Congrats to Dave Honl
Most of you guys like to ape great shooters. That's Dave Honl, left, shooting a great ape. I wanted to take a minute to raise a glass to Dave, who has just taken his in-house light mods business to a whole new level -- thanks in large part to support from this community...
We Knew Him When
Less than two years ago, Dave Honl started making his now-famous speedlight modifiers. And when I say "making," I mean that as in sewing them himself, packaging them, packing and shipping -- a one-man band.
As of last month, Dave will now be free to do other things, like, say, sleeping and eating -- maybe even taking a picture or two. That's because his light mods are henceforth being distributed by ExpoImaging, whom you may have noticed on the right sidebar.
This means fewer all-nighters for Dave and wide availability for his mods. ExpoImaging even went eco-friendly with the new packaging, which is cool.
Congrats (and welcome) to John and Erik at EI, as Honl's mods join a fast-growing roster of very lighting-friendly stuff, including the Ray Flash ring flash adapter and the classic Dean Collins DVDs of which I am a huge fan.
Way to go, Dave. Take a deep breath, pop a cold one and enjoy some well-deserved famliy time. And on behalf of Dave, John, Erik and myself, thanks much to the readers of this site for your support.
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Posted at 11:53 PM.
10 Comments:
big kudos to David.. I bought some stuff and had an issue with the gels, on easter weekend he returned my email personally (tagged from his iphone)!! He sent out some more product immediatley and made everything right. Its like dealing with paul buff, not only a great product but service thats just as good...
I'd be interested to know how he did the exposure on the above photo, did he use a meter?...............or did he just chimp it?
I've been using Dave's 'snoot' now for ages (brilliant) and have just bought his ring rayflash. Both these now come with me everywhere.
Great job. and thanks.
I just ordered mine after deciding that it wasn't worth the grief to stitch them myself. I didn't realize David was making him out of his basement all this time... I probably would have employed my two year old to help (but wouldn't have the same quality I suppose).
Phat-
To be a little clearer, there *have* been interim improvements in scaling the production methods. But Dave put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into building his business, one snoot/grid/strap at a time . . .
@Jeff-
While the Ray Flash is also distributed EI, it is made by another manufacturer. Would that Dave were such a sophisticated engineer!
Thanks to both of you I purchased my Honl Speedgrid last week. Great product. I highly recommend anything from EI. Fast shipping to Canada !!
Yes: He gets my full marks too: can't recommend them highly enough. Lovely bits of kit: a pleasure to have in your bag.
Also a pleasure to deal with; sent me a thoughtful email in anticipation, in response to a long one from me as a newbie: would buy any new product of his now on spec: he clearly thinks hard about the product; has high standards, offers great value for money, and is a nice guy. What more could you want as a customer ? Good luck to him in the future too.
hard work always pays off
David was making the best "gear wraps" ever [much better than D***E before he turned to the light modifiers. I have acouple and would like some bigger but sadly he doesn't seem to make them any more......
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