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sungphoto wrote:
ronchau wrote:
sungphoto wrote:
ronchau wrote:
The Profoto A2 and Godox AD100 pretty much occupy the same place in the respective company lineup as a small step up from a speed light.
Godox vs Profoto only matters if you have not made a decision on a lighting ecosystem yet. There always seems to be jabbing back and forth btw Godox and Profoto owners.
To me, my lights are just tools that get the job done.
If you're at a stage where you're just stepping up from a speedlight, it'd probably make more sense to pick up a B10 at the very least if not a 500 ws D2, B1 or B1X. The A2 looks nifty but it seems like a product built by marketing teams.
I think the target market for the A2 and AD100 is event photographers who use several lights for mixing in with the ambient lighting. The round head accessories like gels, grids, etc., are useful in this application and the small size is helpful with keeping the light/stand less obtrusive to the venue.
If you're primarily doing events, you're probably making barely enough to cover renting extra lighting and probably better off just getting more speedlights or a more powerful light. Godox or a similar lower priced lighting system makes way more sense for event photogs. Profoto is great but unless you're working regularly and often, it's generally smarter to just rent.
My guess is profoto was thinking "how do we get event and wedding photographers to buy an entry level light, when they can barely afford one of our modifiers.." and tada, the A2 was spit out. Once you put a grid, speedring etc you might as well have a B10 up there at the very least for similar money much more power.
I just started woring part time on weekends for a few large wedding photo companies. Most of their photographers are the same. I see both Godox and Profoto. Speedlights, little 100w and 200w strobes.
In the FM wedding section there is a recent post discussing using Profotos.
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