Reviews

Review of Rogue FlashBender Small Reflector

from About.com, 6/30/2010

There aren't too many photography accessories that really change the way we take photographs. FlashBenders just might be the next leap in photography lighting."

"The new Rogue FlashBender Small Reflector is one of those rare accessories that once you try it you wonder how you ever survived without it. Designed to fit almost any hotshoe camera flash on the market, the FlashBender gives you the power to literally bend light."

"With 2 or 3 slave flash units equipped with FlashBenders a photographer could easily create almost any studio lighting situation needed without the need for large strobes/umbrellas/snoots, and other accessories."


"Cons: Everyone is going to want your FlashBender when they see it in action."

Rogue FlashBenders Mini Review

from photofocus, 6/17/2010

FlashBenders work with small flashes and even small LED lights. You can bend, shape and mold the FlashBender to push light in any direction. These devices can be used to flag and diffuse light. They can be used to bend light. You can use them to make barn doors, snoots, flags, bounce cards, etc."

"The FlashBender was the absolute perfect tool for this job. I needed a soft light and the large reflector took the small source light, i.e., the flash head, and made it big using the reflector. Big equals soft and soft was what I needed. I’m very impressed with the results.

Flashbender: A First Look

from Layers Magazine, 6/11/2010

All of the pieces are in one place: I don’t have to put a strap onto my speedlight in order to -start- using a system. The Flashbender just wraps around the flash, and you’re good to go. The units have these series of rods woven into the unit that let you position exactly where you need them to go. This means that you have greater control over where that light can be placed."

"These units seem to be pretty good for what they offer – a great way to shape light in an all in one package.

ExpoImaging’s Gone Rogue

from PMA Newsline - Daily Photo News, 6/8/2010

The flexible, shapeable Rogue FlashBenders were created so photographers could direct light exactly where it’s needed or to shield it from where it’s not. The patent-pending design incorporates positionable rods that molds the reflectors to a given shape and holds them firmly in place."

"Manufactured from the highest quality materials, these versatile, portable and rugged light modifiers can be attached and shaped in seconds, then removed and folded flat to fit into any gear bag just as quickly.

EXPOIMAGING ANNOUNCES ROGUE FLASHBENDERS

from Neutralday, 6/8/2010

ExpoImaging, the folks who brought you the ExpoDisc, have introduced a new lightshaping tool for your external flash. The Rogue FlashBenders are a portable system of light modifiers that in esscence allow the photographer to attach a flexible panel of fabric, easily, to your speedlight of choice. Flexible rods inside the FlashBenders enable them to be manipulated into just about any shape you need. The FlashBenders currently come in with 3 different sizes, all less than $40 (you can get the whole set for $105).

Rogue FlashBenders Are Here to Shape Your Strobe Light, from ExpoImaging

from Softpedia, 6/8/2010

ExpoImaging has just announced having released the Rogue FlashBenders, namely the first models of a vast array of tools for modifying light."

"Designed and built for directing lighting where photographers need it, the FlashBenders are easy to fit and attach, since the patent-pending design includes positionable rods that mold the reflectors to the needed shape."

Kelby | tv's D-Town TV: Episode 41

from Kelby tv, 6/7/2010

"The first thing we said when we got them [Rogue FlashBenders] was 'Oooh!'...These allow you to use them [light modifiers] in a way that we haven't seen before!"
-Matt Kloskowski
 

ExpoImaging launches Rogue FlashBender positionable modifiers

from Imaging Source, 6/7/2010

ExpoImaging's Rogue FlashBenders secure snugly to the top of any standard shoe-mount flash strobe with a velcro strap that surrounds the flash head without any adhesives or modification, and are available in three different shapes / sizes -- Bounce Card, Small Positionable Reflector, and Large Positionable Reflector."

ExpoImaging introduces versatile FlashBenders shoe mount light modifiers

from Digital Photography Insights, 6/7/2010

ExpoImaging, makers of the Ray Flash ring attachment, has introduced FlashBenders, a line of three modifiers for shoe mount flashes that can be bent into a shape and then hold that shape, to quickly switch from snoot to flag to bounce card and back."

Rogue Photographic Design FlashBenders

from CameraDojo, 6/7/2010

The ExpoImagaing team knows that if something doesn’t “just work” and doesn’t provide clear advantages, it stays in the bag or worse, doesn’t go in it.  FlashBenders are exactly what you might expect from the name, but with unexpected simplicity and control.  FlashBenders are designed for people who hate inconvenience – they’re all-in-one, flash-mount light shaping tools that take any shape and hold it until it’s time for them to lay flat and go back in the bag.