Scott Clark
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 p.2 #4 · Poor Starving Photographer's Quantum Turbo... | |
You know what's funny...in the time that's passed since I posted this thread I've decided I'm happy with just a AA battery pack for on camera flash. For a speedlite (or two) on a stand I have a Dynalite Jackrabbit.
I did however buy a big (and kind of expensive) 10AH NIMH battery pack...I made an adapter to run my portable Norman lighting setup, and put together a *very* portable 400 watt second two light set. I've got two Norman 200b packs, two heads, and the power supply all in a shoulder bag that's easy to carry around. Because the packs are already 12V, I don't need an inverter  . I also made an adapter that plugs into the AC adapter for my 1Ds, so if I ever needed *really* long battery life I have it.
Eventually I'm going to get a pure sine wave inverter to run studio lights on location with that battery...it would be smaller/lighter than a Vagabond, but the VBII uses a 20AH battery so I would get roughly half as many pops. I'm curious to see how many full power shots I can get with my WL X3200...probably not that many. It would be a lot more fun to pack around than a VB anyway. That battery only weighs 3 pounds...a 10AH lead acid battery weighs closer to 10 pounds .
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