comparison of speedotron beauty dish vs. mola demi softlight

[gary_v]

Hello,

 

Is there anyone here who knows what are the differences if any, between the

less expensive 22" speedotron beauty dish vs. the mola demi 22" beauty dish?

Which one gives a more pleasing light quality?

 

Thank you to all who answer.

Gary

[peter_hart]

There has been little written about the Mola on this forum or elsewhere on the net. Personally I shoot Elinchrom and am interested in the demi and the setti as I have become enamoured with harder light on my subjects-I have the 17 inch dish and it's OK but only for smaller subjects up close.

 

The only thing of any value I can add here is that the Speedo has a grid and the Mola doesn't (I asked them myself). My colleague has a Profoto dish with a grid and I really like that (but can't afford to switch systems let alone go profoto...damn!)

 

Peter

[gary_v]

Thank you Peter, You reminded me of something that I had completely forgoten about. The speedotron does accept a grid; and from what I have heard, placing the grid over the lightsox produces a beautiful concetrated softlight on the subject. This helps my decision.

Thanks.

[phillipmarcovallentin]

<p>Talking about 22" BDs, you may also wanna check out this:<br>

<a href="http://www.kaceyenterprises.com/">http://www.kaceyenterprises.com/</a> <br>

As opposed to the Mola, which is made of metal, the Kacey BD is made of plastic,<br>

but unless you have your modelling lights constantly on at full power,<br>

I wonder that's gonna be a problem with a head with build-in fan ?</p>

<p>Best of luck ;-)</p>

<p>Marco/</p>