p.3 #1 · Profoto D1s better than Godox for long sessions
MRomine wrote:
Maybe I'm reading your tone incorrectly but your response almost sounds dismissive as if you think flash duration could not possibly be the reason for the inconsistencies in the color of your files. Flash duration and color temperature inconsistencies have been an issue as long as I have known anything about strobes. Which is a good 35 years or so. So what I shared with you above is nothing new. Obviously there have been huge strides in technology in this arena and there have been great improvements. But it still rears it's ugly head from time to time. Those who shoot commercially wether it be product, fashion, cars or anything else where color reproduction and color consistency is an absolute must and where a certain color must be held or matched to a standard PMS color come to realize that they need better control and spend the money on Broncolor gear. This way they can to be assured of minimizing these issues. Broncolor has long been the cadillac of strobes and they are still the best at providing the least amount of color variance from full power to minimal power. That doesn't mean that for 90% of the work being done today something else wont work. Most jobs simply don't require that level of control.
You said that Profoto is the most broadly used lights in fashion today but that is different than saying that Profoto is the most color accurate system in use today. That's two different things entirely. Just because they are the most used by fashion shooters does not mean they they are the best at color reproduction and consistency. There are all kinds of reasons why fashion shooters shoot with Profoto, which I love btw. Many are influenced by what other photographers do so they think they have the same to achieve the same. So they buy Profoto gear because their mentor who is a successful shooter uses it. Most fashion shooters aren't really fashion shooters at all and would have no idea how to go about biding, organizing and pulling off a true fashion gig but they call themselves fashion shooters because it is the cool thing to be. Plus most fashion shooters could never afford Broncolor gear anyway. There are few fashion shooters who are really making any money at being a fashion shooter. Nor do they have any idea what Broncolor gear it brings to the table over Profoto gear and most don't care anyway.
I'm not saying for a certainty that your gear is suffering from inconsistent flash durations and subsequently effecting the color temperature output of your light because I'm not a technician but I also wound not be surprised if that is the problem that you are having. It's more common than you may think. So I threw that out there because you seemed to be looking for some ideas or answers. ...Show more →
Ha I think you have posts/posters confused.
Regardless, thanks for your thoughts - I still don't know what was causing the tint shifts on my Godox lights, but it seems like switching over to Profoto for my long sessions has helped a lot (as well as helping quite a bit in terms of misfires). Definitely selling my AD600s now and just keeping my AD200s - for weddings and personal work abroad, the AD200s are perfect and I'll cry less if I drop one off a cliff.
p.3 #3 · Profoto D1s better than Godox for long sessions
This might be the right time to mention that B&H is running a special on B2 kits. B2 is not to B confused with the Pro-B2. Anyway, it's 30% off one- and two-head configs.
p.3 #4 · Profoto D1s better than Godox for long sessions
rico wrote:
This might be the right time to mention that B&H is running a special on B2 kits. B2 is not to B confused with the Pro-B2. Anyway, it's 30% off one- and two-head configs.
I'm waiting on someone unloading her B2 for super cheap, otherwise I'd prob pull the trigger on a new one with the prices where they are. I think the B2's sweet spot is closer to $1000 new right now considering the options we have at that watt second range
Anyway, it's 30% off one- and two-head configs.