cambyses Offline Upload & Sell: On
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I don't think barn doors and grids serve the same purpose though. With grids you end up with a more focused/narrowed circular light whereas with barn doors, you technically can enforce somewhat asymmetric control on the light. (couple of examples shown here: http://lowel.tiffen.com/edu/light_controls/barndoors.html). Of course, one can achieve similar results with flags too, but barn doors would just make it more convenient and easier particularly for smaller adjustments.
Anyway, since we already had both Magnum and Narrow Beam Reflector, I just bit the bullet and bought the barn doors for them when a new one got listed on eBay for less than half the retail price. Even at half price, it is still way too expensive, IMO, but, hey, what can I do? It is Profoto after all, and I figured I can use it, and if/when I need extra cash, sell it again, hopefully at small loss.
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