Product Description

PHOTO STUDIO IN A BOX, the first & only complete photo studio for under $100.00. This kit contains everything needed to take professional studio quality images..soft lighting diffusion box, lights, backgrounds & camera stand, all in one package with carrying handle! The PHOTO STUDIO IN A BOX is hundreds of dollars less than competing products and without any sacrifice to quality! With the growth in Internet auctions and online catalogs, the PHOTO SUTDIO IN A BOX is the easy solution to great photos. SOFT LIGHT BOX: Light weight and easy to set up table top design, the soft light box utilizes a specially woven, heat resistant, 100% nylon fiber mesh diffuser, which delivers uniform illumination while eliminating harsh shadows and reflective glare. Folds up for convenient storage and travel. Set up size: 16 x 16 x 16. TWO-SIDED BACKGROUND: Dual sided, blue/grey, non reflective polyester fabric background provides for contrast with either dark or light objects, as well as creates an infinite field of depth. Size: 31" L x 15" H. HIGH OUTPUT LIGHTS: Two, studio quality, high output 2800K Tungsten lamps for excellent & even color temperature and clarity. Retractable legs allow for hand held use. 8 inch height with 8 ft. power cord. 110v/50w, UL listed. CAMERA STAND: Fully adjustable, high quality, aluminum and steel camera stand eliminates jitters and blurs commonly experienced with hand held shots. Large legs with skid redu

Product Details

• Brand: American Recorder Technologies
• Model: SIB-101CS
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 18.00" w x 18.00" l, 11.00 pounds

Features

• Complete photos studio ideal for internet auctions and online catalogs
• Soft light box for uniform illumination, reduces glare and harsh shadows
• Versatile two-sided background with blue and grey surfaces
• Two 2800K tungsten lamps for even color temperature and excellent clarity
• Fully adjustable aluminum and steel camera stand for ultimate stability

Manufacturer Description
Photo Studio-in-a-Box is the first and only complete photo studio for under a hundred dollars. This kit contains everything needed to take professional studio quality images: A soft lighting diffusion box, lights, backgrounds and camera stand--all in one package with carrying handle. The Photo Studio-in-a-Box is hundreds of dollars less than competing products and without any sacrifice to quality. With the growth in Internet auctions and online catalogs, the Photo Studio-in-a-Box is the easy solution to great photos.

Soft light box
Featuring a lightweight, easy-to-set-up table-top design, the soft light box uses a specially woven, heat resistant, 100% nylon fiber mesh diffuser, which delivers uniform illumination while eliminating harsh shadows and reflective glare. Folds for convenient storage and travel.

Two-sided background
The dual-sided, blue/grey, non-reflective polyester fabric background provides for contrast with either dark or light objects, as well as creates an infinite field of depth.

High output lights
Two studio quality, high-output 2800K Tungsten lamps provide excellent and even color temperature and clarity. Retractable legs allow for hand-held use. 8-inch height with 8-foot power cord. 110-volt/50-watt, UL listed.

Camera stand
The fully adjustable, high-quality aluminum and steel camera stand eliminates jitters and blurs commonly experienced with hand-held shots. Large legs with skid reduction pads keeps the stand firmly in place. Neck height ranges from 10 inches with extension up to 18 inches.

Customer Reviews

good product
Get a real tripod but otherwise all other aspects of the product are an excellent value. I have sold endless watches on eBay and the pictures are a much higher quality with the photography tent.

Nice kit, weak camera stand
This is a nice, lightweight, compact light studio with one drawback: The camera stand is too weak to support a digital SLR camera, especially with a 105 mm macro lens attached. So just use your regular studio tripod and you are okay.

What a worthless piece of garbage.
I'm an eBay PowerSeller who received the Studio-in-a-Box as a gift from a family member. The only thing I've gained from it is horrible guilt - I didn't realize the studio was a piece of junk until it was too late for my family member to obtain a refund. I've gotten better results with several sheets of folded paper and a table lamp.

First, you need an inordinate amount of space to set up all the components - about 8 feet (by 3 or 4 feet) of completely clear table space. You'll also need to move a good 6 to 8 feet back to get an in-focus shot, where you'll need another level surface to set up the tripod. In other words, you need a large dining room table (that's not in use - and, no, your kitchen counter isn't wide enough). If you live in an apartment or a small house, you simply won't have the space needed to use the studio.

The lights present their own problems. They rest on tripod feet that are, in some alternate universe where American Recorder makes quality products, retractable. In this universe, however, there is no way - NO WAY - to extract the feet from their storage positions inside the lights. You're left with no choice but to balance the lights on their spindly stalks, readjusting them after they topple over every couple minutes. The lights also become inordinately hot after only seconds of use - they're too dangerous to use around small children and represent a burn and fire hazard for even a cautious user. What's more, they're so bright that they overlight your items without a gigantic space allowance between the box and the lights. (Every time I use the studio, I discover I've only a useless series of overlit blobs to show for my efforts.)

Cobalt blue is a poor choice for a supposedly neutral background - it's distracting and makes the white areas of an item look utterly washed out. Despite the billing, the background is not seamless. Furthermore, its rough woven texture is all too apparent in photos, particularly those of smaller items, making everything - the photo, your item - seem cheap. Why make the backdrop so shoddy and garish? Oh, right - so they can sell you the $20 black/white add-on backdrop that should've been included in the first place.

I note that most of the positive reviews come from professed professional photographers with a wide array of lenses and add-ons to compensate for adverse conditions. Now, I'm not a master photographer - but I've gotten hundreds of decent photographs for my business with supposedly cruder material and lighting. It's not me, and I am not willing to spend hundreds of dollars on equipment simply to compensate for Studio-in-a-Box's myriad of shortcomings. This studio rips off both your time and money and is not worth a second glance.