Hello Glen, I have two B800's with reversible 42" umbrellas. Considering getting a 3rd for backgrounds.
When I shopped around, they were most definitely the best bang for the buck. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 11:03:18 AM, you wrote: G> Hi, Bruce. G> I forgot one thing: What model of Alien Bee monolight are you using? G> thanks again, G> Glen G> At 01:38 PM 9/28/2005, Bruce Dayton wrote: >>Hello Glen, >> >>With the Alien Bees - 1 full power and 1 half power it would be about >>f16 shot into umbrellas. The Af360FGZ's would have had a Lumiquest >>softbox diffuser. >> >>-- >>Best regards, >>Bruce >> >> >>Wednesday, September 28, 2005, 10:09:54 AM, you wrote: >> >>G> At 12:48 PM 9/28/2005, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> >> >>On top of that, the >> >>power difference was quite major. With the portable flashes, I could >> >>only achieve about f5.6 at full power with ISO 160 film. I found that >> >>to be inadequate most of the time. When shooting that type of stuff >> >>with a background, many times you'd like the whole subject in focus. >> >>It was also hard to set and see ratios. >> >>G> Okay, if your aperture was 5.6 with the portables, what would it be with >>G> the Alien Bee monolights? >> >>G> Thanks, for the link to Alien Bee. I'll check it out right now. >> >>G> thanks, >>G> Glen >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.7/112 - Release Date: 9/26/2005
