Double-Fold Umbrella Blues
The super-handy, 43" Westcott double-fold umbrellas appear to be missing in action at Adorama. If anyone knows where we can get them, please leave a link in the comment section and I will update the umbrella links throughout the site.
I sure hope they are not gone for good. I will ping Adorama to see what's up.
I sure hope they are not gone for good. I will ping Adorama to see what's up.
UPDATE: Well, from asking around (and from the very helpful comments) it appears as though the site could have possibly caused a, uh, wee bit of a run on a few products which normally do not move in great numbers. For those of you who do not read the comments sections, we have found out the following:I will post a note (or anyone feel free to chime in) when I see them back in stock at Adorama, too.
1) The umbrellas are not discontinued.
2) You can get them - catch as catch can - in several other locations, including:
Samy's
Roberts Imaging
Penn Camera
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by David, at 11:48 PM.
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bhphotovideo.com had some. Mine just arrived from there today. I just checked and they are out of stock. Here's the part # WEU43SS.
bhphoto was out of stock too. i opted for 45"
Samy's appears to have some. At 19.60 ea.
White Satin http://www.samys.com/product.php?ItemNo=WESC2001
Soft Silver http://www.samys.com/product.php?ItemNo=WESC2002
The Nikon AS-15 is out of stock nearly everywhere, too. Backordered from Nikon says my Local Camera Shop.
I called Westcott (since they're based here in Toledo) and they are still a current product. They have not been discontinued.
They also said that any product still on their website (www.fjwestcott.com) is current and available for sale.
-Dan
Roberts Imaging has them in stock as well
http://www.robertsimaging.com/index.jsp
If anyone knows where to get something similar in the vicinity of Finland, please let me know!
It appears Strobist's popularity is seeing the umbrellas fly off the shelves everywhere! Dave, maybe a quite word to the people at Westcott (info@fjwestcott.com) might help them understand why the demand for this particular umbrella is so high :-)
I was able to get one of silver and satin at penn camera.
Anyone know a source in Canada?
I was able to pickup an AS-15 from ebay a couple weeks ago.
I got the last bag of ball-bungees in town at the dollar store this weekend.
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;)
Stopped in at B&H. The guy told me that the Wescott's were discontinued and tried to steer me to Bogen. Then said his computer was down & I could not buy anything. Was it something I said?
as a note to others who are getting started as well and to save a little on shipping, samy's has the swivel umbrealla holder under the brand dotline for the same price as adorama
Hi
Whilst in NYC [Photoplus]last year I bought a Photek folding brolly [folds to 14"] at B&H
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=42499&is=REG&addedTroughType=search
Not Westcott but still a great compact tool [as recommended in Bob Krist's book I think]
Looks like this is out of stock too!
Congrats on a great blog ,yours and Neil Turner' site are jointly the best lighting course I've yet seen.
Clive
Antibes, France
the bogen lightstand is also available at samy's
Just tried to order from Sammy's 6/9/2006. They had the white but were out of the silver. estimated 3-4 weeks to get some more in.
Thanks "Strobist", I just ordered one from Penn's Camera.
Got to say I love your site. Just found it 3 days ago from robgalbraith.com and I am learning a lot and truly inspired. Keep up the great work.
The Bogen lightstand is sold in Europe as the Manfrotto 001 for about €70. I still havn't been able to find a European (or even Dutch) source for the Westcott 43" Double-Folding Umbrellas and the cheaper version of the swivel-umbrella-stand.
Manfrotto/Bogen makes a swivel-umbrella-stand, but it's much more expensive. Right now I use a simple holder with a plastic Canon flash-foot, but IMHO it's crap. :(
you can also get anything westcott from www.pictureline.com
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