d_g5 Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Is there anyone that has ever used fotodiox equipment? In paticular I am interested in there 47" inch octobox ($90.00 total) that comes with a universal speedring. I am concerned about the universal speedring quality and the octobox quality. Any advice or experience will be very helpful. Is it hard to setup? Do the ribs break easily or what? Plz help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_hunt Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 save your money, don't buy it. Made the mistake of buying one off of ebay from Fotodiox directly, in the first three minutes after it was assembled two of the rods broke through the sleaves. Very poor quality construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmf Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Their boxes are made out of fused fabric and vinyl that outgas for weeks when you open them up. The stitching pulls out or through at the least bit of stress. The speed rings are white metal castings using 4 screw clamps that sort of grip the body of your flash head but not well enough that you could point the unit down at all. Other than that, they're great. If you want decent knock off's of better lighting gear, check out amvona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_g5 Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 thanks... dang it... was hoping to get something that I could get going with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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