HonlPhoto 1/4" Honeycomb Speed Grid for Shoe Mount Portable Flashes

by Honlphoto

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0028ZETAC
• Item model number: Honl Photo Speed Grid 1/4"
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #34 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Flash Accessories > Shoe Mounts
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 24, 2003

Product Description

The 1/4 Speed Grid has a 1/4" honeycomb cell size to effectively narrow the beamof light from your portable flash unit, producing a small circle of light on your subject. Fits most any shoe mount and most handle mount portable strobes, including Canon 420 though 580 and Nikon SB24 though SB800. Attaches quickly and easily to Honlon's Speed Strap mounting system (not included, sold separately). Usable honeycomb area is 3.5" x 2.25" (appr. 89mm x 58mm)- simply measure the front outside dimensions of your flash lens to assure fit. Rugged ABS/polycarbonate construction. Patent pending design. Required item: HonlPhoto Speed Strap

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Produces nice light, but there's room for logistical improvement., March 28, 2009

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R. Cole "areohbeeceeohelee" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Its surprising that a square thingy can produce such a nice oval feathered light - better than a snoot if you care about the uniformity of the shape of light, and you like it feathered.

Still, the honeycomb is kinda fragile, and no solution has been provided for carrying it in a camera bag (I use a padded envelope). Also, the mechanism by which it attaches to the flash is klugy (strap and velcro). I'd rather see a rock flash solid adapter of some sort with attachments snapping/locking on with a "click".

Never had another grid to compare it to, but its good for a quick light shaper, albeit not as flexible as a combination of cinefoil, paper, tin-foil, cardboard, and gaffers tape...

PS - 3 stars means good, 4 stars means excellent, 5 stars I almost never give, since it implies no room for improvement and that is rarely the case.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well built, works well, very expensive straws, May 1, 2009

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Bearie Luv Amazon "bearieamazon" (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews

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This is a very well built grid, and lightweight too. It'll take a lot of effort to break it. However, it is somewhat bulky and expensive. It is oversized on my SB-600 and SB-800. You can buy their $20 accessory that attaches to your flash more tightly, but that's another $20 we're talking about here.

After trying it out, I thought it was a nice accessory but simply over-priced. Also it just didn't fit well on my little SB-600/800 and I didn't want to buy yet another accessory for better attachment. So I returned it and built my own grid out of black straws. You can build your own in less than an hour with a bunch of black straws (I got mine from Corner Bakery type). You just need maybe 3-5 straws, cut them up in equal pieces, and glue them together. Custom built grids fit much much better on the flash than this one-size-fits-all version, and by building my own, I know how to make even more in the future.

If you have extra money to burn, by all means get it. It's nicely built. But if good fitting and/or price is an issue for you, you should try building a custom made grid.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too Expensive, February 18, 2011

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Brian S Crouch - See all my reviews

This review is from: HonlPhoto 1/4" Honeycomb Speed Grid for Shoe Mount Portable Flashes (Accessory)

This little light adapter is just too expensive for what it provides. I agree with the other reviewers in that it has a "clunky" attach mechanism with the velcro straps. I have spent excessive minutes and concentration to get it to attach tightly to my Nikon Speedlights. It should not require that level of attention to attach... The mfg just does not want to engineer something that specific because then it would become obsolete once the flash mfg changed models... So we pay $30 for something that is just so-so. I have no issues with the quality and shape of the light. That's all good. Just cut the price in half!