(semi) portable flash & softbox setup?

<p>Looking for a softbox setup that can work with my combo SB-900 & SB-600's. Any advice as to good kits &/or what i might need would be great.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

 

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<p>The Lastolite EZ Box is popular, and the Westcott Mini Apollo and Photoflex smallest softbox work as well. Alzo has one on e-bay. However these are small softboxes and since softness of light is dependent upon size of light source, you don't get much soft light.</p>

<p>I'd go with an umbrella box like the Softlighter. Much easier to set up and take down too.</p>

<p>Shoemounts have a hard time spreading the light all around in a larger softbox (or even umbrella) so you might be looking at using two speedlites in one large unit. Also power of the unit is a bit puny.</p>

<p>What are you going to use them for?</p>

<p>I don't personally like the appearance of umbrellas, but I use the shoot-thru kind because they go up/down way faster than softboxes, and store easily. They're dirt cheap too. For speed and price, you can't beat them, and they do the same thing as softboxes. You can even get the ones that have a back cover to contain the light on the back side. A bit more money, but does give softbox performance.</p>

<p>Check out the photflex lite dome, the bracket keeps the flash outside and it has a holder for a pocket wizard. I use it on a stand with an Al Jacobs black box.</p>