High Fives: Backpacks

High 5 February 2008

Photoflex On Camera XTC II Softbox

$20, street
www.photoflex.com
Can't take your studio setup on the road for location portraits? This little device is the next best thing, turning your accessory strobe into a softbox that smoothes shadows and evens out the light. Combine it with an off-shoe cord and a mini-reflector for diffuse directional light, and you've got a go-anywhere studio the size of a deflated beach ball -- that's right, the XTC II is inflatable. (Plus, it's the only strobe accessory that doubles as a travel pillow.)