Does the top swivel, so as to allow the flash to be at 90 degrees to the light stand? I want to use 12x48 softbox horizontal with the flash head that
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This is exactly what I wanted. It fit my soft box and flash and works as advertised. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to attach a speedlight.
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I'm not sure what you mean by the "top" but once you attach it to a light stand it can swivel. If you look at the picture there is a knob you can turn to allow it to swivel. It's on the opposite side of the knob used tighten it onto a light stand. Hope this helps.
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The flash does rotate. Have bounced the flash off of ceilings with this unit.
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The entire top portion will turn horizontal as well as vertical. It pivots on a ball mount. Hope this helps.
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Yes, the stand mount will tilt up and down.In noting Des N's answer, He is correct, the softbox does not come with an actual light mount. Be aware of that, but I rigged up a florescent socket mount in mine and it tilts up and down on the sofbox mount.
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For a speedlight alone probably yes. Put an umbrella or anything heavier on it and the answer is probably no. It is a decent lightweight stand but it doesn't inspire gobs of confidence.I just saw the answer below and have to disagree. This is an amateur grade stand that is OK but I wouldn't put a 50" softbox on it without upping my insurance.
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The plug itself does not swivel. The only part that turns is the silver arm. It allows you to turn the item you hang from it to cover the light bulb from almost any viewing from the front.
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You can use the little plastic stand that came with your flash. Just screw it to the stud that the clamp comes with.
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No, this mount will not give you a 90 degree swivel. You will need a mount with a longer arm then this one has.
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No, this type of light stand have a universal top that permits soft boxes and other modifiers to be directly attached. I usually add the following, Neewer Universal Camera Flash Speedlite Mount Swivel Ballhead Light Stand Bracket Umbrella Shoe Holder that perfectly adapts an umbrella.
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Yes it swivels. It also has great manual control. Unfortunately it will not communicate with camera brain as far as intensity function. I've found it to be an excellent sattelite flash as the sensor works great for wireless fill. The hot shoe still works great but intensity has to be manually set on back of flash
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It swivels to the side not up. I have a low ceiling and it works perfectly.
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You may need an adapter to securely hold the 4 socket. i am using this one with it "Studiohut L-Bracket Speedlight Flash Mount with adjustable cold shoe for Bowen Style Softboxes", which will give it extra support. I fear that if I screw the softbox directly on the 4 socket, it may not be enough support. Good luck.
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No the head does not swivel to point to the ceiling. In fact - this light is the absolute WORST that I have ever purchased - far too much glare concentrated into one spot.
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Yes, I did and it's easily fixed. Use a appropriate size wrench to simply tighten the nuts on the screws until the camera isn't too hard to rotate, but the frame supports the weight of the flash. I'd tighten the screws about 1/4 turn each until this result is achieved.
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Thanks for all the replies. Don't understand it, but my 900 will not go in under normal hand pressure, and I'm afraid to force any harder. I wouldn't worry about cracking the stand, but I sure don't want to break the flash base! Will play this weekend and if I can't make it work, looks like the AS-21 for me!
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No. The metal lid/cover over the bulb does not swivel allowing a change in the direction of the light. A drawback, in my opinion. The arm does swivel so the light can be shifted from straight down on your work surface to up on a wall, but I haven't found that swivel to be helpful. The light emitted is very good, easy on the eyes. But there is relatively little flexibility to adjusting the angle of the light down onto the surface below, or the height of the light.
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No, it doesn't swivel that far. It is designed for the lamp to point down, not up.