The first thing they\'d notice is that the vents in the front plate are neither , in your misleading verbiage, \"huge\" or \"light sucking \". The second thing they\'d notice after the unit was turned on is that the airflow is positive from the body of the Einstein out past the modeling light and flash tube assembly (another portion of the airflow exhausts fro the top of the unit)
The issue is heat rises..... remember that\'s the part of the class where you get to play with the cool balloons? All the heat in going through these large vent holes when the flash is angle down. If you have a theory of why the flash is overheating I would love to hear it. Maybe you can help Paul too with some ways to take care of the overheating lights he is sending everyone, so they and start using them a a hair light. At some point the line to send them back for the new face plate is going to be longer than pre-order/back-order line.... Don\'t you think
These two mischaracterizations on your part , along with your prior statement that I must have \"(taken) the back plate off the housing\" and by \"housing\" I assume you meant the body of the flash, leads me to believe that you haven\'t ever actually handled an Einstein.
Your right, I don\'t have a Einstein but I would assume taking the front plate off the flash and placing a light source in front would be the only way to accurately test and review the amount of light passing through it. Would you mind posting a picture of the side panel of the flash removed? I would like everyone one following this to have a look on the other side of the panel. Then we can see if they think it\'s at all possible to get a light reading of the amount of light passing through the vent holes in the way you described. I don\'t know one way or the other..... maybe if you don\'t post a picture somebody else will.
If you want argue that have a forward mounted flash tube makes for more even light in a softbox than by that logic the Speedotron Blackline, Profoto, Broncolor, the Dynalite 4040 head, Balcar\'s, and Broncolor\'s head designs are clearly superior to Elinchrom\'s design.
Not really sure because I have not tested all these other lines. All I can comment is that Elincrom is better IMO than anything PCB offers and it\'s because the flash tube sits further inside the modifier than anything Paul offers. It would be funny if in the next few years we see a redesigned lower profile insert/speedring.
I have worked with Profoto and I can say that it\'s the best mount that I\'ve currently worked with. Being able to adjust the placement in their design is awesome.
So yes I do agree with you that \"People can form their own conclusions about who is talking \"gibberish\"\".
I\'m good with that... You are still dodging my legitimate question on if you agree with paul that every softbox type modifier would need to be re-designed because of the flash tube being moved completely inside the modifier to give 100 percent bounce on every surface of the modifier?
It\'s easy at this point to see you wrote a review for a major magazine that missed every design flaw that has come to light after they have been in the publics hand for a short time. Maybe it\'s warranted for you do some more testing and confirm issues the inventor even acknowledges. Then write a followup review for Professional Photographer Magazine since thousands and thousands need to send them back for a replacement for them to work as advertised.
BTW: I\'m pretty sure Paul Buff was wrong when he said that Photoflex came up with the softbox Speedring + adapter + sub reflector (as needed by individual head designs) insert. I\'m about 99% sure that is a Chimera innovation from the days when Gary Regester was a partner there ( late 1970s through early 1980s ) as well as cofounder and softbox designer before leaving to create the Plume Wafer softboxes at Plume ltd. [url]http://www.plumeltd.com[/url]
Not really sure about all that. I will leave you and Paul to sort this out. I just thought Balcar invented Paul\'s mount and he corrected me and said Photoflex did it.
Aug 26, 2010 at 07:49 PM
Kacey Offline [X]
Re: PLM V2's announced!
The first thing they\'d notice is that the vents in the front plate are neither , in your misleading verbiage, \"huge\" or \"light sucking \". The second thing they\'d notice after the unit was turned on is that the airflow is positive from the body of the Einstein out past the modeling light and flash tube assembly (another portion of the airflow exhausts fro the top of the unit)
The issue is heat rises..... remember that\'s the part of the class where you get to play with the cool balloons? All the heat in going through these large vent holes when the flash is angle down. If you have a theory of why the flash is overheating I would love to hear it. Maybe you can help Paul too with some ways to take care of the overheating lights he is sending everyone, so they and start using them a a hair light. At some point the line to send them back for the new face plate is going to be longer than pre-order/back-order line.... Don\'t you think
These two mischaracterizations on your part , along with your prior statement that I must have \"(taken) the back plate off the housing\" and by \"housing\" I assume you meant the body of the flash, leads me to believe that you haven\'t ever actually handled an Einstein.
Your right, I don\'t have a Einstein but I would assume taking the front plate off the flash and placing a light source in front would be the only way to accurately test and review the amount of light passing through it. Would you mind posting a picture of the side panel of the flash removed? I would like everyone one following this to have a look on the other side of the panel. Then we can see if they think it\'s at all possible to get a light reading of the amount of light passing through the vent holes in the way you described. I don\'t know one way or the other..... maybe if you don\'t post a picture somebody else will.
If you want argue that have a forward mounted flash tube makes for more even light in a softbox than by that logic the Speedotron Blackline, Profoto, Broncolor, the Dynalite 4040 head, Balcar\'s, and Broncolor\'s head designs are clearly superior to Elinchrom\'s design.
Not really sure because I have not tested all these other lines. All I can comment is that Elincrom is better IMO than anything PCB offers and it\'s because the flash tube sits further inside the modifier than anything Paul offers. It would be funny if in the next few years we see a redesigned lower profile insert/speedring.
I have worked with Profoto and I can say that it\'s the best mount that I\'ve currently worked with. Being able to adjust the placement in their design is awesome.
So yes I do agree with you that \"People can form their own conclusions about who is talking \"gibberish\"\".
I\'m good with that... You are still dodging my legitimate question on if you agree with paul that every softbox type modifier would need to be re-designed because of the flash tube being moved completely inside the modifier to give 100 percent bounce on every surface of the modifier?
It\'s easy at this point to see you wrote a review for a major magazine that missed every design flaw that has come to light after they have been in the publics hand for a short time. Maybe it\'s warranted for you do some more testing and confirm issues the inventor even acknowledges. Then write a followup review for Professional Photographer Magazine since thousands and thousands need to send them back for a replacement for them to work as advertised.
BTW: I\'m pretty sure Paul Buff was wrong when he said that Photoflex came up with the softbox Speedring + adapter + sub reflector (as needed by individual head designs) insert. I\'m about 99% sure that is a Chimera innovation from the days when Gary Regester was a partner there ( late 1970s through early 1980s ) as well as cofounder and softbox designer before leaving to create the Plume Wafer softboxes at Plume ltd. [url]http://www.plumeltd.com[/url]
Not really sure about all that. I will leave you and Paul to sort this out. I just thought Balcar invented Paul\'s mount and he corrected me and said Photoflex did it.
Aug 26, 2010 at 06:49 PM
Kacey Offline [X]
Re: PLM V2's announced!
The first thing they\'d notice is that the vents in the front plate are neither , in your misleading verbiage, \"huge\" or \"light sucking \". The second thing they\'d notice after the unit was turned on is that the airflow is positive from the body of the Einstein out past the modeling light and flash tube assembly (another portion of the airflow exhausts fro the top of the unit)
The issue is heat rises..... remember that\'s the part of the class where you get to play with the cool balloons? All the heat in going through these large vent holes when the flash is angle down. If you have a theory of why the flash is overheating I would love to hear it. Maybe you can help Paul too with some ways to take care of the overheating lights he is sending everyone, so they and start using them a a hair light. At some point the line to send them back for the new face plate is going to be longer than pre-order/back-order line.... Don\'t you think
These two mischaracterizations on your part , along with your prior statement that I must have \"(taken) the back plate off the housing\" and by \"housing\" I assume you meant the body of the flash, leads me to believe that you haven\'t ever actually handled an Einstein.
Your right, I don\'t have a Einstein but I would assume taking the front plate off the flash and placing a light source in front would be the only way to accurately test and review the amount of light passing through it. Would you mind posting a picture of the side panel of the flash removed? I would like everyone one following this to have a look on the other side of the panel. Then we can see if they think it\'s at all possible to get a light reading of the amount of light passing through the vent holes in the way you described. I don\'t know one way or the other..... maybe if you don\'t post a picture somebody else will.
If you want argue that have a forward mounted flash tube makes for more even light in a softbox than by that logic the Speedotron Blackline, Profoto, Broncolor, the Dynalite 4040 head, Balcar\'s, and Broncolor\'s head designs are clearly superior to Elinchrom\'s design.
Not really sure because I have not tested all these other lines. All I can comment is that Elincrom is better IMO than anything PCB offers and it\'s because the flash tube sits further inside the modifier than anything Paul offers. It would be funny if in the next few years we see a redesigned lower profile insert/speedring.
I have worked with Profoto and I can say that it\'s the best mount that I\'ve currently worked with. Being able to adjust the placement in their design is awesome.
So yes I do agree with you that \"People can form their own conclusions about who is talking \"gibberish\"\".
I\'m good with that... You are still dodging my legitimate question on if you agree with paul that every softbox type modifier would need to be re-designed because of the flash tube being moved completely inside the modifier to give 100 percent bounce on every surface of the modifier?
It\'s easy at this point to see you wrote a review for a major magazine that missed every design flaw that has come to light after they have been in the publics hand for a short time. Maybe it\'s warranted for you do some more testing and confirm issues the inventor even acknowledges. Then write a followup review for Professional Photographer Magazine since thousands and thousands need to send them back for a replacement for them to work as advertised.
BTW: I\'m pretty sure Paul Buff was wrong when he said that Photoflex came up with the softbox Speedring + adapter + sub reflector (as needed by individual head designs) insert. I\'m about 99% sure that is a Chimera innovation from the days when Gary Regester was a partner there ( late 1970s through early 1980s ) as well as cofounder and softbox designer before leaving to create the Plume Wafer softboxes at Plume ltd. [url]http://www.plumeltd.com[/url]
Not really sure about all that. I will leave you and Paul to sort this out. I just thought Balcar invented Paul\'s mount and he corrected me and said Photoflex did it.
