The Strobist Kit: Buying LumoPro LP604 Light Stand

As being a major fan of Strobist, I’ve been beefing up my lights kit as of late. Among the hottest factors I’ve obtained is definitely the LumoPro LP604 five-secton six feet stand.

For the people who may have been keeping up with Strobist’s site, you might realize that David Hobby takes advantage of some Bogen Manfrotto 3373.

I have not employed the Nano-001, but David assures the LumoPro is similar besides it is actually a little extended, has a thicker base, and is about “five to ten percent heavier”. I figured I would give the LumoPro a attempt, because it is somewhat cheaper, $39.99 vs $56.50.

Certain, you may get a great deal of unique stands for much less expensive, extend bigger, and hold extra excess weight, however the most significant advantage of the LumoPro and Manfrotto is portability and pounds preserving. This is certainly incredibly critical if natural is your studio.

Quality

For your most part, the LumoPro LP604 is an extremely perfectly developed stand. It is good aluminum inside the legs, making it terrific to drill 1/4" holes to setup a strap for easy carry about. Very gentle, weighing in at only 2.6 pounds.

As a result of transportable design, the LumoPro LP604 might not pretty truly feel as sturdy as being a common sized stand, but that's not to say it's not durable in develop.

The LP604 can certainly take abuse from day-to-day usage and preserve up without any complications. Also keep in head that since the LP604 is lighter, you will require sandbags or some sort of pounds to tie down the stand on the windy day with an umbrella.

The LP604 incorporates a the standard 5/8" stud that has a 3/8" thread adapter which can be unscrewed into a 1/4" thread. Considering that I often use a Photoflex Shoe Mount Multiclamp, I leave the 3/8" thread adapter in your own home.

Each day Utilization

Having a solitary LumoPro LP604 by using a Canon 550EX connected to some Photoflex Shoe Mount Multiclamp and also a Westcott forty three collapsible shoot via umbrella all activated by a pair of PocketWizard Plus II, it is just a quite adaptable kit that handles 90% of varied lighting cases for photographing with severe daylight to photographing in the darkish area. Plus every thing is gentle and transportable generating it an incredibly superior gentle journey kit.

LumoPro LP604 stand subsequent to a Westcott 43" collapsible umbrella. The Westcott is 15" extended when collapsed.

For that most aspect, if you invest in a knock-off or duplicate cat, it’s by no means as good since the authentic, but LumoPro managed to create a stand that's equivalent to, otherwise somewhat much better compared to additional pricey Manfrotto.

Granted the quality of the LumoPro, I’m hardpressed to justify an additional $20 for your Manfrotto title. The two crucial variations concerning the LP604 and Nano-001 are: thicker middle column and very a little for a longer time around the LP604. You can about obtain two LP604s for just a simple Nano-001.