Manfrotto Lastolite Hilite Review
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Күн бұрынIn this video I’m going to show you how easy it is to set up your Lastolite Hilite and go over some of its features and uses. Let’s start off by just putting it out there. I freakin’ love this thing! I saw one like 5 years ago for the first time and then had a bit of sticker shock and then totally forgot about it. A few years ago I was looking into backlight options and how to get a pure white background and came across it again. Honestly, I still had a bit of sticker shock, so I put it off again. Oh, to get those years of editing white backgrounds back! After I used it one I knew I should have just bit the bullet and bought it years ago.
The Lastolite Hilite is a collapsible softbox background, designed to create “high key” lighting. In other words, a solid pure white background with no shadow.
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@jodirish 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your video!!!!
@movementmatters. 11 ай бұрын
That's a great review, thank you, Brenden!
@CarinaKircher Жыл бұрын
Dankeschön Brenden, this is a great Review!
@donmiller504 Жыл бұрын
Cool lighting option. Thank You!
@batex3 3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful thanks! I love how you show this working in a really small space and get beautiful shots. I, too, had sticker shock, but now I will be buying one today. If anybody happens to see this comment this week (November 30, 2020) Manfrotto has the 6'x7' on sale for $293.99 (40% off) for their "Creator's Week" sale!
@brendenboggs8515 3 жыл бұрын
What an amazing deal!!! And my regular studio is even smaller than this and I use it all the time and love it!
@GraceRose-us6jb 5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@jacktan785 Жыл бұрын
great tips 👍 thanks for sharing 😍
@jogeorgetti7083 3 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for you informative video. I have just purchased one after watching this
@brendenboggs8515 3 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy you found it helpful! I hope you love and use it as much as I do!
@ajaxrodriguez8956 2 жыл бұрын
You “I’m 6 foot tall". Me 😳 Just before you said that I was thinking it’s a perfect size for a short person. 😆
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
Bahaha!! It’s so big it makes me look like a shorty 🤣
@rdubbelman 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was informative!
@brendenboggs8515 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! So glad you found it helpful!
@aniaphotouk 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you that's great video!
@perdueholmphotography4983 3 жыл бұрын
Well done - thanx :-)
@brendenboggs8515 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@emmanuelrives7593 4 жыл бұрын
gran video, saludos desde México
@IramRolon 2 жыл бұрын
🤞 😎 👍 Love your tutorials! Very good instructional video. Thank you very much for the same
@Syd7088 Жыл бұрын
does this lit up light evenly (fully white background) compare to normal bowen softbox? thanks 🙏
@missmary2121 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! This looks awesome! May I ask what reflector you purchased for your Einstein strobe? Also, do they have sales often? Thanks again!
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the very late reply! I didn’t get a notification of the comment! I use the 7” umbrella reflector from Paul C Buff. I also don’t think I’ve ever seen a sale. They might do a Black Friday but I don’t remember.
@MizomiPhotography Жыл бұрын
I really could have used this on my recent location shoots as I had minimal space and ZERO window light to work with. Could you please tell me what the diameter is when its folded up into the carrying case? I'm trying to figure out if it will fit in my suitcase the next time I have to fly up here to Japan. Mahalo for the great video!
@brendenboggs8515 Жыл бұрын
It’s at the studio and I won’t get there for a few days so I don’t have the exact dimensions, but if I had to guess it’s 3-4ft. Unfortunately I’d say it’s too big for a suitcase.
@mcculloughimagery4952 Жыл бұрын
have you used any accessories with the hilite?
@artmaltman 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, very well done. How do you get the light to be so even inside? And whats your trick on the fold-up, you make it look so easy!
@brendenboggs8515 3 жыл бұрын
Art Altman the Hilite does all the work to make it even, I just love this thing. As far as folding it, make sure a couple sides are unzipped so the air can go out and it lays flat. Then grab each long side and start to fold it like a taco. It’ll collapse on itself and fold up.
@artmaltman 3 жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 Thanks!
@emceeizzy6596 4 жыл бұрын
This was great, thank you! What’s the cheapest lighting I could use to light both sides that won’t catch fire? 😅
@brendenboggs8515 4 жыл бұрын
So glad you liked it! You could go with an Alien Bee. I even think of you went with an alien bee 800 you could get away with just lighting it with 1 strobe. And if you are really on a budget the Neewer stobes on Amazon actually have some really good reviews (but I haven’t used them).
@lanceallison 4 жыл бұрын
The Neewer 300w does a great job and is super cheap.
@brendenboggs8515 4 жыл бұрын
Lance Allison awesome! thanks for the suggestion Lance!
@Jimmy0Friday 3 жыл бұрын
I’m curious if flooding in green light, or adding a green color gel to the light in the Hilite would work for green screen… or is the white panel pretty opaque?
@brendenboggs8515 3 жыл бұрын
I’m not super familiar with using a green screen but I don’t think that would work. However they do have a green screen backdrop that you can buy and attach to it.
@Cowcake74 2 жыл бұрын
Looks really cool. ☺️ Do you still use it? Useful that you can use the black side as a backdrop also. I wish the sides with the zippers were black so you could feather it easier when using it as a softbox though, imagining that it’s hard when it spills light from the sides.
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
I still use it all the time! I haven’t had issues with soil when using it as a soft box, probably because it’s so big, but I could see that being an issue of you are using a darker background. I wish the front border was white when using it for full body photos.
@Cowcake74 2 жыл бұрын
I agree, it could result in extra editing with the black rim. So If the sides were black, and the border was white I would say it was perfect! I’m considering buying it, but I need to think about it a bit. Quite an investment 🙀
@zachmac 2 жыл бұрын
Do you ever shoot video aside from the reviews? I'm curious if this could be used as an infinite white backdrop for video? (Using continuous light) and a medium close up shot...?
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t shoot video, but I think it would probably work if you used 2 continuous lights on each side so it’s even and powerful enough.
@zachmac 2 жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 Thank you! I decided to give it a go! It works amazing!
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
@@zachmac that’s awesome!!
@Magicgemini92 4 жыл бұрын
Hi.Very interesting, thanks!I known this backdrop, but the thing i'm wondering is what is the "minimum" power that it needs to be well lit.Will some flashs lights enough?(1 on each side), have you tried?Or are studio flashs the only way?Thanks from France.
@brendenboggs8515 4 жыл бұрын
I think it depends on what kind of flashes you use. I use an Einstein Flash ( just one) and I don't even use it at half power and it lights evenly. I think 2 speed lights (one on each side would be enough). I also think constant light would work if you had one on both side depending on your lighting conditions on your subject.
@Magicgemini92 4 жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 Thanks!
@zeinabomar1628 Жыл бұрын
Hello! What strobes do you use to light the box?
@brendenboggs8515 Жыл бұрын
Einstein from Paul C Buff
@jdhab19 2 жыл бұрын
What reflector are you using? Just wondering for size, it doesn't look like the Paul c buff one for the einstein.
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
They have a couple different ones. I’m pretty sure it’s this model, but I got it a really long time ago, but it looks just like it. www.paulcbuff.com/Light-Modifiers/Reflectors/7-Umbrella-Reflector.html
@jdhab19 2 жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 Awesome thanks, I just hate how they cost more to ship than it is to purchase things lol was hoping you were going to say b&h. 😂
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
@@jdhab19 oh totally!! I’ve put off buying things so many times because of the shipping!
@JoCoMoreno 2 жыл бұрын
I have a question for you. Whats the power of the one strobe your using for the lastolite?
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
It’s an Einstein Strobe, so it’s 640ws
@JoCoMoreno 2 жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 ok. I have a spare 300w and not sure if itll be enough.
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
@@JoCoMoreno I rarely use it at even half power so depending on your settings I think you’ll be able to make it work.
@jeffreycaron922 2 жыл бұрын
Hi- Thanks for the video. I have this Lastolite Hilite and, for some reason, my photos have a gray color instead of the bright white. I can't figure it out for the life of me, especially since the strobes in the backdrop are firing along with the strobe on top of my camera!! I have a feeling it may be some sort of sync issue (because what else could it be?) but I don't really know enough photography I guess to know what to do... I'm just using my strobes in slave mode right now, maybe that's why? Please help if you can. Thanks!
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
Hi it’s hard to say without seeing what’s going on, it sounds like the lights aren’t going off inside the highlite, or the strobes are firing high enough with your exposure. The easiest way to figure out what’s going on is to take a test photo with just the highlite flashes and then another test with just the flash on the front of your camera (with the same settings. That way you can see where the light is coming from.
@jeffreycaron922 2 жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 Thanks. I can actually see both strobes firing inside the Hilite. This is why it's so maddening that the background is still gray as if they're not firing. Because I'm using slave mode, do you think it may be a sync issue, like they're going off slightly before or after the camera and it's wired strobe? Is that ever an issue with slave mode? If so, I'm wondering if using wireless triggers like the Pocket Wizards would be an improvement on any possible slave sync issue...
@brendenboggs8515 2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreycaron922 right, I know you see the strobes firing, but if you do a test you can compare it to what you’re typically getting. So if you purposely take a shot only using your front flash and it looks exactly like when everything is supposed to flash it might be a sync issue. Only issue I’ve had is from the strobe head being in a corner and the signal not getting to it so it wasn’t going off at all.
@brandonelliotphotography 3 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to hang it / hold it higher up?
@brendenboggs8515 3 жыл бұрын
There are a couple different options. You can prop it up with 2 Apple boxes. You can probably run a backdrop cross bar through it and hang it. There is also this super fancy cart you can mount it to www.adorama.com/lsmlss.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2uH-BRCCARIsAEeef3klCmoM5isfslccM1AQCTShOQmqWqd1O1xXc9HYgi3riL3xZL1VqFEaAkKqEALw_wcB&
@LiztheBRAVE Жыл бұрын
Hi Brenden, did your hilite yellow over the years?
@brendenboggs8515 Жыл бұрын
Mine hasn’t yellowed at all
@LiztheBRAVE Жыл бұрын
@@brendenboggs8515 Thank you for the reply! I have a 5x7 I purchased at this beginning of this year and its perfect but I bought a used one and its super yellow! (It looks like it was the old version)
@feliciajohansson1987 Жыл бұрын
The same for me!!! I bought an old one and its gets more and more yellow :(
@djtoman6875 Ай бұрын
@@LiztheBRAVESame here. I hate that it’s yellowed so much that it looks gross and now I’m reluctant to use it with clients. It also throws off the color temperature. I wonder if anyone has been able to clean or bleach it back to white.
@LiztheBRAVE Ай бұрын
@@djtoman6875 You can still use it, but you need to up the power on your strobe. And when you edit, you cool it down and go towards magenta. (The photos look really yellow and green SOOC). Also, you cannot use another light source together because the colors wont match.
@videobodas5117 3 жыл бұрын
Hello, I have this background but after using it for several months the white background has turned yellow, does anyone know how to whitewash the background again ???
@4betbluff 3 жыл бұрын
Does it show up in photos?
@feliciajohansson1987 Жыл бұрын
Mine too!!! Its almost 8 years and it soooo yellow also the photos...
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