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>"
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 |