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It's primarily size. You get wider coverage, more 'fill' and thus a softer light at the same distance. That said, the 88 is much smaller for smaller spaces and can get a more focused/fresnel look.
The Mola analogy is pretty close.
One big difference is the ease with which you can get the '24 light' ring-light effect when fully defocused with little to no light emitting from the center.
The larger the para, the easier it gets. We use ours with 6" alu baby pin extensions on the rods to allow us to get them as defocused as we want.
We often use a Godox R1200 ring light with the metal/glass shield replaced by a DIY (UV-coated) plexi safety shield to mimic the Bron Ring Light P, but...
...when using Profoto exposed bulb lamps, etc, the smaller para can be tweaked by blocking off the center of the rearward facing lamp to cut any direct light from the center of the para.
We use some carbon fiber discs we had kicking-around attached to inside of the Bowens/Profoto light mounts to block any direct light from the center of the lamp going rearward. Any opaque disc as large, or slightly larger, than the size of the lamp dome works.
Edited on Jul 23, 2022 at 06:47 AM · View previous versions
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