What on earth are these called?!

[N3D]

Mine broke. I tried searching 'light clamps' in Ebay but to no avail.

These are for my soft boxes (photosels). Any idea on what these are? I'm in the UK so icant order unless its stocked in UK.

Cheers guys, i'm screwed if i can not replace these damned things.

Ned.

 

[N3D]

The mount on the second pic is what i'm after

 

[David W. Jones]

Have you contacted the light manufacture for a replacement part?

 

[N3D]

Have you contacted the light manufacture for a replacement part?

Still waiting for a response. I need to order these a.s.a.p

 

[Allan Black]

Did you figure out why they both broke, heat? fragile? overtightened? If you can get 'em the replacements might go the same way, so are they faulty?

They could be under Photosels warranty .. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PhotoSEL/Returns.html

Cheers.

 

[N3D]

Did you figure out why they both broke, heat? fragile? overtightened? If you can get 'em the replacements might go the same way, so are they faulty?

They could be under Photosels warranty .. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PhotoSEL/Returns.html

Cheers.

It's cheap plastic. Overtightened was the real issue. I purchased these way over a year ago lol.

 

[David W. Jones]

It's cheap plastic. Overtightened was the real issue. I purchased these way over a year ago lol.

I have some Mole Richardson lights that are well over 30 years old. My thoughts... Invest in lights which will last your entire career, then sell them to the next guy to use over their career.

 

[David G. Smith]

Ouch, I hate that cheap plastic proprietary mounting hardware. I concur with what David says, but I definitely know what it is like not to have the bankroll to invest in proper lights. I still use a lot of unconventional lights that are very much less than Mole-Richardson quality. However, I am kind of a stickler for sturdy light mounting gear. I have experimented with a lot of inexpensive lights and I have culled my light kit down so that ALL of my lights, including the unconventional, re-purposed and inexpensive ones, have either a TVMP adapter or a spigot to mount them to standard hardware. The TVMP adapter is most useful for re-purposing theatrical lights for stand mounting. Using the spigot opens up a whole world of unconventional lights that can be professionally mounted. To address the OP, what I would do is pull the plastic mounting hardware off of the light, drill a 1/4 20 hole into the base of the light, mount a spigot into the hole (10mm by 1/4 20 bolts) and then mount the light on stands, or what ever, by putting the spigot into a standard grip head. Mounting the spigot into the grip head will give you pan and tilt movement. Drilling into plastic is tricky. What I do is start with my smallest drill bits and work my way up to 1/4". I also suggest reinforcing the plastic around the drilled hole. What I do is is put down a piece of gaf tape across the hole before bolting the spigot in. I like the assurance of the little bit of extra protection.