I have one of those. I use it as a hair light or background light in my studio. It's a very basic flash head, but it's useful. Paul On Dec 13, 2009, at 11:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> As mentioned, one of my white lightnings let the magic smoke out about a week > ago. I pulled it apart for a quick look see, but didn't see any obviously > fried components. Paul C Buff says that they'd be willing to fix it for $50. > The downside to this flash is that it isn't very adjustable. > > I'd love to replace it with an alienbee, but at around $250, not too likely > on my current budget. > > I've been poking around and found one thing that looks downright brilliant > for many applications, especially at $25: > http://www.ephotodiscounters.com/product_info.php?products_id=8 > > I could see all sort of applications for a bunch of those, like setting up a > softbox with them, or like last weekend when I wanted to light a fairly large > room, just put a bunch of them in clamp lights, and use radio triggers on > several of them. > > They also have other low-buck studio strobes that are a bit more conventional > in design, like this one: > http://www.ephotodiscounters.com/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=53 > > Link Delight, over in Hong Kong have similar units, but it's $30 shipping for > each: > http://www.linkdelight.com/index.php/Flashes-Strobes/Blazzeo-Swift-250ws-Studio-Flash-Light-Lamphead-110V/Detailed-product-flyer.html > http://www.linkdelight.com/index.php/Flashes-Strobes/Blazzeo-180W-Studio-Photo-Flash-Strobe-Light-Lamp-110V/Detailed-product-flyer.html > > Does anyone have experience with these low buck studio strobes? Do they work > OK? Or am I much better off spending 2-3 times as much for the alienbees? > http://www.alienbees.com/b400.html > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
