In regards to Profoto - the light quality is nothing more than the frosted dome. Now, in regards to control and white balance, Profoto really shines. Max or Min power, the Profoto gear is accurate and consistent. That perk aside, people on a forum who've never used Profoto simply don't get what it's like. Like Shatterkiss stated, it's a matter of being introduced to it. I've done assisting work for people using both Dynalite and Profoto. I'll never buy Dynalite (sorry Brent). I would buy Profoto, but don't want to have the cost of doing so. I can do 90% what Profoto does with my X1600's. If I'm careful. What Profoto also gives you over most other manufacturers is build quality and the single modifier mount to ever be touched by God. Even a lot of professional photographers don't have a clue what it is to be on a commercial shoot, let alone most of the readers on FM. It's chaotic with supreme gear punishment. While the little things quickly make or break gear from a set worthy aspect (simply because the demands are extremely high on gear on a commercial set). Good gear with even a slightly less quality than Profoto can quickly fail. So, even though I personally don't own Profoto, I've used them and fully appreciate them. It's not a matter of being an elitist (although with the amount of $ it takes to get into Profoto can create some fanboy response to justify the purchase). But with Profoto, it really is that good.
I only bought Bron for one feature that no other pack has. If I could of found a pack with the same feature for much less I would of bought it!
But I will say this, I had a primo head on a stand fall during a shoot a couple of weeks ago. It was about 12 feet high and fell square on a corner of the head.
The protective glass dome bounced off and shattered, but the head just had a very little dent in it...
Many if us have been through these debates in the past and fell a bit burned by them. Simon sticks in there, and in that regard he speaks for a lot of us who have "dropped out"!
Oh, that's just because I'm an idiot who has trouble learning his lessons. For the most part, I skip threads that are AB-specific to avoid getting dragged into flamewars and being tagged a "photo snob".
shatterkiss wrote:
Oh, that's just because I'm an idiot who has trouble learning his lessons. For the most part, I skip threads that are AB-specific to avoid getting dragged into flamewars and being tagged a "photo snob".
I think a lot of us do. Sometimes I'm feeling a little sadomachistic, so I post.
On these new einsteins i believe I read where you will have a different setting to get a quicker T1 time. Will this help in recycle times if there is a setting like this? Or will it still expel full energy and take the full amount of time to recycle.
Einstein has two primary modes: Constant color (Constant 5600°k over 8 f stops range) and Action. It never expels the full capacitor charge , rather it shuts the tube off when the desired power is produced. In Action Mode it maintains the fastest possible duration in the process (as fast as 1/10,000 t.1). It (like Bron and other IGBT controlled flash) does this at the cost of rising color temperature as you reduce power. It also achieves very fast durations in Constant Color mode as you reduce power, but not as dramatically as in Action Mode. The mode selection has no effect on recycle time of approximately 500WS/sec.
Einstein displays color temperature and t.1 time at each power setting and mode.
Yes. ISO25 to 1000, shutter 1 second to 1/1000, f1 to f64 (incedent dome). Actually sets the light(s) to metered f stop and you can adjust power looking at f stops for one light, groups, or aggregate. You can see the f stop for each of sixteeen lights at a glance on the bargraph and watch them all go up or down as you bracket.
Cyber Commander is in intense final development now. We have made many improvements along the way and are now programming and purchasing parts. Even more refinements are being made to Einstein. CSRB+ and CSR+ (the interface between Cyber Commander and vintage Buff lights is almost ready.
I don't want to release final specs until they are generated from final production models, but you should start seeing much more detail over the next 30 days.
Please explain the metering stuff, is the commander going to have some kind of metering in it? Sounds exciting, but also too good to be true kinda thing.
So far, the Einsteins sound excellent, I'll be saving my money for them.
Saw a picture of the Einstein light in Shutterbug. There doing a comparison on lights.I have money burning a hole in my pocket.Was about to order some AB1600, but will try and wait a little longer!!
delthedog wrote:
Saw a picture of the Einstein light in Shutterbug. There doing a comparison on lights.I have money burning a hole in my pocket.Was about to order some AB1600, but will try and wait a little longer!!
bacilonur wrote:
Link or it didn't happen!
It is (barely) in Oct Shutterbug. Just got it today myself. They published this a month early. Doesn't say much and is a cad rendering. The guy that did this "buyer's guide" nonsense shows a complete lack of understanding how studio flash works when you adjust power and gave incorrect info on the subject. No wonder people are confused by this. I intend to take his ignorance up with the publisher.
Well I for one am extremely excited about the new lights. I just hope you make enough to supply the demand. I would hate to have a month or so of backorders
