for what a cold shoe should be. The middle adjustment knob is spring loaded. The male stud is reversable and has both thread sizes. Plus, it's a solid hunk of metal so it will probably survive a war.
What's wrong?
The hole for the umbrella shaft isn't at an angle. It's just straight out. This means that your flash has to dump into the top half of the umbrella leaving the bottom unlit. Heck, unless you can figure out how to angle the flash head down a fair bit, you'll might even get some undiffused spill. This means that it's pretty useless for its main purpose in life which is to hold an umbrella at such an angle that the flash hits more or less the center of it. Not all flashes can angle down. Even those that can, can't angle all that much.
With most other umbrella adapters, you have to make sure you stick the shaft in the correct side. With this one, both sides are the wrong side.

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This bracket is designed to hold any shoe-mount flash unit and allow you to use it with an umbrella. It will fit on nearly any light stand with its 5/8 female mount and a reversible, 3/8 and 1/4-20 threaded, female mount insert. The bracket s swivel joint allows you to tilt the head and umbrella up to 180deg..

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Ravelli ALS Photo Video Light Stand Review

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(More customer reviews)I decided to purchase these Ravelli lightstands after purchasing the Ravelli ABLS background stand and observing the quality of the stands. I needed sturdy lightstands to replace the flimsey / wobbly light stands I received in a continuous lighting kit I purchased from Fancier (ePhoto). The Ravelli stands are sturdy and overall, excellent. The base has a 40" diameter footprint and each stand extends to approximately 10'. The top of the stand has an adapter which can be reversed to expose either a 1/4" or a 3/8" screw, the common thread sizes used in photo equipment. As a bonus, each stand comes with its own heavy duty black carrying bag with a sturdy heavy duty zipper.
I rated the stands as 4 stars since the stands arrived scratched and missing paint in very small spots. Since the shipping boxes were not damaged and since the product boxes were still factory sealed, I could only guess that the scratches and missing paint spots occurred at the factory. I chose to not exchange the stands because of the shipping cost to return the stands. Regardless, these are excellent stands for the money. I intend to purchase more of these stands in the future.

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The Ravelli ALS model light stand is adjustable up to 10' tall. The light stand has been designed with an air cushioned shock to provide smooth adjustments. Also included is a reversible male studio spigot adapter which allows the use of photographic equipment with 3/8" or 1/4" threads. The adapter is also machined with two indentions to securely mount your light kits. It includes a heavy duty carry bag.

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Manfrotto 175F-1 Spring Clamp with Flash Shoe (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Bought these clamps a month ago and have worked very well in most applications. The shoe mount on the ball head is quite snug and sometimes a challenge to insert or take out the flash unit. DO NOT over tighten the lock mechanism on your flash unit! I broke the shoe mount on the ball head this weekend after snugging up the lock on my 580 II. Mostly, the shoe mount is tight enough to not even need to tighten the locking mechanism. Over all, a great product that has been VERY handy for this strobist.

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This spring clamp attaches to bars up to Ø 40mm. Supplied with a position able miniature ball head with a flash shoe it is able to clip and position a flash unit wherever it is needed. Load capacity : 4.41 lbs.; panoramic rotation : 360 °; clamp range - min (round tube) : 0.2 in.; clamp range - max. (round tube) : 1.57 in.; color : black; built-in head; material : aluminum + steel; -90° / +90° tilt range; attachment (bottom) : type 17;attachment 2 : type 1; length : 6.14 in.; weight : 0.73lbs.

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Stroboframe Bracket Shoe Mount Review

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(More customer reviews)The 5-star reviews for the Stroboframe cold shoe are definitely accurate; that's a great cold shoe and you can feel confident putting any flash on it basically.
THe problem is that this is NOT the SAME PRODUCT! This is a product being sold by Adorama Camera as Stroboframe but it is actually a Flashpoint (different brand - makes cheap knock-offs of lots of photography equipment). That's why the price is so low - because it's not the Stroboframe.
I purchased one and discovered this apparent false advertising scheme when I received a Flashpoint cold shoe. I immediately contacted Adorama and requested a refund and paid return shipping as well as the correct product. It seems they will be issuing me a refund while "graciously" allowing me to keep the product ("graciously" in quotations because to pay for return shipping would cost them the same amount as I paid for the product, plus the re-stocking effort - so they're really just doing themselves a favor by "giving it to me"). What they should do is give me the Stroboframe cold shoe, which is what I purchased and what I need. But Adorama is not very good with customer service. As they adapt themselves more and more for the consumer market (as opposed to the pro market, like B&H PHoto), they try to pull these types of schemes on unsuspecting consumers who "probably don't know any better".
In any case, buy it for $6 if you choose to do so; just be aware you will receive a cheap knock-off, not the mighty, original Stroboframe cold shoe!

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Featuring a clamping-style lock, the Stroboframe bracket shoe mount securelyholds even the heaviest shoe units so they won't loosen up during rigorous use. Themount is made of machined aluminum for durability, with a locating pin that's guaranteednot to twist on the bracket. Installation is a breeze thanks to the bracket's intuitive 1/4"- 20 mounting knob, which works with virtually any flash socket. The shoe mount, whichweighs a mere 1.6 ounces, is backed by a five-year warranty.

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Ultralast Nikon Stand, AS-19, Speedlight Stand for Review

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(More customer reviews)This versatile speedlight stand has three positions on it to choose from for placing your speedlight.
It also has a 1/4 inch metal tripod socket underneath (same threads as your camera).
It can also be placed on a table or shelf by itself.
This will work with the SB-600 and the SB-800 speedlights.
Unfortunately, it will not work with Nikon's flagships speedlight, the SB-900.
The SB-900 comes with its own speedlight stand, the AS-21.
The AS-21 only has one position and the tripod socket is plastic.
However, the AS-21 is backwards compatible with many of the other speedlights and it is larger to accommodate the SB-900's bulk.
I would like to see Nikon update the AS-19 to work with the SB-900 or make the AS-21 with a metal tripod socket.
I think the metal tripod socket is a big plus, not to mention the three positions.
I deducted one star because of the incompatibility with the SB-900.

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For mounting remote Nikon Speedlights when used for wireless operation, can be attached to a tripod or light stand. Compatible with SB-800, SB-600, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, SB-28, SB-26, SB-25, and SB-24.

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