Sean's Recent Shoot: Panos Galore

[Sean Setters]

I decided to reprise my role as PØN∑ UP in the February issue of Suburban Rapper.


It's Always a Production by budrowilson, on Flickr

Truth be told, the purpose of this session was to test out the capabilities of my newest equipment purchases including:

Avenger D600 Mini Boom
Matthews Baby Drop Down Pin
Avenger A1020CS Low Boy Combo Stand
Ebay 22" Grid for beauty dish

I originally purchased the boom arm a while back to allow myself booming of monolights with modifiers attached. However, while the boom proved perfectly suited to the task, my Matthews stands worked--but I was still a little worried about them. With the weight of the boom, monolight, modifier, and couter-balance weight, I cwould easily exceed the maximum capacity load of 25lbs for the Matthews stand.

After a bit of research, I found the Avenger stand. It compacts small enough to fit in the trunk of my car (a limiting requirement for many of my purchases), and it can handle weights from 66-88lbs depending on the height of the stand.

The 22" Grid I purchased from Ebay doesn't actually fit the PCB HOBD; unfortunately, it's too big. However, I was able to duct tape it to the dish for testing purposes. With the duct tape, it worked. I won't use it often, so the duct taping won't bother me that much.

[Rocco]

I originally purchased the boom arm a while back to allow myself booming of monolights with modifiers attached. However, while the boom proved perfectly suited to the task, my Matthews stands worked--but I was still a little worried about them. With the weight of the boom, monolight, modifier, and couter-balance weight, I cwould easily exceed the maximum capacity load of 25lbs for the Matthews stand.

I had decided on the avenger boom as well. How do you like it so far? Is there much flex?