softboxes newbies

[xecuta]

i just brought a softbox from trademe and it arrived today to find that there was no instructions or whats that thingy call that mounts to your flashes
for anyone that is new to softbox i recommended you make sure that it fits your flash and ask if it comes with instructions

i used youtube to learn how to assembled it. took me a while the first time.

[talan]

Even without instructions it's not that hard to figure out. The "ring" basically clips onto the softbox. I have one of those cheap trademe ones too. It does get a bit floppy and the ballhead struggles to hold the weight of the softbox as it's quite small. You really have to tighten it quite a bit...

But it's cheap... and you get what you pay for :)

[xecuta]

it would be cheaper from ebay hahaha! yeah but over im happy with it. its the first time for me. im still learning
what size did you get? i got the 60x90 ones as i wanted a softer shadows.
my mate is a engineer so im gonna get him to make me the bracket for my flash