Photography, Leatherworks, Digital Art and Design
What has always annoyed me is that my speedlights are not in the middle of my umbrella. But what is that, I still have a Smallrig camera handle in my camera bag. On the handle there are some threads for spigots and some cold shoe adapters That’s great. So I get the flash in the middle of my umbrella.
Now, finally, I have found two cheap solutions to mount my studio flashes.
One, to mount it to Alutruss with a Half Coupler.
One, to mount the flash near the ground with a floor stand.
First, I drove to Cologne. There is a small company called “Abelz Filmzubehör” they offer various Spigots.
They also can build custom models for you. The most used way to mount a Studioflash is a 16mm spigot.
I bought two spigots with 10 mm internal thread.
I took one of my Clamp’s which already have a 10mm screw.I only had to turn the Spigot on the screw.
Then I grabbed an old Warning triangle, tore off the foil and the reflectors. I drilled a hole in the middle, and mount the Spigot on the Stand. And ready… here is it:
