Hong Kong Beauty Dish

[The Philos]

I'm amazed by the quality of this thing - it's heavy, but man is it built like a tank.
Testing the 27" Beauty Dish. Didn't meter at all; handheld test shots-soc except sharpening:

[timbertoes]

heck of a dish, what are the details on it ?

[The Philos]

Here's a link to the eBay store with the info:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Softlite-Radar-D...QQcmdZViewItem

It's heavy was my first impression. Then it reminded me of how I felt when first unpacked my first Bowens light - it felt like a heft of quality. This dish feels like a quality piece of equipment, the finish is very nice, the grid is nice and fits into the reflector very well. For a knockoff I'm sold.

It gets the job done quite well though. Bowens doesn't have a normal sized beauty dish (22") nor does their 15" dish have a full grid designed for it. I was trying to come up with a way to make my own (B&H sells the Bowens mounts) or take a gamble on the eBay unit. For $200 I'll take the eBay unit anyday.

[CaptainTom]

the link takes me to an ended page for a radar reflector ??

[The Philos]

Sorry the edited link above should work better. The seller sells the beauty dish as a radar reflector (different name, same product), I believe they're only made to fit Bowens/Camulet S-mounts.

[timbertoes]

Thanks for the info, would like to have a decent sized beauty dish and grid, though need a elinchrome mount :)

I saw this one, 16" for not much money, and they are in Tejas
item # 200305711019

[The Philos]

Buy a cheap elinchrom reflector or such and DIY mount it to this behemoth.