[Review&QnA] Rogue Flash Gels for Speedlights - 20 Gel Colors - Universal Fit Lighting Filters - Gels Printed for Easy Identification - Combo Kit for Portrait Photographers
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[Review&QnA] Rogue Flash Gels for Speedlights - 20 Gel Colors - Universal Fit Lighting Filters - Gels Printed for Easy Identification - Combo Kit for Portrait Photographers
About this item
- PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: Colored lighting filters, or gels, are often used on accent or background lights to add dramatic color to selected portions of an image for artistic effect
- EASY TO ATTACH: stretchy and grippy Rogue Gel Bands attach quickly & securely to almost all flash sizes
- PRINTED GELS EASY TO IDENTIFY: each gel printed with the LEE FILTER gel color, f/Stop loss, and relevant color correction adjustment (white balance)
- GEL SIZE: flash head coverage 3 x 2.5” (76mm x 63mm)
- CONTENTS: 20 gel colors (1x each color), 3 Rogue Gel Bands (2 blue + 1 gold), storage pouch, quick reference guide
- FLASH COMPATIBILITY: Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Nissin, Olympus, Panasonic, Profoto, Sony
Reviews
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Nice gels, details below..
Just received these (they arrived early) and have had some fun with color correcting and just creative stuff. The gels are packaged with a gel sized piece of paper between each of them. The small case is fine and thin so there is no issues packing this away.
All the gels are labeled, you'll probably want to have a light with you to see the labeling better if you're shooting in the dark, but even just the light from the back of my cameras LCD was enough. The color correction set are in one group and it's easy to find the right one. The color correction gels appear to be accurate in colors as well.
The rubber band is nice and doesn't feel cheap. Sort of reminds me of the bands you would wear on your wrist to support various charities. It's got tabs on each side so after its on the flash you can lift up the tab to fit the gel tab in there.
Lastly, there's a lot of options for gels and prices. I'm quite glad I went with these since they're labeled. It also gives you the f-stop loss on each gel, which is helpful. They give you a little trii-fold guide for the color correction gels and let you know to have these arc over your flash instead of laying flat due to the heat a speedlite can give off.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
These gels are great. The Roguegrid can be finicky and a little ...
These gels are great. The Roguegrid can be finicky and a little awkward to set up at times, but using gels is one area where it is miles better than some of the competition. Those little square gels with the tabs on the side and the rubberized elastic band you have to stretch around the head of your flash... you know the ones I'm talking about... you have to have 3 free hands and a degree in telekinesis to get them on your flash and get going with them. Those aren't these. These slip into the grid with no effort at all. I can stack multiple gels on top of each other with basically no added effort. The gel completely fills the light source, so there's no worry about multiple shades leaking into the light output from the flash if the head is slightly larger than the gel or the wind is blowing around. The gels are clearly marked, and they have a nice little pouch with dividers that takes up pretty much no room at all in my bag.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
High Quality Gels Perfect For Any Situation
I purchased this product because I didn't fancy gluing Velcro pads to my expensive flash. The gels are already pre-cut to an ideal shape for mounting to any flash using a standard rubber band, and a perfect rubber band is already included!
I was initially disappointed because the included rubber band wasn't shaped the same way as the one I saw in the product picture here on Amazon. The one in the picture has a couple of slits cut into it to make mounting the gels easier. The one I received is just a solid black elastic band with the word 'ROGUE" indented in it. Honestly, any 1/2" wide elastic band would work fine for this purpose. But the one provided is black (which matches most flashes) and is very high quality.
You put the rubber band around the head of your flash, somewhat near the front of it, and leave it there. Mounting the gels requires lifting the rubber band a bit at the side and slipping a narrow end of the gel under the band. Once you do that on each side, the gel stays safely in place and completely covers the reflector. After doing it a few times, it's become very easy. I can switch gels in seconds. This system also has the added bonus of being able to easily mount multiple gels at the same time. I can easily use these gels with my flash's bounce card extended, or with the Rogue Flash Bender bounce card attached.
The gels are very high quality. The light they produce is even and predictable. After many repeated uses, none of my gels have become crinkled or damaged in any way. The whole kit comes in a handy pouch for storing everything. Inside the pouch are dividers for keeping all the gels sorted. And there are identification cards inside the pouch which list the name, color and light loss of each gel. In addition, each gel has all that same information printed right on it, so it's easy to keep things organized and get exactly what you need without any guessing. At less than a half-inch thick, the whole thing slips easily into any pocket or camera bag. It's a very well thought-out and high quality kit.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Love these gels! Endless creative possibilities.
I really like these gels! This is the first time I've worked with gels. Having a daughter who has worked in technical theatre for nearly 10 years, and having worked in theatre myself for a few years, I was acquainted with lighting gels already and have always been fascinated by the endless creative possibilities that lighting gels have to offer. The first gels I used from the Rogue pack were the reds and used a white backdrop. The color intensity depends on what your flash is 'zoomed' at, how close or far your flash is from your backdrop and / or subject, and shutter speed. There are many variations to work with, but it's fun to see what you can create. I had no problems securing the gels onto the flash and taking them off with the rubberized band. Thankfully, that 'rubber band' has small tabs at each side to make grasping it much easier, as opposed to regular rubber band that one could fumble with.
These gels fit my Cactus RF60 just fine, but a bit small for my old potato masher, the Sunpak 544. But that's to be expected. The Sunpak 544 is a monster. Needless to say, I'm enjoying just playing around with the new gels and learning what the correction gels can do by watching the tutorial videos online.
For anyone having a hard time attaching the gels with the 'rubber band' by Rogue, what I did was slid the rubber band onto the flash head first, then slipped the tabbed ends of the gel into the rubber band.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Indispensable tool for off-camera strobe photography!
These gel sets are an indispensable tool for the strobe/small flash user. The ability to add a little bit of color here and there takes an already good or great image to the next level! Being able to imbue mood, adding to the infinite possibilities for grading in post-production, etc. . . these gels become more and more handy the more you use them. Gelled lighting can be tricky at first, so be sure to experiment and try many different applications to figure out your own sweet spot with colored light. Don't give up after the first or second try. Your work will stand out if you persevere, and for $30, you'll own them for forever if you take care of them. Great value!
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Great gel kit
I was looking for a starter gel kit for my canon flashes (580 EX II and 2x 430 EX II). I bought one of these, and will probably now get the color corrective kit that includes 3x each color gel. These gels fit either flash easily, and are substantially larger than the flash head, which means no wasted time aligning them. The kit includes a rubber band you can slip the tabs under, or you can use a Honl or LumiQuest speedstrap, or whatever else you want. You could put little velcro squares on the tabs of the gel, and on your flash, if that's what you want.
Each gel is individually labeled with its color, and the amount of light it blocks (important for calculating flash output). The pouch they come in is very compact and handy. I just leave the whole pouch in my camera bag, and when I need a gel, pull it out, flip right to the gel I need, and have it on-flash right away. Very easy to use, effective, and a great kit if you're just getting started gelling your flash!
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Very fun addition to my travelling photography kit.
These are great fun to use and I would buy this product again in a heartbeat. I played with just about all of them within 2 days of purchase and if any of the gells wear out I know where to go to replace them. I took them on a trip recently, out of state, and the gells I used for an outdoor winter photoshoot worked perfectly. They worked well for another 5 indoor shoots, both for portrait shots and still photography. I really like how lightweight, durable, and small the kit is, which packs easily into my nikon's form-fitting camera bag. The rubber band which grips the gells to the flash works very nicely, and the tabs for adjusting it are great too. Would I buy this again? Yes. Would I recommend to a friend? Certainly.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Nice, easy to use set of gels
I had been searching for a flash gel set for awhile and was frustrated with the lack of options. Most kits function with velcro, which has to be stuck to your flash and was simply not appealing to me. Thankfully, I found this Rogue Gels kit which does not need velcro at all.
Instead, this kit uses a thick black rubber band which fits over the flash head. It is simple to use and easy to remove for when you are not using the gels.
A wide verity of gels are included, as seen in the photos. A nice velcro carry case is also included. The color-correcting gels are accurate and are simply wonderful if you are looking to balance tungsten or florescent light with your flash. Also, the color and amount of f-stop loss is printed on each gel, the latter of which makes it easy to compensate if you are using the flash in manual.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Excellent value for the money and work on round heads too
We make use of these for creative adjustments to our lights. While they are square in shape (do include wrap down tails) they work really well with round head lights too like the Godox R1 and AD200 Round Head attachement. The attached image was a purple on one light and gold (yellow) on the second.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Nicely Surprised
I was somewhat hesitant about ordering these. I spent quite a bit of time researching and looking at other brands from various companies and wasn't happy with what I found. So, my expectations were already low. However, I was very nicely surprised when I opened the package. These gels are well-made, well-organized, and well-protected. The gels themselves are good quality. A special touch for me is the set of tabs under which they're organized - great for quick reference and use. And the case is also well-made and designed to hold up.
Question & Answer
Question :
im just starting on exploring w/ colored gels is there a CTO warming gel included in these set
Answer :
Adding to Klee's answer: there are 5 correction Filters:
1/2 CTB (3200K to 4300K) 1/2 f/stop loss
Full CTO (6500K to 3200K) 1 f/stop loss
1/2 CTO (6500K to 3800K) 1/2 f/stop loss
1/4 CTO (6500K to 4600K) 1/2 f/stop loss
Plus Green (cc30 Green) 1/2 f/stop loss
Heavy Frost Diffusion 2 f/stop loss
Question :
This is probably a silly question but I'm a novice, so bear with me.. How are gels different from using the Kelvin settings on your camera?
Answer :
Gels are used to manipulate the color temperature of a given light source, while adjusting light temperature at the camera level, or at the post-processing WB stage, manipulates the entire scene. A common use of a warming gel, for example, is to warm flash so the flash's light temperature is closer to the temperature of warm ambient light.
Question :
Does anyone know if this fits the 600ex-rt? Thanks.
Answer :
Probably will fit since 600 has built in gel holder but I'm not so sure about filter bending around flash. If it makes problem, you can just cut gel's extended length. (Cut it only if you won't use it on other flash). BR.
Question :
anyone here uses this gel for canon 600 ex rt flash? Thanks.
Answer :
I haven't, but I don't see any reason why you couldn't. If anything use simple rubber bands to hold the gels in place.
Question :
Rogue makes circular gels for their grid, but does anyone use these universal lighting gels with the rogue grid? heat, bending, or other problems?
Answer :
I personally haven't had any problems. It would make more sense to get these gels over the gels designed for the grid simply because you can use them when you're not using the grid system.
Question :
What are these made of, and what is the diameter of each lens
Answer :
Hello,
Thank you for your questions. The diameter of each filter is 2.625" (67mm). It is made in a high quality material Gels by LEE Filters UK, the world's leading manufacturer of lighting filter products.
Please do not hesitate to contact us again with any question.
Thank you !
RAMSICO team
Question :
Can you buy extra rogue bands? I don't see them on Amazon or rogueflash.com sold separately?
Answer :
Rouge sells a 5-pack of the bands on Amazon for $9.95
Question :
Will these fit the flashpoint zoomlion ttl on-camera flash for canon?
Answer :
Just measure your flash head. The gels are 2.5" x 3" not counting the tabs. If it covers the flash head, it fits. If it doesn't, it doesn't.
Question :
Can the pouch be bought without any filters/gels anywhere?? I have my own that I custom cut to my flashes filter holder size... only need the pouch.
Answer :
There are several places on Amazon to buy the filter pouches. I bought a 3-pack of Altura filter pouches a year or so back. They're perfect for my set.
Question :
will these work with a nikon sb-800?
Answer :
I do not own a sb-800 but do not see why they would not work. The rubber band holds the gells on the speedlight. Works well with my SB-900 and SB-700.
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