gregory_imler Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 <p>Hello, I don't have any indoor lighting experience other than bounce flash, and I recently got some Smith-Victor photofloods to try and expand. I'm having some difficulty finding honeycomb grids for the 10-inch reflectors. I'm guessing it'd be a 9-inch honeycomb from the many 7-inch models offered for 8-inch reflectors. I've done a lot of searching, Google, the big online retailers, even the posts here. I'm basically searching "honeycomb for 10-inch reflectors" and "9-inch honeycomb grid," "light modifiers, 10-inch reflector," but I've seen maybe only three or four that are quite expensive. Am I missing a search term that isn't obvious to me? Are 10-inch reflectors not a typical size for use with honeycombs? Total newbie question, I know, but I guess I'm at a loss for things to search for. Feel free to put "duh" in any response if you want. :-)<br /> Thanks!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devon_mccarroll Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 <p>I'm not sure about 10-inch grids, but if you do find some, you should see if you can get metal ones. Photofloods could get hot enough to melt plastic ones.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 <p>I've never seen or heard of honeycomb grids for hot lights, but that doen't mean anything.</p> <p>Have you tried a simple set of barn doors or flags to narrow your beam spread? Yes, I know the character of the light at the edges will be different, but ...</p> <p>You might look into getting some honeycomb expanded metal and making your own.</p> <p><Chas></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrstubbs Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 <p>You could contact one of the manufacturers and ask if they could give you a resellers details.<br> eg: http://www.mcgillcorp.com/alcore/sales.html</p> <p><img src="http://www.mcgillcorp.com/alcore/images/alcore_2.jpg" alt="" width="189" height="190" /><br> Sometimes ..the use of another term is all we need.<br> Aha! Foiled again!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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