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Powered strobes
#1
Posted 29 July 2016 - 08:46 PM
If really prefer not to spend 10k on lights. I think I'll need 4 at a minimum. Has anyone had any luck with mid priced lights vs going all out with profoto bank breakers?
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#2
Posted 30 July 2016 - 12:28 AM
I used Quantum Qflash units before I got my Broncolor Verso system. They worked well, but they didn't offer the precise control or the raw power of a Broncolor, Elinchrom or Profoto system. I think dcbear78 uses a Godox clone of the Qflash and likes it very much. The ~400 J of the smallish bulb in a Qflash or clone doesn't give the same light output as the larger bulbs in the battery-adapted more conventional systems, but they work well and the clones cost a small fraction of the pack and head or monoblock units.
By the way, if you think the Profoto B-1 are bankbreakers I think you will get a bad case of sticker shock if you price out a 4-head Broncolor Move or Verso solution . The Siros L monoblocks are relatively cheap, for full-on studio lights with the battery power option.
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#3
Posted 30 July 2016 - 03:38 AM
Will you be permitted to use this kind of flash? Most sporting events I know of do not permit flash during competitions.
#4
Posted 30 July 2016 - 05:24 AM
Adorama.... Flashpoint Xplor 600 (Adorama rebadged Godox AD600)... You can thank me later
Will you be permitted to use this kind of flash? Most sporting events I know of do not permit flash during competitions.
I thought the same thing till I started doing some research. As I was looking at other images at the PRCA level, I realized that flash was being used, so started talking to the photographers. They all use strobes. In the major arenas, the are using 10 or more to get good coverage.
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#5
Posted 30 July 2016 - 01:25 PM
I've never shot rodeos but I've been to them so I know that there's action all over the arena. I can't help but wonder how you're going to follow that action with a fixed strobe... unless you plan to just blast as much light as possible and cover the entire arena.
--Ron
#6
Posted 30 July 2016 - 03:37 PM
Ron, I'm pretty sure I won't need more than a 500w system. But I do want something with a decent recycle time. I looked at the Flashpoint ones, they appear to be battery only? I can't imagine they would last through a rodeo. I very well could be wrong.
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#7
Posted 30 July 2016 - 06:58 PM
#8
Posted 31 July 2016 - 02:54 AM
Can these be run strictly from AC power, or only the battery pack? I worry that the battery won't last as long as I need it to.
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#9
Posted 31 July 2016 - 05:19 AM
Also worth remembering using lighting will change the dynamic a bit. You'll be able to drop shutter speed down to something like 1/200s and still freeze action. This obviously affects the other facets of your exposure.
#10
Posted 31 July 2016 - 05:27 AM
As far as exposure, it will certainly require some practice on my part beforehand. Even now, I rarely use flash. The Photix system is TTL, though some reviews I've read say it's not consistent, while others say it's spot on.
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#11
Posted 31 July 2016 - 05:37 AM
HSS might sound good but I've read for freezing action it is actually counterintuitive. But different lights achieve this in different ways and it may work on some.
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#12
Posted 31 July 2016 - 05:43 AM
There is an optional AC power unit for the Indra 500. It costs a bit, but it can power two units.
Darryl is right in that HSS gives longer exposure if the flash is the main light as the standard flash exposure is so very short.
#13
Posted 31 July 2016 - 05:58 AM
As far as I can tell it's one or the other. The AC pack looks like the battery pack except it's plugged in. I'm curious if that'd make the recycle time even quicker? I don't ever drain the battery so I never looked into in. I only have the Odin for Nikon but I do have a mitros+ for sony and it works great too.I'd actually love to use Photix. That's the flashes I have, so I already own the triggers. I looked at the reviews on B&H, and they are all over the place. Granted, most of the recent ones are very positive, so maybe they worked out the kinks.
Can these be run strictly from AC power, or only the battery pack? I worry that the battery won't last as long as I need it to.
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