Westcott Apollo 28 Inch - Unboxing HD

Unboxing of the popular Westcott Apollo 28" recessed front softbox.
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This softbox is opened by use of an umbrella type mechanism. I will take my hat off to Westcott who I presume have patented this umbrella softbox combination - I can't believe no other manufacturers do it or have done it before them!
Also i would just like to mention Mikeyorange (Michael and Andy or Lightenupandshoot.com who have influenced this purchase and also inspire in their amazing videos - check them out!)

Thanks for watching. Any questions are welcome.

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[Uscbryan949]

It's a lot faster to open then he made it look. Took me about 30 seconds from the time I opened the box until I had the soft box open.So once out of the box it's like a 3 second job. Not sure what took so long in the video but thanks for posting

[AndyBJ]

@Uscbryan949 Yeah, I was a being a bit slow that day. I think what threw me a bit was the fact that I was expecting a longer centre stick to grab hold off, and was a bit puzzeled when it did not extend beyond the hole bit (if you know what i mean).

Thanks for watching.

[disruptfam]

what about tilting @ 45 degree how would you do that?

[AndyBJ]

@disruptfam I estimate you can tip to about 25-30 degrees using the length of a the zip opening on a straight stand. But you can also put the pole sort of through the front of the softbox and easily get it to 45 degrees then.

You can buy a small boom quite cheaply and this might be your best bet if it was to be used often in a studio like environment.

Let me know if you think a video would help and i'll see what i can do.

Thanks.

[vyruzdatabass]

can you tilt it down? i think it would be slow to change the settings on your speedlite because you will need to take out the flap first, then unzipper , then change the settings/output power, then unzipper, then close the flap, and test...and if the light is low or to bright, you'll have to do 5 steps again, whew! i think if the speedlite is on the outside of the box, then it will be much easier to operate.. just my opinion :) thnks for the review

[AndyBJ]

@vyruzdatabass Yeah you can tilt it down, the zip runs lengthways so accommodates this. 

Accessing the flash to change power takes 2 seconds. The front defuser is on velcro and you don't have to do it up completely, and then it sticks back with ease.

I often have the box on a small boom which can tilt at any angle.

Anyway, it's a great product and the main thing its that it delivers good quality light on a budget.

[Uscbryan949]

Damn auto correct. ADDED a 7" aluminum, not hated.

[Uscbryan949]

@andybj yea that was a little strange. I guess they had to make that short so it wouldn't hit the diffuser material. Not sure if our have doe this yet but I hated a 7" price of flat metal to the flash bracket so I can still have the flash back as far as possible and tilt the softbox 45 degrees.

[Uscbryan949]

Just got mine today. For those wondering, it's s

[torque667]

Good vid. tks!

[vyruzdatabass]

@AndyBJ thank u for the info