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Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
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Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
I have 2 AB800's. My home studio is pretty small. I haven't found them to be too powerful. I am using in a large softbox with internal diffuser. Depending on the subject I usually am at 1/8 or 1/4 power at around f/11. Not too powerful, but powerful enough I can use them outside with confidence. This was this morning… -
Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
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Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
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Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
Thanks don and Mark...the reason I was asking is that I just did a headshot shoot and was shooting my WL5K's thru Paul Buff Brolly Boxes at 2/3 and 1/3 power and still shooting up to ~f16....one light main and 1 light as a bounce fill...these numbers were for the main light in 2 different set-ups .......so if I go with… -
Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
I use ND gels on my Alien Bees when shooting portraits. This allows me to shoot wide open, f/2.8 and still get the light I need. I have always had issues with Alien Bees when shooting at less than 1/2 power. The lower settings produce significant color shifts toward magenta. This occurs on all four of my Alien Bees. I have… -
Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
How old are the units?? Please. lamp age can also have a lot to do with color shift......I ran 1 bulb until it just burned out....died and could not figure where the color shifting was coming from.....then with a call I told a CSR that I had run the lamp continuously for over 12 yrs...never changed my lamp...even tho it… -
Re: Alien Bee Info Needed....Looking for Current USERS
That there is only a color shift of 50K. Some of the best manage only 100K and there's no way an Alien Bee stacks up to a Boncolor strobe. If that were the case, Broncolor would be out of business. If you don't want to take to time to read those links and see the proof of a color shift larger than 50K below 1/8 power, then…
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