Cheap decent softbox for a traveller

[surapon]

Beautiful shots, Surapon!

Thank you, Sir, Dear Friend fugu82.
Yes, Sir, Filled Flash with Flash modifier are the MUST of out door / Sun shine Photos, Special the sun at the back of Subject , with Flash = Perfected Exposure of the Subject's Face Plus Natural Rim Light/ Hair Light too.
Have a great weekend.
Surapon

 

[cellomaster27]

Beautiful shots, Surapon!

+1
Love the one with the little girl on the bridge Surapon! the back light portraits are great too! can be tricky to get right.

I have the lastolite ezybox 24" thanks to suggestions by neuro, RC, and some others. So I can personally recommend it now. It's fairly portable and offers great lighting for single and double portraits. And i wanted something of good quality. Not the cheapest though.

 

[surapon]

Beautiful shots, Surapon!

+1
Love the one with the little girl on the bridge Surapon! the back light portraits are great too! can be tricky to get right.

I have the lastolite ezybox 24" thanks to suggestions by neuro, RC, and some others. So I can personally recommend it now. It's fairly portable and offers great lighting for single and double portraits. And i wanted something of good quality. Not the cheapest though.

Thanks you, Sir, Dear cellomaster27.
You make my days.
Have a great Sunday.
Surapon

 

[wickidwombat]

I have the roundflash
http://roundflash.com/

I take the roundflash everywhere I take a speedlight as it can be used off camera as well as on. It does suck power though so it struggles in full sun but even full sun with a 35 to 50mm lens and shooting quite close it works well. But is not powerful enough for full body shots with these lenses in full sun.

WW, compared to an approx 70w/s speedlight, the Godox Witstro AD360 (300w/s) has the guts to really bring the Roundflash to life.
http://www.godox.com/EN/Products_Camera_Flash_Witstro_AD180&AD360_Powerfou&Portable_Flash.html
Also, as you have already got Phottix Odin, you'll get perfect, clean HSS all the way to 1/8000 sec with the Witstro/Odin combination. This is a golden era for flash, there's interesting new stuff coming out every few months (mostly out of China...)

holey crap I saw one of those the other day I'm gonna go back and check it out in more detail
thanks man!

There's a fair bit of price variation on the AD360 in Australia:
http://www.photo-shop-studio.com.au/speedlites/bare-bulb-flash-system/bare-bulb-flash/godox-wistro-bare-bulb-flash-kit-ad360/ I had my test-drive here...
http://totalphoto.com.au/?wpsc-product=godox-witstro-ad360-flash-light-speedlight
http://t-one.co/asia-pacific/shop/wistro/strobe-speed-light-w-series-ad360-high-powered-t-one/
The variation may come from some offers not including a battery. Some offers are with an all-in-one battery/inverter. Get the one where the battery detaches from the inverter (PB960), extra batteries are cheap; $85
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Godox-Propac-PB960-Backup-Power-Pack-Battery-Chamber-for-Replacement-4500mAH-/160961323485?pt=AU_Flashes&hash=item257a0ae1dd

Also necessary:
http://www.photo-shop-studio.com.au/speedlites/bare-bulb-flash-system/cap/godox-wistro-protection-cap/
Also interesting, and at $25 why not:
http://www.photo-shop-studio.com.au/speedlites/bare-bulb-flash-system/dome-diffuser/godox-wistro-wide-angle-dome-diffuser/
And if your shooting style requires a $20 snoot:
http://www.photo-shop-studio.com.au/speedlites/bare-bulb-flash-system/snoot/godox-witstro-snoot-with-grid-for-ad180-ad360-only/
And this attachment lets you use your Bowens modifiers. Awesome!
http://www.godox.com/EN/Products_S_type_Speedlite_Bracket.html
To halve the recycle time, use this splitter to hook into both battery terminals at once:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Godox-DB-02-Cable-Y-adapter-2-to-1-For-PROPAC-Power-Pack-PB960-AD360-AD180-/281142985960?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item41756d84e8

Reviews:
http://www.lightingrumours.com/godox-witstro-ad360-flash-review-4526#.U1sdzcew5Gw
http://www.englishphotographer.com/godox-ad360-pb960-battery-flash-review/
http://www.twiching.com/learningcenter/articles/149/

-pw

thanks I picked one up today it just fits the roundflash! works pretty well cant wait to test it out with the new sigma 50mm

 

[pwp]

thanks I picked one up today it just fits the roundflash! works pretty well cant wait to test it out with the new sigma 50mm

Hey that's great. You'll love the Godox Witstro AD360.
Phew! Glad it fits your roundflash.
Where did you source the Witstro from?

-pw

 

[wickidwombat]

thanks I picked one up today it just fits the roundflash! works pretty well cant wait to test it out with the new sigma 50mm

Hey that's great. You'll love the Godox Witstro AD360.
Phew! Glad it fits your roundflash.
Where did you source the Witstro from?

-pw

bought it here at xing guang here in shanghai, they have a godox store so i could try it all out got a few of the other goodies for it extra battery etc and damn with the double power adapter recycle is unbelievable it will easily keep up with a 5Dmk3 at full FPS possible even do quite well on a 1DX
its even got an adapter so you can charge iphones ipads etc off the battery pack if you need some juice, how cool is that?

 

[sagittariansrock]

I recently got a large rouge flashbender with a diffusion panel. It's very portable and works well.

Good luck!

I got the "blanc" version a la eBay, but I'm having trouble using it for fills and catchlights. Did you use it for these purposes? How'd yours hold up?
I am wondering if the reflector in mine isn't up to the mark. The build is pretty good otherwise.