RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Hi Collin, Do these have the bracket with them to mount a hot shoe style flash on? I can only see an umbrella? Thanks for the info.! They're fairly general-purpose. There's a bracket avaialble for connecting a handle-type flash. The post on the back has a threaded head so you can mount a shoe slave and set a shoe flash on top of it. These are long brackets, about 2 1/2 ft. Nice for the home studio. The Manfrotto shoe/clamp mentioned earlier is what I'd get if I wasn't already using this type. The onlyl issue there is the closeness of the flash to the umbrella. But just put a wide angle diffuser on your flash and you're set. And you can use a shave shoe under the flash. They're pretty cheap on eBay. Like $10-$15 or so. Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl 'Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.' Ronald Reagan Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Yes you need a hot shoe that screws onto the umbrella adapter. Either 1/4 or 3/8 thread. There is a genuine pentax adapter that screws into the umbrella adapter. This one allows the use of dedicated flash functions (such as TTL, contrast control etc.). I think it is termed off-camera shoe adapter F (- don't mix it up with the hot shoe adapters F and FG that do not have a tripod mount). Alexander - Original Message - From: Steve Pearson Subject: RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket Thanks for the suggestion. However, I don't think this will work for what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to mount a hot shoe style flash, say a Vivitar 285, and then bounce it into an umbrella. Maybe I did not see the flash mount on this bracket??? I'm sure Larson makes such a thing. I have a couple of them for my old portable system, pretty sure they were Larson. Have you checked with Porter's? They used to carry all sorts of neat little adaptors and stuff. William Robb __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
Re: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
I have one called Sof' Shoulder. However, I bought it 25 years ago, so I don't remember who made it. It's a very nice setup for on camera flash, but it can also be mounted on a tripod. On Nov 14, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Steve Pearson wrote: Hi all, I tried searching the archives, but could not find this. Also, someone sent me some info. awhile ago, but I lost it. I'm trying to find a bracket that would hold a flash and an umbrella, mounted into a standard tripod thread. Does anyone know if this even exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Here you go: http://tinyurl.com/6r7ff This guy has all kinds of cool stuff! I'm sure he'll sell the flash/umbrella mount seperately. All you need to mount on a tripod is a 1/4 coupling from the hardware store. They're used for connecting two pieces of threaded rod. (Amongst other things) ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Steve Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:06 AM To: Pentax Discussion Board Subject: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket Hi all, I tried searching the archives, but could not find this. Also, someone sent me some info. awhile ago, but I lost it. I'm trying to find a bracket that would hold a flash and an umbrella, mounted into a standard tripod thread. Does anyone know if this even exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
Re: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
I think one was made by Larson Enterprises - think they made the original Sof' Shoulder, too. Their web site doesn't show much, but it's under construction. Besides the Sof' Shoulder, the one I'm remembering could be held and clamped to a light stand using their Universal Clamp. Might do well to contact them directly. http://www.larson-ent.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=contact (The Other) Paul - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket I have one called Sof' Shoulder. However, I bought it 25 years ago, so I don't remember who made it. It's a very nice setup for on camera flash, but it can also be mounted on a tripod. On Nov 14, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Steve Pearson wrote: Hi all, I tried searching the archives, but could not find this. Also, someone sent me some info. awhile ago, but I lost it. I'm trying to find a bracket that would hold a flash and an umbrella, mounted into a standard tripod thread. Does anyone know if this even exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Here you go: http://tinyurl.com/6r7ff This guy has all kinds of cool stuff! I'm sure he'll sell the flash/umbrella mount seperately. All you need to mount on a tripod is a 1/4 coupling from the hardware store. They're used for connecting two pieces of threaded rod. (Amongst other things) ;-) Don -Original Message- From: Steve Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:06 AM To: Pentax Discussion Board Subject: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket Hi all, I tried searching the archives, but could not find this. Also, someone sent me some info. awhile ago, but I lost it. I'm trying to find a bracket that would hold a flash and an umbrella, mounted into a standard tripod thread. Does anyone know if this even exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
-Original Message- From: Steve Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I tried searching the archives, but could not find this. Also, someone sent me some info. awhile ago, but I lost it. I'm trying to find a bracket that would hold a flash and an umbrella, mounted into a standard tripod thread. Does anyone know if this even exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Manfrotto (Bogen) makes such a kind of thing http://www.manfrotto.com/product/templates/templates.php3?sectionid=223itemid=72 Enjoy, Alexander __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Thanks for the suggestion. However, I don't think this will work for what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to mount a hot shoe style flash, say a Vivitar 285, and then bounce it into an umbrella. Maybe I did not see the flash mount on this bracket??? I'm leaning towards a complete stand, bracket, and umbrella as mentioned in an earlier post by Don. Thanks eveyone for the ideas! --- alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Steve Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I tried searching the archives, but could not find this. Also, someone sent me some info. awhile ago, but I lost it. I'm trying to find a bracket that would hold a flash and an umbrella, mounted into a standard tripod thread. Does anyone know if this even exists? I've search BH, Adorama, KEH, etc. to no avail. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Manfrotto (Bogen) makes such a kind of thing http://www.manfrotto.com/product/templates/templates.php3?sectionid=223itemid=72 Enjoy, Alexander __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Larson Reflectasol. I'm bidding on some brackets on eBay right now. The come up now and then. Collin You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up close. The closer the relationship the greater the impact. Howard Hendricks
Re: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
- Original Message - From: Steve Pearson Subject: RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket Thanks for the suggestion. However, I don't think this will work for what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to mount a hot shoe style flash, say a Vivitar 285, and then bounce it into an umbrella. Maybe I did not see the flash mount on this bracket??? I'm sure Larson makes such a thing. I have a couple of them for my old portable system, pretty sure they were Larson. Have you checked with Porter's? They used to carry all sorts of neat little adaptors and stuff. William Robb
RE: Help me find a flash/umbrella bracket
Hi Collin, Do these have the bracket with them to mount a hot shoe style flash on? I can only see an umbrella? Thanks for the info.! --- Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Larson Reflectasol. I'm bidding on some brackets on eBay right now. The come up now and then. Collin You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up close. The closer the relationship the greater the impact. Howard Hendricks __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
