If you like the Alien Bees, you should also like the White Lightnings.
Manufactured by the same company.
One thing to consider is the replacement cost for modeling lamps and
flash tubes. The Alien Bees replacement tube is about half the cost of
the tube for the Bowens monolights, and about
From: Rob Studdert
CFLs with integrated ballasts/electronics generally run at a higher
frequency then the mains so that's generally not a problem. And from
experience I would expect that cylindrical fluorescent tubes designed
for photo-lights would likely be designed to exhibit persistence that
I quite like my Photogenics and would recommend anyone buying a serious set
of lights to consider them.
I'm new to the studio lights, but I will say that the photography
school where I've been taking some workshops recently has Photogenics
in their portrait studios. Considering they get used
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From: Christine Nielsen
Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions
I quite like my Photogenics and would recommend anyone buying a serious
set
of lights to consider them.
I'm new to the studio lights, but I will say that the photography
Elinchrom or Bowens are the only way to go if you are serious. That said,
I've been shooting Alien Bees for years now and love them. They now have a
distributor in Australia which is even better, and you can get the same
features for half of the price of either of the aforementioned brands.
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Subject: RE: studio light brand suggestions
Elinchrom or Bowens are the only way to go if you are serious.
Do you
On 06/06/2010, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Out of phase issues with the CFLs: hmmm, I hadn't heard anything about that,
but it certainly sounds like a valid concern. I'd imagine that would vary
widely by CFL make and the amount of coating used in the tube.
Re LED stage lights:
Hi Christine,
I'm no expert on studio lighting, prefering to work with natural light, but I
have to order the lighting for my employers studio. The general consensus here
in the Uk is to use Bowens, I've bought Bowens Gemini 250R kits, they're pretty
good value, quite comprehensive and
For continuous light, I tend to buy clamp lights from the hardware store.
Relatively inexpensive, easy to replace and almost infinitely versatile in
their placement.
I have been extremely impressed with the service at Paul C Buff / alienbee.
When a bulb went out on one of my white
Hello Christine,
Sorry, I can't help. I shoot with Alien Bees monolights. They seem
to be about the best bang for the buck. Pretty much the features of
the big boys, but not quite the duty cycle. So if you are a part
timer, they work very well. If you are going to use them day in/day
out for
Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions:
Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio
lights* to be used for portraiture?
Bowens seems to be the choice of pros. Like Nikon, and Canon...
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From: Christine Aguila
Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions:
Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio
lights* to be used for portraiture?
What Bruce said. The Alien Bees have a decent
William Robb wrote:
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From: Christine Aguila
Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions:
Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio
lights* to be used for portraiture?
What Bruce said. The Alien
Christine Aguila wrote:
*continuous tungsten studio
lights*
You dislike your subjects _that_ much? Or are you doing winter nudes?
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Christine Aguila wrote:
Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions:
Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio
lights* to be used for portraiture?
P.S. I suspect they mill be much more expensive to run.
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From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions
The latest trend in hotlights seems to be clusters of CFLs, so not so much
heat any more. The other trend is LEDs but they are *really* expensive
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From: mike wilson
Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions
P.S. I suspect they mill be much more expensive to run.
Wouldn't even be on the radar. Electricity is not an expensive commodity in
North America, and I expect with hot lights
William Robb wrote:
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From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions
The latest trend in hotlights seems to be clusters of CFLs, so not so
much heat any more. The other trend is LEDs
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From: Bruce Walker
Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions
Out of phase issues with the CFLs: hmmm, I hadn't heard anything about
that, but it certainly sounds like a valid concern. I'd imagine that would
vary widely by CFL make
I try to avoid taking portraits, but I've been using two Verilux lamps
that I was given for personal use reading... I tilt them up and
tape a piece of white paper loosely around them for softness... they
last forever , don't produce a lot of heat and seem to be fine
for the job - in conjunction,
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