Lighting Stands

m18nye · 26 Apr 2010

Just bought some studio lights from ebay, they don't come with any stands though. What would the best stands for me to get? Are the ones from 7dayshop anygood?

Thanks

david1701 · 26 Apr 2010

no for studio lights you need heavier weight stands

I hear good things about lencarta stands (though I may have broken one) Manfrotto do a nice line of stands too.

Flash In The Pan · 26 Apr 2010

In theory the Konig stands will hold 2.5kg....

m18nye · 26 Apr 2010

Ok, I think ill have alook around and when they come ill decide on what one will suit them best.

Thanks

david1701 · 26 Apr 2010

Flash In The Pan said:
In theory the Konig stands will hold 2.5kg....

one of my is held together with pencils and tape

jim_j · 26 Apr 2010

Elemental offers a range of stands at reasonable prices.

m18nye · 27 Apr 2010

Any other suggested makes?

Thanks

itsdavedotnet · 27 Apr 2010

check out calumet branded ones, they're usually rebadged manfrotto or similar, good stuff

If you have a calumet student card, 20% off too

lencarta and elemental both do some non air cushioned ones for about £25 each too iirc.

Frogbad · 27 Apr 2010

Have a look at Stable Imaging - very good quality gear and reasonable prices, I have the air cushioned stands and quite a few other bits from them and would buy again.

http://www.stableimaging.co.uk

m18nye · 27 Apr 2010

Frogbad said:
Have a look at Stable Imaging - very good quality gear and reasonable prices, I have the air cushioned stands and quite a few other bits from them and would buy again.

http://www.stableimaging.co.uk

Thanks, dont know weather to go for ones with wheels on or not?

vaizki · 27 Apr 2010

Newbie question strikes again.. how is a stand 'air cushioned'? If you accidentally open a clamp and let a section fall freely, it will dampen the fall by the stand acting like a pneumatic cylinder?

I haven't seen the need for wheels so far, at least my elinchrome D-Lites with softboxes are light enough to just lift & move the stand with one hand.

itsdavedotnet · 27 Apr 2010

vaizki said:
Newbie question strikes again.. how is a stand 'air cushioned'? If you accidentally open a clamp and let a section fall freely, it will dampen the fall by the stand acting like a pneumatic cylinder?

I haven't seen the need for wheels so far, at least my elinchrome D-Lites with softboxes are light enough to just lift & move the stand with one hand.

yep, that is exactly what air cushioned is. Just a bit of safety, but not 100% essential imo, depends what's on it.

Wheels are used for stands in permanent studios just to make life easier. Don't bother with it for a location set really.

Garry Edwards · 28 Apr 2010

itsdavedotnet said:
yep, that is exactly what air cushioned is. Just a bit of safety, but not 100% essential imo, depends what's on it.

Wheels are used for stands in permanent studios just to make life easier. Don't bother with it for a location set really.

Actually they're an important safety feature - someone trips over the wire or walks into the stand and it just moves, instead of falling over.

Munchkinn · 29 Apr 2010

itsdavedotnet said:
check out calumet branded ones, they're usually rebadged manfrotto or similar, good stuff If you have a calumet student card, 20% off too

lencarta and elemental both do some non air cushioned ones for about £25 each too iirc.

If buying Calumet branded ones, I would get them from the Calumet shop on Amazon.co.uk as the postage is much cheaper. That's what I did to get one of their super clamps - worked out quite a bit less.