GLOW EZ Lock Beauty Dish User manual

EZ Lock Beauty Dish
Guide

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Introduction
GLOW EZ LOCK BEAUTY DISH is an ingenious portable version of the light modier
famous for striking fashion and portraiture images showcasing the incomparable safe
and sure EZ Lock system. No more clumsy construction, fumbling with ex resistant
rods or struggling in frustration for careful alignment of speedring holes. The 16-ribbed
dish opens up and closes down,‘umbrella style.’The quick-to-setup quasi-parabola
saucer like assembly has all the advantages of the beauty dish allure without the
disadvantages of damage that a metallic dish confronts during location travel and is
free of any of the drawbacks of a delicate bendable dish. Intrinsic to the beauty dish
design is a small reversible opaque deector cover that is suspended concave prole
out, directly over the front of the light source, preventing direct light from reaching
the subject.
With the Glow EZ Lock Beauty Dish Eggcrate Grid, you gain more control of a light
source’s beam and can feather light for a more attractive shadow, virtually eliminating
spill from the rest of the body and the background.
Photographers use 25” to 42” beauty dish on monolights and ash heads for attering
people shots, especially for sculpting facial features and creating beautiful shadows
and catchlights. When stacked in a vertical tower array of 2 or more, the beauty dish
accentuates a model’s full gure with perfect head to toe coverage.

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Precautions
•Please study this guide and store for future reference.
•The materials used in this product are not waterproof or ame resistant.
Care must be taken to avoid damage.
•Attach strobes with modeling lamps following the recommended
bulb wattage limits.
•Store in a cool and dry environment.
•The EZ Lock Beauty Dish and diusers can be hand cleaned with cold water
and mild detergent. Air dry.
•Handle this beauty dish with care when opening and closing.
Be especially diligent when closing the beauty dish and hold the dish.
The EZ Lock mechanism releases with force.
•Make sure the unit is intact, and there are no missing parts.
•All photos in the manual cover all EZ Lock Beauty Dish varieties and are
for illustrative purposes only.
INCLUDES:
•Glow EZ Lock Beauty Dish •External Diuser
•Internal Diuser •Reversible Deection Cap Disk
•Eggcrate Grid •Storage Bag
•Bowens Mount Speedring Adapter (insert Size 144mm)

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Setup Instructions
1. Remove the EZ Lock Beauty Dish from the carrying case.
2. Rest the back of the beauty dish, the Bowens speedring, on a at surface
and gently spread out the aluminum rods that support the fabric saucer.
3. Grasp the aluminum EZ Lock mechanism that is suspended in the hub of
the rod spokes to slightly spread the ribs for the next step.
4. Attach the deector plate cap. This step must precede the assembly
of the beauty dish and EZ Locked. While the use of the deector cap
is optional, the optimal beauty dish effect happens with the plate in
position. The plate is reversible to achieve a variety of effects.
A. Hold the concave prole out to control the center hotspot.
B. Slip the cap between the spokes and place it over the center shaft.
C.Center the plate hole on the shaft and press it down until it meets
the hub. The rubber ring will keep the cap in place. The light will
now bounce o the inner curved deector plate and ood the walls
of the outer bowl of the beauty dish, resulting in a broad spread of
softer indirect light. You can ip the deector plate convex side out,
creating an alternate light distribution, space permitting.
5. Press down on the EZ Lock ring to mate with the shaft until it is seated
rmly on the post. The EZ Lock automatically latches with the button out
when it is the proper position.
6. The beauty dish is now fully opened and correctly constructed. Unzip the
slit on the side of the softbox, reach inside, and grasp the speedring
insert and the softbox rmly. Align the mount to mate with your ash
and lock into place according to the ash manufacturer’s instructions,
or replace the adapter to match the strobe of choice from the wide
variety of Glow 144mm speedring inserts.

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Optional Steps
7. Attach the inner diuser. The inner layer bae can be used with or
without the deector cap. The more diusion, the less dramatic the
beauty dish wrap. The fabric snaps onto the interior elastic tabs
that are on each rod spoke.
8. Attach the outer diuser. Join the outer diusion fabric to the Velcro
strips that line the inner perimeter of the saucer. Again, the deector
cap, as well as the inner diuser, can be used together to maximize the
softness of the ash.
A. Unfold the diusion material and align the diuser’s corners with the
outside junctions of the opened beauty dish.
B. Press the strips rmly to seal o light leaks.

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Optional Steps
9. Attach the Eggcrate Grid.
The grid attaches using the
Velcro touch sensitive strips running
along the inside edge of the bowl.
A. Align the shape carefully to match the
beauty dish shape for the strongest
feathering.
B. Press the surfaces rmly to seal the
grid for spill control and drama.
10. Closer ‘er up!
A. Remove any diusers that are attached.
B. Reach into the center of the hub and hold onto the EZ Lock knob.
C. Press the wide side button into the center while holding the dish
rmly. The EZ Lock mechanism is released, and the structure relaxes.
D. Complete the closure by bringing the spokes and sections together,
as if closing an umbrella. Bind the closed dish with the Velcro strap,
slip the bundle into the zippered case and call it a day.

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Optional Beauty Dish Adapter Insert Ring
Specications GLBDEZ25-S/W GLBDEZ34-S/W GLBDEZ42-S/W
Diameter open 25”/ 63.5cm 34”/ 86.4cm 41.5”/ 105.5cm
Depth open 14.75”/ 37.5cm 15.5”/ 40cm 18.5”/ 47cm
Weight 2lb 10oz / 1.2kg 3lb 1.2oz / 1.4kg 4lb 4.4oz / 1.94kg
Dimensions closed 20x7”/50.5x17.8cm 24.5x7”/62x17.8cm 30.5x7”/77.5x17.8cm
If your ash uses a dierent mount than the Bowens, a Glow 144mm speedring adapter is needed.
The process is simple to exchange the reector’s mount ring:
1. On the mounting end of the dish,
locate the four tabs that are holding
the speedring in place.
2. Unscrew and remove the only thumb nut. With a
Philips head screwdriver, loosen the three screws,
that are on the ring plate tabs, enough to slip the adapter ring free. The reector mount ring slips
out eortlessly from the grasp of the three other tabs.
3. Choose the Glow Adapter Ring to match the mount version of your ashhead. The wide ange
of the new speedring adapter ts under the three xed tabs. Securely tighten the three ring
plate tabs and replace the thumb nut. Follow your strobe’s instructions for installing a light
modier.
SPECIFICATIONS
Materials Reinforced Fabric, Aluminum Rods, Aluminum Ring
Finish White or Silver interior, black matte exterior, custom trim
Mount Glow 144mm Interchangeable / Bowens speedring supplied
Sections 16
W = White Beauty Dish S = Silver Beauty Dish
144mm

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