Re: Profoto D1s better than Godox for long sessions
Guys, a $58 Aputure Amaran and a $20 DSTE battery dilate the hell out of pupils and run for at least 6 hours at a charge (I ran a timer on mine and had finished my gig before it ran out). Two batteries and you're good for a 12 hour day without question.
Color accuracy on the XplorPro, even in standard mode, is *at least* as good as a Pro8a, if not better, and I guarantee it's better in Color Mode. That's a battery strobe versus what is currently the most widely installed and dominant AC studio light Profoto offers. I have the numbers to back it up courtesy the Sekonic C700.
Sung: I've seen the color shift you're talking about - my theory is that it happens as the strobe recharges the capacitors fully every, hmm, 7-10 frames. But guess what? It happens with Profoto too. In fact IIRC the Pro8a numbers I got showed greater shifts over the power range than the original Xplor.
Not trying to argue - just looking to reframe the conversation. The old ways of doing things are over. If you have an AC based workflow you're happy with, you like how the knobs feel, how the strobe smells, more power to you. But to insist it's objectively better is questionable
Jun 08, 2018 at 08:40 PM
Previous versions of jlafferty's message #14494506 « Profoto D1s better than Godox for long sessions »
