HonlPhoto 8" Regular Speed Snoot for most On-Camera Shoe-Mount Strobes

by Honlphoto

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000XB4412
• Item model number: Honl Photo Speed Snoot 8 normal
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Concentrate the light from your shoe-mount flash for dramatic cinematic lightingwith the easy to use snoot. Perfect for everything from dramatic portraits to concentrating light on background elements. Attaches and removes in seconds using the popular Speed Strap (not included). Made of tough ballistic nylon with grey interior that produces a soft falloff. Fits most any on-camera shoe-mount strobe. 8.5" long. Exclusive Patent Pending design.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally worth it..., September 16, 2008

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Bradley Boggs (Gilroy, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HonlPhoto 8" Regular Speed Snoot for most On-Camera Shoe-Mount Strobes (Accessory)

If you're into lighting at all, this is definitely a useful tool. While I love DIY stuff, and had a DIY snoot for a while, I love the quality, durability, ease of use and professional look of Honl products, including this snoot.

While some have criticized the cost of David Honl's products, I find his prices more than fair when compared with the quality of the products. Along with this, I've purchased the speed strap and a flag/barn door, and am actually waiting for delivery on some Honl Grid attachments that I just ordered from Adorama. I plan to buy even more of his products in the future.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Needs more Velcro., August 3, 2010

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FormElement Design "NB" (San Diego) - See all my reviews

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Simple as that. It needs more "Velcro". It's also not as obedient to my wishes as what I thought I was paying for. The layers of fabric and stitching make it resistant to rolling into a nice neat tube.

I'm keeping it because it does the job, and looks professional when I get it out, but it feels more like an intermediate prototype which was rushed to market rather than a well designed and field tested product.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, but could be great, November 2, 2009

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Hankk (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HonlPhoto 8" Regular Speed Snoot for most On-Camera Shoe-Mount Strobes (Accessory)

I use this mostly as a flash reflector, not a snoot. The Honl ads show and discuss it being used this way. It works well, and the photos often turn out awesome. I use it for a lot of close-in portraits, and using a large and asymmetric reflector like this adds a lot of great shadows to faces. It's very moldable, so you can make off-axis light sources very easily with it.

But I've got a gripe with it, which is that it does a lousy job of staying in place. The fabric is thick but still pretty floppy, and for many of my shots, it's fallen over (from vertical), or collapsed on itself. I think it could really use to be made of stiffer fabric, and/or have more stiffening around the edges. There is some, but not much. Also, more velcro around the edges would help it stay rigidly on the flash better. As it is, there's just a few points of contact of velcro, and that adds to its floppiness. I've beefed it up with more velcro myself (a bunch of dots of the self-adhesive stuff) but for $30, they should make it right.

Another minor issue: I think the interior should be made of white fabric, not the silver/grey that it is. All the grey does is absorb light, and the purpose of a reflector is to reflect it. A lighter color would allow for more shots on a charge of the batteries.