Lighting
So I want some studio strobes.
Considered:
- Elinchrom
- Glanz (cheapies)
- Paul C. Buff
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.
There are some other big brands out there like Bowens, Profoto and Multiblitz. They're hella-expensive though.
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?
Item |
US |
Local |
lights |
500 |
700 |
stands |
40 |
74 |
brollys |
30 |
66 |
reflectors |
15 |
38 |
grid |
25 |
57 |
receivers |
30 |
54 |
commander |
180 |
260 |
carry bags? |
13 |
?? |
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>"
- 2x Einstein (E640), $699 each
- 2x 7" reflector (7AB/R), $37.40 each
- 1x 10-degree honeycomb grid (HG10), $57.20 each
Subtotal |
1530 |
Shipping (guess) |
172.63 |
Package discount |
30.60 |
Total |
1672.03 |