Customer Reviews

Rosco Rosco Lux Small Swatchbook

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2 star:		(1)
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The selection of colors is amazing! Of course, there are only 2-3 filters that I really need, but it is fun to try (when I have time) the other filters. It can give a very artistic look to the picture!
The filters are just the size of standard flash gun (I am using Sony system, and it is perfect for F56AM. The F58AM is a little bigger, but you can still work with the filters). If you keep your filters, you will not have to buy any filter in the future (and if you have to buy one, they are actually very cheap).
I also like the data for each filter. Very useful!

Just look carefully at the shipping costs. Sometimes they are too expensive (especially for that item which costs nothing...). I waited with my order until I had other things to order from Adorama, so I'll combine shipping.

Enjoy it - it is FUN!

What a great product! The price is great for a swatch book that can be used with the Lumiquest Gel Holster. The swatch sizes are the same size as the gels provided with the Lumiquest Gel Holster, and gives you an unlimited range of colors and styles for creative lighting with your speedlights!

Im using this like most probably are as cheapo gels for my camera flash and it works great for what there are. They werent designed for this, but they work. The size isnt perfect and there is a hole in it. Im really looking forward to the strobist pack they are supposedly working on.

+Cheap
+More gels than I will ever need
+Compact

-Its a pain taking the gels out of the holder.
-There is a hole in them

Service was good, packaged well, and shipped fast. The gels start warping after 3 or 4 flashes. Usable, but poor quality.

It's a really great sample kit, BUT... I feel it's kind of small, as Strobist.com mentions, they have reduced the size, it's still usable but kind of small, you can hardly hold it to your flash without blocking some light.

The ammount of gels is great, it's about 2 inches of colored gels.

#55, Lilac may never be my favorite, just like #378 Alice Blue or #316 Gallo Gold, but it'll be pretty fun experimenting with these for the next several weeks...maybe months. That alone makes these worth the price. I have 4 shoe-mounted strobes, and I can now light up a scene with downright bizarre color possibilities.

Has gobs of their most useful filters. great to use to determine your filter needs. Shipping reasonable from vendor, do not believe other posts with complaints regarding shipping charges. They must have mistakenly ordered air rush options. No complaints from me. Just choose the best shipping option for you.

These are fine for experimenting with, but I will end up buying something better for real use. The hole for the screw that holds the stack together will let white through, washing out the color somewhat. Also, the shipping cost was equal or higher than the actual cost of the product. Not a great value if ordered alone (as I did).

I bought this filter book as I needed some color filters for a light responsive micro-controller programming project. The project is done with but I keep finding more and more uses for these filters from coloring the flash of my little point and shoot camera to observing the world through different filters and filter stacking for a combined effect.

Lots and lots of different colors! Probably more than I will use. But hey, better to have them and not need them.