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I have a Mola Setti and Mola Demi, both with diffusors.Has anyone tried it? I have the Profoto Beauty dish and I'm looking to add the diffuser to cut down the light and soften it.
Does it have a similar look to a soft box?
Thanks!
The color of your beauty dish makes a difference,a silver dish will be softer with the sock,the effect on a white dish will be less visible,there is a thread on this on M.M and a lot of people think the sock is not needed.Has anyone tried it? I have the Profoto Beauty dish and I'm looking to add the diffuser to cut down the light and soften it.
Does it have a similar look to a soft box?
Thanks!
Soft, wrap around light is a function of size not diffusers.Has anyone tried it? I have the Profoto Beauty dish and I'm looking to add the diffuser to cut down the light and soften it.
Does it have a similar look to a soft box?
Thanks!
I think it is important to separate shadow edge transfer (soft) from highlight edge transfer (specularity) because "soft" is a word that can mean a lot of things to different people. As Marc pointed out, one is a function of the size of the size of the light and distance to the subject, while the other is more about the quality of the light. I think the type of camera you shoot with comes in to play here a little too as medium format renders specularity differently than DSLR.Soft, wrap around light is a function of size not diffusers.
Care to expand on that or clarify it with pictures? I've never seen white grids, but am now highly curious -- especially trying a white grid in the center on a Hensel BD.What is now interesting is that both black and white honeycomb grids are now available for many BDs ... each narrows the light, but each produces a different quality of light.
-Marc
Hi Bill,I think it is important to separate shadow edge transfer (soft) from highlight edge transfer (specularity) because "soft" is a word that can mean a lot of things to different people. As Marc pointed out, one is a function of the size of the size of the light and distance to the subject, while the other is more about the quality of the light. I think the type of camera you shoot with comes in to play here a little too as medium format renders specularity differently than DSLR.
Care to expand on that or clarify it with pictures? I've never seen white grids, but am now highly curious -- especially trying a white grid in the center on a Hensel BD.