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[FOBELIO]

In a previous post I mentioned the Mini-Flamingo stand of Broncolor.

Here an older version of it.
The main difference is the attachment point for the lamp.

The new one (seems discontinued, not anymore on Broncolor website) has a junior pin receiver, using a junior to baby pin adapter (included) you can attach any smaller lamp...

This older model is instead interesting... it has a 3/8" male thread with a extra screw head for prevent rotation.
In some lamp stands distributed by Broncolor but made by FOBA they have the two of this attachment solution (see last image).

It doesn't end here with the features... on this Mini-Flamingo you can also rotate the whole attachment point by 270° in 90° increments.
There is a stud that needs to be pressed in for release and springs back in the notch (there are three of them) when the desired position is reached.

 

[Nokton48]

Nice to hear that the hot pixels are gone! Did you use low ISO for getting a cleaner image?
I love the idea using a 60+ years old camera with new camera tech... 👍😄

The FOBA cones are great! I could get them both before Foba closed in 2024.

Hi Elio!

Yes I usually revert to the lowest ISO, EI 50 gives the best quality. The files right out of the camera look like Kodachrome 25 film to me, very beautiful. Strobe exposures with B&W film are roughly equivalent, most of my LF film stocks are 25-100 ISO, so about the same exposure whether film or digital. ISO 100 is also useable, I sometimes use that outdoors. The images at ISO 200 are NOT good so I never use 200. Blacks are grey-green and the color sucks. Another excellent reason for me to go with Broncolor, in the day many CFV16 Users complained because they did not have powerful enough strobe lights for their shooting purposes. This back is very user friendly; I can guess people keep these to use.

Hasselblad Flexcolor by Nokton48, on Flickr

Hasselblad Flexcolor 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

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