Which thread said that? Was that an anonymous source or one of Paul's people? I called for something else a few weeks ago and the girl on the phone didn't even know much about the battery system being used, let alone when it'd ship.
And the battery was sited by Paul. The Einstein unit has an input to hook up to a bare SLA battery. This is brilliant, IMO, and the battery can still be placed in a bag like the Vagabond and used as a sand bag at the bottom of the light stand.
I'm also excited to hear about the Einsteins . . .
cineski . . . you are considering the Profoto Compacts? The 4 stop range killed it for me. The D1's looked awesome, but the modifier flaw is seriously very stupid . . . to me it's no longer a Profoto light if it doesn't have the famed collar mount.
I am also waiting on more info on the new Radio Popper claim that with the new receiver you can shoot at 8000th of a second shutter speed using a AB strobe.
If this work as that say I will then not need 1000 watts of power to shoot out in the sun.
They say the longer the flash tube burn is the better it works and the ABs work great for this.
I am afraid that the new Einsteins i have been waiting for will be to good. the flash burn will be very short making it not work as good as a older AB that is a slower burn for the new poppers.
Here is the info on this http://radiopopper.com/blog/?p=69
What they claim is close to a perpetuum mobile.
Some food for thoughts: "the longer the flash burn".....the more you cut from it at 1/8000, thus reducing the flash power / exposure value severely.
Seriously... these people don't get the point. ABs have very fast flash durations, especially the AB400. You've only got 1/8000th of a second for the flash to make a difference, so what do you think will be more powerful: A strobe with a t.5 of 1/6000, or a t.5 of 1/300?
The D1's still have the Profoto mod mount. It was the built in reflector that caused some flurry, but it seems they have a glass dome you can put over it that spreads the light more than the 77 degree that build into it. The only reason I'm interested in the Compacts is because they're Profoto and cheaper than the D1's with the normal exposed bulb. I've never needed very low flash as I tend to shoot ISO 100 as much as I can with light soaking modifiers. They're heavy, though, with overall worse performance than the D1's. Half price, though.
sboerup wrote:
I'm also excited to hear about the Einsteins . . .
cineski . . . you are considering the Profoto Compacts? The 4 stop range killed it for me. The D1's looked awesome, but the modifier flaw is seriously very stupid . . . to me it's no longer a Profoto light if it doesn't have the famed collar mount.
Has anyone heard from Paul lately, are things alright on a personal level?
I hope everything is alright with him.
On another note, I'm guessing there are a lot of wrinkles to iron out, when trying to develop a flash system so it'll probably take a while. Summers good though right, you all can make great use of the battery feature outdoors in the good weather!!
adamdewilde wrote:
Hopefully they'll be ready this month, as I'm going to NY in May and would love to pick a few up and try them out.
If they are not out yet, I would not count on them for a project. They still need to go through extensive testing. No reason to be the first in line unless you want to be an alpha tester.
rffffffff wrote:
IShatterkiss and others: I really was under the impression that one of the main benefits of profoto lights was the line of modifiers and attachments.
There are features of the base system, and there are modifiers.
With Bron I use a number of quite specialized modifiers. Profoto also has similar:
* fresnel, large, with focus adjustment
* fresnel with projection lens
* parabolic reflectors with a variety of glass lenses
* Para 7' umbrella reflector
* sunlite attachment
* fiber optic attachment
* hazylight
* hmi that uses same modifiers
There are also base features that are critical to me, or nice to have:
* repeatible digital adjustment in .1 stops
* ability to dim lights and do slow recharge (when electric circuits are limited)
* support for 240 volt power. ability to switch 120 to 240
* protecting glass for flash tube
* ready beep at 100% of charge
* up to 650 watt modelling light
* 5 or more proportional modelling light settings (so lights of different Ws can work together with WYSIWYG)
* constant color temperature
* programmable flash duration
* ability to program multiple pops, as little as .02 seconds apart
Paul Buff wrote:
I don't think the photo snobs are ever going to accept any product that doesn't cost as much as theirs. So I'm afraid Einstein will just have to settle for the 90% of non-snob users.
I find it quite funny that we are "snobs" because we have a need for features that AB's don't have. They are, after all, entry level units.
If no-one needs those features, why make the Einstein to begin with? It basically matches features that have been out for 15 years on other units.
c.d.embrey wrote:
But mmurph, neither Bron or Profoto are available in either Lime Green or Pink ... nuff said
True. No "flame orange" either, much to my disappointment:
"A very special, signed and numbered limited collectors edition Flame Orange AlienBees B800"
Imagine the possibilities if you mix and match parts! Lime green, Pink, and Flame Orange on the same unit. But, hey, Bianchi had "Celeste Blue."
I just bought some red, white, and blue plaid pajama bottoms that I am thinking about weearing to a shoot. They look cool with my white and black striped "Vans" hoody and some thick black framed reading glasses (think "Drew Carey.") Seriously. If I wasn't so old I would ...
