{"id":19880,"date":"2014-03-24T16:03:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T20:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=19880"},"modified":"2017-08-11T21:49:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T01:49:09","slug":"review-manfrotto-1004bac-lightstands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-manfrotto-1004bac-lightstands\/","title":{"rendered":"review: Manfrotto 1004BAC light-stands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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review: Manfrotto 1004BAC light-stands<\/h1>\n

You’d think that light-stands are light-stands. They hold up studio lights or speedlights and any kind of light modifier. But what sets light-stands apart from each other, are the other features – such as portability and ease of use.<\/p>\n

I mostly use the Manfrotto 1051BAC \u00a0\/ 1052BAC \u00a0and 1004BAC light-stands. My review of the Manfrotto light-stands<\/a><\/strong> explains this. What I like most about them, is that they are stackable<\/strong>. They clip together in quite a compact set of light-stands. Easier to carry with one hand. The clipping-together feature also means they don’t rattle as much as other pieces of metal gear banging against each other in the back of your car.<\/p>\n

But there’s another feature of the tall\u00a0Manfrotto 1004BAC<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>), that I never quite was aware of. That there’s a certain poking-ability with them. You can extend it and poke stuff with it. Or in this case, lift the bride’s veil out of a tree.<\/p>\n

At a wedding this weekend, as the bride and groom were posing outside on the steps of the church, a gust of wind grabbed the veil and wafted it away. It lodged in a tree. The limo drivers were onto it immediately, looking for something to dislodge the veil – and there was my light-stand. Look at the reach! And there was still one section to go. They hadn’t even gotten to the limit of that beast!<\/p>\n

So there it is. These light-stands are awesome. They are fairly light-weight, they are very tall, and they stack together – and you can poke and dislodge stuff with it. Neat.<\/p>\n

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Detail of three light-stands clipped together,\u00a0and a detail image showing one just uncoupled from the others. The other clip is in the foot section.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Order these awesome lightstands\u00a0here<\/h2>\n