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Key Features
- All Metal Construction
- Accepts up to 3 Speedlights
- Umbrella Slot
- 5/8" Receiver
The Dot Line Triple Flash Bounce Umbrella Mount is all metal and accepts up to three speedlights. The accessory shoes are adjustable for the size of the speedlight foot and are insulated to prevent misfires. A locking screw holds the umbrella in place.
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It looks like there are two umbrella shaft ...
It looks like there are two umbrella shaft receivers: one in the thick round part above the hinge (like typical umbrella brackets) and a second one right in the middle of the square that holds the 3 flashes. Is that hole in the middle in fact an umbrella shaft receiver? And if so, is the shaft held in with spring tension rather than a thumb screw? It looks like this is the case but I'd like to be sure. I hope to use this with a parabolic modifier that really benefits from the light source being as close to on-axis as possible. Thanks!
Yes, the hole in the center of the Dot Line Triple Flash Bounce Umbrella Mount would be an umbrella slot which uses spring tension to hold the umbrella shaft.
Date published: 2023-02-20
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Is it possible to screw in a radio trigger receiver on this unit? Only seems like you can mount the flash heads directly.
Hi Denise.Hmmm. I think I know what you're asking...here's what I use this for: In the studio, I'm usually one strobe short, no matter how much I think it through, so this little rock solid piece of kit gets used on a baby stand to mount two old flashguns onto a dedicated optical slave each (such as the B&H # DODL0129) along with a small umbrella/Reynolds Wrap modifier to throw light onto the studio backcloth. My old film era flashguns have a high trigger voltage, so they don't get used directly on digital cameras any more, but mounted like this, they are almost powerful enough and with a guide number of over 100, can just about keep up with the strobes.Is this what you mean? I use them with optical triggers, but there's no reason why you can't mount radio triggers (except, 'why, if you're using other strobes'). My only observation is that I use the lateral mounts, so the flashes, mounted on top of the optical slaves are a bit long, and so you need a modifier/umbrella that's 36 or so in diameter to work. You could alternatively use two flashguns directly mounted to this unit and use a single radio/optical trigger on the third mount and connected to each flash via a splitter wire.The mount itself is rock-solid and will outlive you, but you may need to modify your trigger base plates (I use a couple of strips of gaffer tape to thicken the base plates). I don't know why the base plates of flashguns are perfectly thick enough but the bases of the triggers are made of thinner plastic.Honestly, I only use this because I have the flashes and umbrellas lying around. This cost $50 or so. It works well enough, but if I was starting from scratch, I'd just go and buy a cheap monolight instead, and have a better, more powerful result for not much more cash. If you intend to use this as a main light source, you'll find that because you can't position the flash head close to the optical axis of the reflector, your results will be unpredictable.Hope this helps.
Date published: 2018-08-28
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I'm planning to use the unit with Godox flashes. Do they fit securely in this mount?
If the Godox flash is a standard flash mount, can't imagine it wouldn't be, it will work just fine. I used this mount with 3 of my canon 600 ex rt flashes and loved it. It is well built
Date published: 2018-08-28