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for one. It was designed with the same quality, 3. The soft box comes with the metal stays per-
forethought, and attention to detail that char- manently attached so it is impossible to lose
acterizes all Chimera products. I used it initial- them. The metal stays, by the way, are super
ly on a rainy day with a model and I came away strong.
extremely impressed with the results. In fact, 4. There is a diffuser and an internal diffuser
image quality exceeded both my expectations (found in a more traditional beauty dish) as
as well as the quality of images from similar part of the kit.
products we have tested. Prior to leaving for
Paris, we received a second beauty dish. 5. Some assembly is required prior to using so
make sure you take the time to put it together
before you get to your shoot. At the moment, a
Here are some things to keep in mind:
screw driver is required, however, screws will
soon be replaced with thumb screws for easier
1. Each beauty dish comes in its own carrying
case. Inside the carrying case is a pouch for the assembly in the field.
ring to which the soft box attaches. The mount- 6. Make sure you allow time to put them to-
ing bracket can also be pleased there. gether. Again, make sure you try assembling
one before you use them for the first time on
2. The carrying case is small and compact. It
fits nicely into our duffle bags when we were a shoot.
on the road in Europe. Recently, I decided to really press these soft
CHIMERA’S OCTO BEAUTY
DISH DELIVERS STROBE
QUALITY WITHOUT THE
COMPLEXITY
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