Is there a "Consumer Reports" of flash/strobe photography that has done standardized testing to sort all this out for us?
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henry > Posner/B&H Photo-Video > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 10:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: EOS Re: 550ex vs strobes > > > Except these numbers can be "jazzed" much as stereo power amp output was > before the government required them to standardize on RMS (and even then > some rate their power into 4 amp loads and others into 8). > > A flash head can be designed to produce quite a high GN if the > reflector is > designed to produce a hotter center with relatively rapid falloff. Two > flashes with the same w/s and similar circuitry & flashtubes but with > different flash patterns will produce markedly different GN ratings. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
