I love alienbee! (self portrait) It's the 21st century unabomber

The Mack

Click photo for flickr page & notes.
Ab800 in front w/ beauty dish
ab800 behind and to camera right, but not really visible...

dogwood

Just curious-- is there anything in this photo that couldn't have been done with any brand light? What makes you love AB's over say Profoto or any other brand? Yes, I have some AB's. They're priced nicely but that low price comes with a price. The plastic light housings are easily cracked, the controls are far from precise, the WB and output seems to vary quite a bit depending on your style of shooting.

The Mack

dogwood wrote:

Just curious-- is there anything in this photo that couldn't have been done with any brand light? What makes you love AB's over say Profoto or any other brand? Yes, I have some AB's. They're priced nicely but that low price comes with a price. The plastic light housings are easily cracked, the controls are far from precise, the WB and output seems to vary quite a bit depending on your style of shooting.

Um no, but alienbees are what i have and what i bought, given the deal that I was able to pick up - it was stupid foolish to not pick them up.

never heard of anyone with anyone negative to say about alienbee stuff.

if u dont like em, sell em and move onto something else