I've watched over 100 videos about soft boxes and had questions about how to put an LED bulb into softboxes none told me how, but you explained it, thanks for your precious video
I was sooooooo confused! You helped to clear that up quickly and loved the hands on detailed demonstration. So simple yet seemed to take an act of congress for me to get an answer to what a Bowens Mount is. Turns out all of my studio lights have this mount. So I am good to go in purchasing that 60" softbox. YEAH!
Awesome!! Yeah, it's odd how even when I was doing this video and doing some searching for "bowens mount," not a lot came up describing what it is. And a LOT of my fellow colleagues in live-events just don't see or deal with studio lighting very much, so even though studio lighting is relatively simple, it's just foreign to concert/wedding/corporate-event personnel. So I'm trying to helped teach.....because I've used video-lights on many of my live events when the distance isn't too far.......(4) Godox VL150's and (2) C-stands can be installed by a single person in about 10 minutes.......but (4) lekos and (2) heavy truss-towers for them to live on takes probably 2 people and an hour-or-two. Aaaanyway, cheers!
I shoot high school sports (XC), Seniors, and Cap-n-gown sessions. So the Bowens Mount was some foreign piece of gear I had no knowledge of! Now, I wish I had a one-on-one workshop to really learn studio lighting! 😵💫@@MarcusHutsell
Awesome! Yeah, videography equipment is a bit foreign to many working-folk in the standard live-event production industry, which is odd to me. But if everyone just uses lekos on every show and that’s all they see, they never get experience with other gear. I just used (and often use) 4) Godox VL150 video lights for a live event, put them about 40’ away from the stage with bowens reflectors and grids (instead of soft boxes b/c of the distance). Worked great for front wash lighting. Saves so much time and electricity needs. And one person can set up 4 lights on about 5 minutes vs 2 people putting up lighting truss towers in an hour. Aaaaanyway, cheers!
@@MarcusHutsell I love your excitement for this lol That sounds like a cool set up, and I don’t recall seeing anything quite like that before. Very cool. I don’t work in this field myself (yet?), but I’ve always had a strong interest in lighting, sound, and cinematography. Right now I’m learning everything I can with plans to post some videos of my own about home automation and tech. I’m starting to get an idea of how I want to set up for and shoot some of these videos, and the BTS video of your garage was helpful as well!
Great! What are non-bowens mounts called? I've worked with some that fit onto the Profoto B1X Air, but it clamps onto the collar of the flash, and I don't know what to google to try and find that mount!
I believe the Bowens "S" mount is something like this link below. Where it has a standard bowens mount (3-point, round connection) but in the middle of that Bowens mount is a rectangular adapter/clamp that you can fit a camera Flash or Strobe into, then you can use your flash/strobe with standard Bowen's modifiers. Kind of like this one from Godox: amzn.to/3OLL73A
Hi there. Yes. "Bowens Mount" is an industry standard and any Bowens Mount modifier (soft box, etc) can fit any light that has a Bowens Mount. They do make "mini bowens mount" as well, which isn't always "standard," but most of then the light will state that it's "mini" or proprietary. But, standard "Bowens" works across all manufacturers, so yes.......you can add a cheap Neewer Softbox for an Amaran 200x no problem (BTW I've been wanting to try that 200x, but just don't have a use for it as of yet :(.......) Happy recording!
From my understanding, a Bowens S-Mount is an adapter for holding photography style speed lights ("flashes") inside a standard bowens mount receiver to allow bowens-compatible modifiers (like soft boxes) to be attached to those speedlights. This is because Speed lights are usually rectangular and do NOT have any sort of bowens-mount options on their own.....with an S-Mount adapter you can use your regular bowens mount modifiers that you might already own with flashes, etc. Keeps us from having to buy different style softboxes just for photography, etc.
Finally a video with a good explanation and helpful informations 💐
I'm very glad the video helped!!
I've watched over 100 videos about soft boxes and had questions about how to put an LED bulb into softboxes none told me how, but you explained it, thanks for your precious video
Very well explained, thanks so much!
You’re welcome. Glad it helped!
I was sooooooo confused! You helped to clear that up quickly and loved the hands on detailed demonstration. So simple yet seemed to take an act of congress for me to get an answer to what a Bowens Mount is. Turns out all of my studio lights have this mount. So I am good to go in purchasing that 60" softbox. YEAH!
Awesome!! Yeah, it's odd how even when I was doing this video and doing some searching for "bowens mount," not a lot came up describing what it is. And a LOT of my fellow colleagues in live-events just don't see or deal with studio lighting very much, so even though studio lighting is relatively simple, it's just foreign to concert/wedding/corporate-event personnel. So I'm trying to helped teach.....because I've used video-lights on many of my live events when the distance isn't too far.......(4) Godox VL150's and (2) C-stands can be installed by a single person in about 10 minutes.......but (4) lekos and (2) heavy truss-towers for them to live on takes probably 2 people and an hour-or-two.
Aaaanyway, cheers!
I shoot high school sports (XC), Seniors, and Cap-n-gown sessions. So the Bowens Mount was some foreign piece of gear I had no knowledge of! Now, I wish I had a one-on-one workshop to really learn studio lighting! 😵💫@@MarcusHutsell
Thank you so much! Love the detailed demonstration and information
You’re welcome. I’m glad it helped. :)
Thanks for explaining this to me 👍
Most helpful video! Thank you! Purchased the correct soft box needed. 👌🏽
Awesome! So glad my video helped :)
Great video! Very helpful!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Phenomenal video
Thank you! I’m glad it helped
Welp. You just unlocked yet another world of accessories for me.
Awesome! Yeah, videography equipment is a bit foreign to many working-folk in the standard live-event production industry, which is odd to me.
But if everyone just uses lekos on every show and that’s all they see, they never get experience with other gear.
I just used (and often use) 4) Godox VL150 video lights for a live event, put them about 40’ away from the stage with bowens reflectors and grids (instead of soft boxes b/c of the distance). Worked great for front wash lighting.
Saves so much time and electricity needs. And one person can set up 4 lights on about 5 minutes vs 2 people putting up lighting truss towers in an hour. Aaaaanyway, cheers!
@@MarcusHutsell I love your excitement for this lol
That sounds like a cool set up, and I don’t recall seeing anything quite like that before. Very cool. I don’t work in this field myself (yet?), but I’ve always had a strong interest in lighting, sound, and cinematography. Right now I’m learning everything I can with plans to post some videos of my own about home automation and tech. I’m starting to get an idea of how I want to set up for and shoot some of these videos, and the BTS video of your garage was helpful as well!
Thanks for such a good demonstration👍🤝
Glad it was helpful!
Great! What are non-bowens mounts called? I've worked with some that fit onto the Profoto B1X Air, but it clamps onto the collar of the flash, and I don't know what to google to try and find that mount!
I’m just now learning about these myself. I recently saw a reference to a Bowens S mount, and I still don’t know what that means specifically.
I believe the Bowens "S" mount is something like this link below. Where it has a standard bowens mount (3-point, round connection) but in the middle of that Bowens mount is a rectangular adapter/clamp that you can fit a camera Flash or Strobe into, then you can use your flash/strobe with standard Bowen's modifiers.
Kind of like this one from Godox: amzn.to/3OLL73A
@@MarcusHutsell Thank you!
thanks man good info
Thank you!
hello. can any softbox with bowens work with any light from diffrent brand like amaran 200x
Hi there. Yes. "Bowens Mount" is an industry standard and any Bowens Mount modifier (soft box, etc) can fit any light that has a Bowens Mount.
They do make "mini bowens mount" as well, which isn't always "standard," but most of then the light will state that it's "mini" or proprietary.
But, standard "Bowens" works across all manufacturers, so yes.......you can add a cheap Neewer Softbox for an Amaran 200x no problem (BTW I've been wanting to try that 200x, but just don't have a use for it as of yet :(.......)
Happy recording!
And what is the difference between a Bowens and a Bowens S mount?
From my understanding, a Bowens S-Mount is an adapter for holding photography style speed lights ("flashes") inside a standard bowens mount receiver to allow bowens-compatible modifiers (like soft boxes) to be attached to those speedlights. This is because Speed lights are usually rectangular and do NOT have any sort of bowens-mount options on their own.....with an S-Mount adapter you can use your regular bowens mount modifiers that you might already own with flashes, etc. Keeps us from having to buy different style softboxes just for photography, etc.
@@MarcusHutsell Thanks for the thorough explanation.