1m square softbox vs 1m octabox

<p>hi everyone,<br>

i'm planning to upgrade my sotboxes (2 sqaure 66 cm) either with 1m square softboxes or 1m octaboxes... can anyone comment on light quality of square vs octa version? is there huge or at least any difference between one and the other?</p>

<p>regards, <br>

greg</p>

<p>I've taken a photography class in school, and we have 4 lighting studios with 1 octabox each.</p>

<p>My teacher says the softbox was replaced by an octabox because it's been found that an octabox produces a way better quality of light than softboxes.</p>

<p>If you think about it, soft boxes have 4 sides only where as octabox have 8, hence it would make sense that the light coming from the light source would have a way better quality as it's reflecting off of 8 surfaces to produce even light.<br>

That's my take on it.</p>

<p>A side question can also be whether you prefer square or octa catch light reflections.</p>