Elinchrom Strip Boxes

Dynax22 · 12 Oct 2012

Afternoon all,

Besides the obvious 'Elinchrom' branded stripboxes, is anyone else using other branded strip boxes on their elinchrom gear? Looking for something around 130x50. Thanks for any recommendations in advance!

Rich

Bayrunner · 12 Oct 2012

I have a Lencarta Profold 140 x 30 with an Elinchrom adaptor as part of my demo gear, and it is extremely impressive, as well as being even easier to fold up for transport than the Elinchrom Rotalux
The only downside is that I cant use Elinchrom deflectors inside the Profold owing to the folding mechanism.

Dynax22 · 12 Oct 2012

Thanks Jon, will take a look at Lencarta. Always difficult to get a feel for quality over the internet. Seen some very cheap examples on Amazon but wouldn't trust it.

Good to get recommendations

kokakaste2 · 12 Oct 2012

Depending on your budget I would look at other brands than Elinchrom own softboxes. Mainly because if you later plan to use grids, you are kinda screwed if you went the Rotalux route... (the grids will cost you a fortune). Take a look at Photoflex, they make nice softboxes.

Bayrunner said:
... as well as being even easier to fold up for transport than the Elinchrom Rotalux ...

Its not like Rotalux boxes are difficult to assemble. :thinking:

HoppyUK · 12 Oct 2012

Good prices from Lencarta and Bessel.

My Kal · 13 Oct 2012

I use these...

http://www.bessel.co.uk/acatalog/Soft_Boxes.html

Dynax22 · 13 Oct 2012

Had quite a few pm's recommending Bessel, definitely worth looking at considering you get egg crates included at a fraction of the price. Can anyone vouch for their quality?

paul williams · 13 Oct 2012

Dynax22 said:
Had quite a few pm's recommending Bessel, definitely worth looking at considering you get egg crates included at a fraction of the price. Can anyone vouch for their quality?

IMO the 'egg-crates' look far to open (size/depth of the cells) to be really that effective, but I will add that I have no personal experience of them.

Paul