Can't see why anyone would spend that kind of cash on that light. It tries to claim to be a soft light, but unless held 2 ft away, i don't see how that can be the case.
boshek wrote:
anyone using them?? what do you think?? underpowered
Underpowered for what? They're only about 150 watts (not watt-seconds) equivalent, so yeah, they're low in power, but for some uses -- light painting, macro, small-product photography, etc. -- they may be just fine.
I've never used one, but I did find this video by the designer interesting:
BrianO wrote:
Underpowered for what? They're only about 150 watts (not watt-seconds) equivalent, so yeah, they're low in power, but for some uses -- light painting, macro, small-product photography, etc. -- they may be just fine.
I've never used one, but I did find this video by the designer interesting:
boshek wrote:
after watching that video I want TWO!
I want two, too.
The interesting thing for me is that because the light is about 15" long but only a couple of inches wide, you can simultaneously get soft light in one dimension and hard light in the other.
You can really see the effect in the video at 8:08, where the shadow cast on the young man's face by his hat is soft, but the shadows cast by the bars of the fence are hard.
Also nice is that, since it's a continuous light, you have on always-on modeling light so you can see the effects as you move the light and/or the subject.
