Use this extra small, collapsible Chimera Lighttools 40° Fabric Grid with your Chimera 16 x 22" softbox to limit the light spread and narrow the beam angle to 40° without altering softness or color temperature.
An essential accessory for any lighting system, it alters the shape and intensity of the light output from your softbox when it is mounted on a light head. Made from fabric and hand stitched, it collapses easily for storage or transport.
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I bought a couple of these with my medium soft boxes from Chimera. Upon first use these grids were moderately loose and floppy, not a huge deal…yet. I soon noticed that if your softbox/fixture is facing any slight amount downward, which they usually are, or fully downward, the middle of the eggcrate sags excessively with gravity, which then causes the light to bow OUTWARD from the cener of the eggcrate. Which equals less light control and rather than a 40° path as advertised, you’ve got more like a 70-90° path of light. It has stretched and worsened over time. 20 shoots later and it’s barely usable. For the price, these should be made better, tighter, and not get looser with use. One solution is to bunch & A-clamp the corners to add tension to the fabric grid, but probably the more ideal solution is to get Chimera’s E-ZPop version that provides tension across and hence doesn’t sag. But they’re even more ridiculously priced (@ $500).
worth the cost. added control - light spillage a thing of the past