Wellmaking Optical Snoot -- Unboxing and First Impressions!

[@JoshuaDupiton-u5o]

Incredible Quality bro!!!

[@paulhuenefeld]

Appreciate it man!

[@camcappe353]

What Im looking for, theres ways to handle the issues mentioned. Thank you for sharing I have long wished for a review on this! Will be getting one!

[@paulhuenefeld]

Thanks! Would love to know your thoughts as well!

[@ViciousXUSMC]

Looking to buy something like this now as I am setting up a home studio. Something i see on this product is that you cant get the light in focus at th e top and the bottom in this video. So has me a bit worried. Some options like a more expensive one from Wellmaking has a canon EF lens mount, some have light shaping via geometry inserts, etc. So overall would you say skip this one and grab a different one?

[@paulhuenefeld]

I think if you have extra budget, it would be worth it to go with a higher quality spotlight mount for your lights. BUT this is still really great for minimal money. All in all, I just use this for personal work and use others for paid client work....

[@beccamitchell05]

The other problem I’ve seen with the aputure one is that it only works with the light storm line of Aputure lights. Not even their Amaran line

[@paulhuenefeld]

Ah that is interesting! Is it because the Amaran line cannot support the weight of the Spotlight Mount?

[@brentwalkerfilms9843]

I am looking into the spotlight se that amaran just came with that should work with all leds that are up to 300 watts.

[@paulhuenefeld]

Yep, that one looks super solid too!

[@paritosh3saklani]

is the size of bowens mount universal?

[@paulhuenefeld]

Yes it is 👍🏻

[@paritosh3saklani]

@@paulhuenefeld so I think it will work with my ad600 pro as it has bowens mount.

[@RichViewss]

Great vid!

[@paulhuenefeld]

Thanks lots!

[@smartintech2]

This is what I'm looking for. But unfortunately not available in my country (Germany). I would even go for the Aputure - but that is nothing I can fit into my camera bag. As I only need a compact solution for my round strobes, I will build my own projector with bowens on one and a standard EF mount on the other end. That will easily fit into my bag :) Thanks for inspiring me :)

[@paulhuenefeld]

That's so awesome! I wouldn't even know where to begin to build my own, so huge applause to you!

[@smartintech2]

@@paulhuenefeld Thanks. It's done and already working :)

[@paulhuenefeld]

@@smartintech2 Nice! I would love to see that!

[@TheWorld_2099]

@@smartintech2show us what you did… I have other cheaper snoots, and I’ll give them a second chance to see what sorts of shapes I can create

[@smartintech2]

@@paulhuenefeld looks like I cannot place a link to my insta post here..

[@DLHMedia]

Thanks for the vid, I’m looking at the same two options. From what I’m finding it seems like there’s a lot of light loss using the snoot. Have you found that to be true?

[@paulhuenefeld]

That is something that I actually have not tested! But if I’m remembering correctly, there’s not much light loss when the aperture is wide open. When you close the aperture on the shoot to create a smaller shape, there definitely is light loss.

[@timlivingston7379]

thanks for the review! Does this snoot cool or heat well?

[@paulhuenefeld]

The cooling is decent, but I wouldn’t trust it with anything more powerful than a 300watt LED light.

[@KnifeGuy_]

The eye zoom at the end. So are you still happy with this product or have you found a better one?

[@paulhuenefeld]

Hehe! Yes still happy with it! There are definitely higher quality products, but this is still a really great bang for the buck. The price difference between this and say the aputure spotlight mount is most compelling feature haha

[@paritosh3saklani]

What is the lens size attached in the snoot?

[@paulhuenefeld]

I am actually not really sure? Here is the product link and it has specific dimensions listed so hopefully that will tell you what you need: amzn.to/3JrlWQp

[@DevynFromCFXTV]

Great video

[@paulhuenefeld]

Thanks!

[@michaelryanoliver8323]

No venting. that's going to get hot. Probably too hot for a 150 LED or more.

[@paulhuenefeld]

It actually doesn't get too bad! There's plenty of airflow because it's not completely sealed. Like the section where you insert the gobos is open all the way around. Now, I definitely wouldn't use this on anything more powerful than a 300watt LED haha!