Name: Westcott 2331 28" Apollo Flash Kit #2331 with 8' Light Stand - Fiberglass Frame
Brand: Westcott
SKU: WE28AFK
Price: 129.90 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.33 (15 reviews)

Westcott 2331 28" Apollo Flash Kit #2331 with 8' Light Stand - Fiberglass Frame

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Top Rated Gear: Westcott 2331 28" Apollo Flash Kit #2331 with 8' Light Stand - Fiberglass Frame Compatibility: On Camera Flash, Includes: Accessories, Front Diffuser, Speedring, Interior: Silver, Shape: Square

The Westcott 2331 28" Apollo Flash Kit #2331 with 8' Light Stand is a comprehensive, portable lighting solution designed to elevate your on-location photography. Engineered with robust fiberglass ribs, the Apollo flash kit offers enhanced durability, making it an ideal choice for challenging outdoor shoots and windy conditions. This kit features a 28" Apollo softbox, built on an easy-to-setup umbrella frame, eliminating the need for adapter rings. Its size and design make it an excellent main or fill light, providing a generous 104 degrees of wraparound lighting. This ensures a soft, diffused light that can dramatically improve the quality of your portraits or product photography. Included in the kit is an adjustable shoe mount, constructed from sturdy metal. This mount is designed to accommodate a variety of off-camera flashes, and its adjustable nature allows for the Apollo softbox to be tilted, offering you greater control over your lighting setup. The kit is completed with a lightweight yet durable 8' light stand. Its compact design makes it perfect for photographers on the go, ensuring you can bring professional lighting to any location. In summary, the Westcott 2331 28" Apollo Flash Kit #2331 with 8' Light Stand is a versatile, high-quality, and portable lighting solution, designed to enhance your photography and withstand the rigors of on-location shoots.

Perfect for studio or run 'n gun field work. Love the ease of use, quick setup, quality of light, and versatility. I use these with everything from speedlights, mono's, and spiderlites. The newer (fiberglass) versions are even more dynamic with the ability to add a grid and are also more durable.

On top of being a quality product, FJWestcott blew my expectations away when I sent my old Apollo's in for modification (retrofit) to work with their 40 degree grids. All I can say is, what an amazing customer experience. I've got several of their products (umbrellas, backdrops, and more than a few apollo products), and now they've got a loyal FJWestcott customer for life. I feel obligated to share with others not because of the personal service treatment, but to reassure anyone considering their products that they firmly stand behind their offerings and provide unbelievable service/support. Save yourself the time and hassle and just go FJWestcott. Kudos to their team for the exceptional customer treatment.

Amazing support by FJWestcott

Easy to put up just like an umbrella.  Used it with a ab1600 studio light and it worked perfect.  As with any umbrella make sure you weigh down your stand.  Mine fell over 5 minutes into the shoot.  Woops.  Wish the top portion of the diffuser was permanently attached but that's just me.  All in all I love it.

Great buy

I graduated to this after I first bought a 16" softbox which was smaller than what I needed.  This size works really well for my basement studio. The double panels are good and the setup is easy.

Great kit!

Easy, quick set up with an umbrella frame on any standard umbrella stand.  Great even lighting from the reflective interior.  The flash is behind the front diffuser panel so access can be inconvenient so best when used with remote radio triggers.  The design does not allow much tilt option on a standard light stand but you can have the light stand shaft enter from under the diffuser panel.  Looks a little odd but still works fine.  Hey, photographers have to improvise at times.  Not the best softbox in breezy outdoor settings but all around a very good value.

Big, soft lighting at a modest price

I have a Wescott umbrella kit, which I liked. 
I purchased this softbox kit and found the tilt bracket had design or manufacturing defects which prevented it from holding the softbox and flash. I re-machined the part to make it fit and notified Wescott of the problem. Initially they offered a replacement part but I told them the part, remachined, now worked. I had hoped for a small 'apology' gift but they insisted I'd have to send that part back (rendering the kit unusable) in order to get a new part and accused me of not putting it on the lightstand correctly (!!!!!) 
Very dissatisfied with a 100 yr old company's service. 
Try Protoflex XS Octodome- same price

Manufacturing defects; poor customer ser

This soft box works exactly as it's supposed to.  
Nice soft colour, too.
I'm using this with an SB900 and diffuser.  Beautiful light.  Nice fall off.
Flexible light....if you want harder light, remove the diffuser.
Only drawback as some others have said is the tilt.
BUT  if you are taking portraits of people this has no relevance.  Plenty of angle for that.
Stand is very good, too.
To improve the package, they should add a boom arm.  This would take care of the tilt as well. 
Very happy customer.  Worth the shipping to Australia.

Excellent Product.

I use it in all my shoots when I need a little more light.

I would tell my friends about this.

The soft box is good for indoor uses, low light conditions or where space is limited. Several F-stops from your speedlight will be lost, limiting the output of this light source, especially outside.

Good buy for the price

Great product but must have weight/sand bag/or helper to hold even in slight breeze if using outside

Good light box

Cannot beat the price or quality!

The softbox folds like an umbrella making very easy to transport.

Pretty compact and slick!

If you're on the fence, or just getting into light modifiers and are looking for an entry level product that will take you into being pro, get this package! The stands are durable enough for their size (be sure to use sandbags when possible, especially outdoors). Works well with speedlights, lots of light output, very easy to control. The speedlight attachment is on the higher end of durability and ease of use, so I like using them. The softbox sets up easily and can pack into most studio strobe bags.

Sweet Kit, Especially for the $

I use this as part of my stteet photograpghy, and I love it. It has a fast setuo and take fown and I use it eith my Sb-600 and sb-24.  An improvement would be a horrizantal flash adaptor that would alow the flas init to fire more center on the softbox.

Gear I cant live without

For [$] you end up with a highly portable and efficient piece of equipment. the only real negative mark i can comment on is the light stand is a bit, well...light. it is light weight and a little flimsy. i wouldnt put much more weight on the stand than what it is designed for (the softbox and speedlite).I do not have wireless e-ttl so changing the settings on the flash is a bit of a hassle because you have to pull back the diffusor screen each time (unless you use a long ettl connecting cord). these are the only two reasons i didnt give it 5 stars.Other than these two issues i wouldnt have a problem recommending the equipment. if it really bothered you, you could purchase a seperate light stand in the future, though this would contradict the savings you get when buying the package deal.Oh well. all in all a solid performing product.

Great starter kit...for the money

I use this softbox with a nikon speedlight (SB900 or SB600) for portraits. I was immediately impressed at how easy it was to set up. The sofbox is built on an umbrella frame and set up is almost as easy as that. Once open, you simply need to attach it to the stand via the umbrella hole and then close the front panel with the attached velcro. I had the stand and softbox set up in literally 2 or 3 minutes. Access to your flash is as easy as opening the front panel. Even better then the easy set up is how good the pictures look. This 28 inch softbox is large and place a beautiful key light in the subjects eyes. the light is soft and consistant. The photos attached here were made with a three light set up. The softbox is camera left just outside the frame (the closer, the softer the light). A second light was set up camera right using a speedlight and umbella at half power, and the last light was camera right and behind the subject. I used a Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 35 mm f/1.8 set at f/4. Only processing was white balance and cropping.

Westcott 2331 28" Apollo Flash Kit #2331 with 8' Light Stand - Fiberglass Frame

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