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| So I want some studio strobes. | == Buying lights 2011-08-04 == |
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| Considered: | So I wanted some studio strobes. <<SeeSaw(buying_lights, "Read on")>> {{{{#!wiki seesaw buying_lights I considered a few brands: |
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| Buff makes the Alienbees series, which might be a more familiar name to some. They look to be a little cheaper than Elinchrom, should be at least on par in terms of product quality, and sound like really smart, switched-on people. | Buff makes the Alienbees series, which might be a more familiar name to some. They look to be a little cheaper than Elinchrom, should be at least on par in terms of product quality, and the company sounds like they're really smart, switched-on people. |
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| The Buff gear looks like the way to go. They have a local distributor, and their markups are kinda... bad. The US store won't sell here though. Get the lights locally and procure the accessories some other way? | The Buff gear looks like the way to go. They have a local distributor, but their markups are kinda... bad. The US store won't sell here though. Get the lights locally and procure the accessories some other way? Maybe? |
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Popped an order in, 2011-08-02. Website is... not impressive. Two timeout errors about being unable to contact the payment provider before finally succeeding, and a blank section where it's meant to say "A confirmation email was sent to the address: <BLANK>" Tried again on 2011-08-03, after giving them a call. They confirmed my suspicion that the website was having issues yesterday, I feel much better now. Placed the order again, no hassles this time. \o/ || 2x || Einstein || E640 || $699.00 each || 1398.01 || || 2x || 7" reflector || 7AB/R || $37.40 each || 74.80 || || 1x || 10-degree honeycomb grid || HG10 || $57.20 each || 57.20 || |||| Shipping || || || 70.00 || |||| Package discount || || || -30.60 || |||| '''Total''' || || || '''1569.41''' || }}}} == Remote triggering and power 2011-09-06 == The lights are pretty cool, but using a PC sync cable sucks big time, and optical slaving is less than ideal. Remote power control would be nice too. <<SeeSaw(buying_triggers, "Read on")>> {{{{#!wiki seesaw buying_triggers The Buff range of gear uses a triggering system of their own creation named ''Cybersync''. It's pretty badass. * Centralised control from a single commander device * Up to 16 individually addressable channels (lights, or groups if you're using 1st-gen gear that does unidirectional communication) * Built-in flashmeter in the commander * Total control of all features of 2nd-gen lights (the Einstein model) * Status feedback from 2nd-gen lights (eg. ready/non-ready charge status) Another cool thing about Buff is that they have portable power solutions. That are actually portable. And pretty affordable too. So an order went in. || 1x || Cyber Commander || COMMANDER || $266.20 each || 266.20 || || 2x || Cybersync CSXCV || CSXCV || $53.90 each || 107.80 || || 1x || Vagabond Mini || HG10 || $399.00 each || 399.00 || |||| Shipping || || || 88.48 || |||| Coupon discount || || || -38.65 || |||| '''Total''' || || || '''822.83''' || }}}} |