The SIXSQUARE - a ringflash, made from speedlights!

Who needs a FourSquare, if he can have a SIXSQUARE ?!

 

+ build in one hour for under 50 bucks

+ use the ability to shoot through the hole (= ringflash) or not (= soft large light)

+ more powerful than a Four Square

+ much, much more powerful than Orbis or Rayflash

 

 

It only takes 35 bucks for the parts and 1..2 hours work.

 

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PART LIST

Aluminium bar, 1 meter, 40 mm x 3 mm (diameter of the ring is 20 cm).

6x Coldshoes:

www.amazon.de/gp/product/B007BNW4XU/ref=oh_details_o05_s0...

6x photo screws

www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00006JA7P/ref=oh_details_o04_s0...

 

1x spigot

1x 12 mm steel screw, 1/4''

www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00CAUHOKC/ref=oh_details_o06_s0...

1x little bottle of Loctite Screwlock

 

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TRIGGERING

As this is a ringlight and normally it is used in a way that makes the background nicely visible, you will have some sort of reflective surface right in front of the flashes.

 

So I use it in a way, that I trigger *one* flashgun via one YN-602 RF module, and the other five are just running as optical slaves ...

 

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LESSONS LEARNED

- use a fire extinguisher as template to bend the rod :-)

- use Loctite Screwlock on all the screws, once it is all in place and fits nicely

- use a longer 1/4'' screw for the base, one made out of steel

- tighten the screws in the little coldshoes **really, reallyl ** well

 

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NICER VIEWING IN HIGHREZ

www.flickr.com/photos/galllo/9663860199/sizes/o/

 

 

Done