Collapsible light tents?

[V8S]

Can anyone recommend one they actually have? There are sooooo many out there.

Looking for something less than £30 to shoot still life / macro on small to medium subjects.

Ideally it needs a white background at the very least.


Cheers.

[furtive]

Either one of these:

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=411...

Or this one:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=38260

Or this if you want some tat with it:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=22913...

[V8S]

Thanks - I've seen those. They are all Hama ones and come with blue and grey backgrounds. Only the XL one is the right size, the smaller is only 40cm.

[jon-]

ebay "lightcube" - they're cheap and cheerful with the added bonus of a front diffuser (not in shot) with a slit in for the camera if you want front lighting too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jon-/3643613018/

[Whitefly Swatter]

the big one is available from CPC at
http://cpc.farnell.com/hama/006087/mini-photo-stud...

[V8S]

jon- said:

ebay "lightcube" - they're cheap and cheerful with the added bonus of a front diffuser (not in shot) with a slit in for the camera if you want front lighting too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jon-/3643613018/

Cheers - what I'm looking for are some recommendations of ones that people have actually used. While I don't want Interfit-priced nonsense, I also don't want something that will fall apart after a week.

Whitefly Swatter said:

the big one is available from CPC at
http://cpc.farnell.com/hama/006087/mini-photo-stud...

As I say, it's my understanding that it only comes with blue and grey backgrounds.

[Whitefly Swatter]

V8S said:

As I say, it's my understanding that it only comes with blue and grey backgrounds.

so I use a white sheet and hey presto !

lateral thinking always helps

[Klankie]

I've got one from calumet, can't remember how much I paid, but don't think it was more than £30.

It folds flat, and has a removable White fabric backdrop.

Have a look on their website.


http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/ctl?ac.ui.pn=search....

Edited by Klankie on Thursday 12th November 17:41

[jon-]

V8S said:

jon- said:

ebay "lightcube" - they're cheap and cheerful with the added bonus of a front diffuser (not in shot) with a slit in for the camera if you want front lighting too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jon-/3643613018/

Cheers - what I'm looking for are some recommendations of ones that people have actually used. While I don't want Interfit-priced nonsense, I also don't want something that will fall apart after a week.

Whitefly Swatter said:

the big one is available from CPC at
http://cpc.farnell.com/hama/006087/mini-photo-stud...

As I say, it's my understanding that it only comes with blue and grey backgrounds.

This lightcube came with black, white, red and blue slide sheets.