Westcott Umbrella Collapsible
Westcott Umbrella Collapsible
By : Helson Su
Westcott 43 Collapsible Umbrella
When we are going to photo studio, we will see an umbrella in it. What is it? It is apart from photo process. It function to bounce light, so the result of our picture become more clearly and nice looking. Here I preview one for you.
Westcott 43″ Optical White Satin Collapsible Umbrella
Product Description
Umbrellas provide quick and easy light diffusion. Silver, gold and metalized interiors modify color of light. Umbrellas can be used as a bounce light source. Optical White Satin umbrellas can be positioned close to the subject for a shoot-through diffuser. All umbrellas are rated for 1000W.
Amazon’s customer comments
By : Jim Krupnik
I bought three of these umbrellas over a year ago after reading about them in a Strobist article. They have been fantastic. They hold up as well as the much higher priced brands after over a year of commercial field abuse. Their most endearing attribute is that they double fold when collapsed, so they are ultra compact when folded. Best of all, I have not had a single failure of any kind since I bought the trio. I am not overly gentle with my photo tools, and this product has never let me down. Buy a lightweight, ultra collapsible stand, bungee the two together, an you have a portable light studio for your Speedlight and Pocket Wizard combo that is as as compact as a small folded newspaper, and pleasingly light to boot.
One review mentioned that the umbrellas included the Adorama logo on the outside perimeter. It’s very true. I was surprised to see dual brands printed there, but after considering that my first purchase from Adorama was in the early 1980’s, and that I have bought everything from film to large format lenses from Adorama since that time without a single complaint, I welcome the Adorama logo as an old friend, and I’m more than happy to display the name wherever I shoot.
By : Hyuni
This is a great umbrella. It’s pretty large, yet it folds up very compactly (a little longer than a foot) when you collapse it.
I’ve never tried any other shoot through umbrella before because it’s my first strobist gear, but I feel like the construction is a bit flimsy. It’s completely my fault for not weighing down the lightstand while shooting outdoors, but it blew over and it bent the metal connectors really bad. The metals used to construct this umbrella are very flimsy and even when I’m clamping it into my lightstand, it leaves an indentation on the rod.
Other than that, the shoot through umbrella is great. It spreads the light onto your subjects and evenly lights them.
Just be careful with how you handle this umbrella… It’s very fragile.
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