Impact FFSA4 User Manual
Luxbanx Duo Softbox
INSTRUCTIONS
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Impact Luxbanx Duo softbox. All Luxbanx softboxes
are designed to control and soften light for your specific photographic needs.
Duo softboxes are compatible with continuous light sources (including quartz,
tungsten, HMI and other “hot” lights, as well as LED or fluorescent lights) and
flash (strobe) lighting sources. Be sure to read and follow the included power
and wattage guidelines for lights that can be used with the softbox you have
purchased.
Luxbanx Duo softboxes come in four shapes: square, rectangular, strip (a long,
narrow rectangle), and octagonal. In addition, softboxes come in extra-small,
small, medium, large and extra-large sizes. A speed ring (not included) is
required to mount the softbox to a light. Each softbox has a front diffuser, which
can be attached using touch fasteners. The diffuser can be removed to produce
more intense light with increased contrast. Duo softboxes have a brighttextured silver interior finish, which produces bright light with less light loss
than a white interior. The removable internal baffle will soften and diffuse light
when installed in the softbox.
The size and shape of the softbox is related to the lighting effect produced —
the larger the softbox, the softer the light. The distance from the softbox to the
object being photographed also affects the quality of light produced — when
the softbox is close to the object, the light will be more intense, with more
contrast. When the distance is greater, the light will be more diffused, with less
contrast. The removable interior baffle will also soften and diffuse light — you
can add or subtract a degree of contrast through inserting or removing the
baffle.
Generally, the larger the object you’re photographing, the larger the softbox you
should use.
for a full-length portrait than a small softbox. The shape of the softbox affects
the light produced as well: for a slender object,
object, use a strip softbox that has a similar shape to produce more even
light than an octagonal softbox.
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A large rectangular or octagonal softbox will give more even light
when photographing a slender
Instructions
Please follow these instructions carefully
when assembling your Luxbanx softbox.
There are four parts to your Luxbanx:
• The softbox fabric shell
• Flex rods
• Front diffuser
• Removable internal baffle
A speed ring (not included) is required to
assemble the Luxbanx softbox and mount
it to a light. Speed rings are available
separately.
Box Contents
• Softbox fabric shell
• Four flex rods (eight rods for
the octagonal softbox)
• One spare flex rod
• Internal baffle
• Front diffuser
• Carrying case
• User instruction manual
• Warranty
Warnings ⚠
• Please read
and follow these
instructions and keep
this manual in a safe
place.
• Keep this unit away
from water and any
flammable gas or liquid.
• Use only with lights
of the recommended
wattage.
• Handle this unit with
care.
• Keep this unit away
from children.
• Use parts provided
by the manufacturer
only.
• Make sure this item
is intact and that no
parts are missing.
• All photos in
this manual are for
illustrative purposes
only.
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Luxbanx Assembly Instructions
INSET:
Heavy Duty Flex Rod
1. Insert the small tip of a flex
rod through the guide loop
along the seam of the softbox
fabric shell. Insert the tip into
the anchoring pocket at the
front end of the softbox. The
large tip of the flex rod should
be positioned at the rear
of the softbox fabric shell.
Repeat this step with the
remaining flex rods.
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2. With the speed ring’s reflector
mount facing away from the
softbox, insert the end of a
flex rod into a rod hole in the
speed ring.
NOTE: Some larger Luxbanx
models use a Heavy Duty Flex
Rod, which has a thicker end
to attach to the speed ring.
(See inset above.)
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