looking for a good 1/4 thread to baby pin adapter for LEDs

[nickbeef]

Just bought the Yongnuo YN-600 LED and so far I'm liking it. I thought the 160 LED from Yongnuo had decent color accuracy compared to others I've used and so far the 600 LED version seems to be the same light quality and a whole hell of a lot brighter. However, the provided light stand adapter is a 1/4 inch threaded "handle" which is supposed to slide ontop of a baby pin. Well, my main issue is that I get no articulation with this adapter, so I'm looking to replace it, possibly with a ball head adapter or something along those lines.

My concern is also that the light has some significantly weight to it, so I'm concerned that a ball head adapter wouldn't be able to handle the weight at a more acute angle.

Any suggestions?

 

[Moseph]

Gobo head and a dropout pin would be my suggestion.

 

[nyvz]

I use these on my YN-600s:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flash-Hot-S...568?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c79c735b0
(you unscrew the shoe mount and there is a 1/4-20 underneath to screw the LED on)

Works pretty well for the price and they work great for putting the LEDs in umbrella softboxes that are cheap and compact.

 

[nickbeef]

nyvz, looks good. Similar items were on Amazon for $30. What about the base, I can't see it very well but it in one of the pictures it looks like it's not a baby pin receiver?

Also, what are you using for a softbox?