alien bees
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- vaxorcist0
hmmm... if you're used to profoto, you might consider speedotron blackline.... I love my speedo stuff, bought from ebay and other photographers. Before profoto took over the world, speedotron was a top choice and can be found very be cheap these days. I use the pack and head systems, they are NOT as brain-dead easy as monolights, but you can figure them out... some people are baffled, most figure out the watt-seconds charts....and ND filters can be useful.
The speedo stuff is also cheap in the long run because if you buy it used, you can sell if for about the same price later... The speedotron beauty dish + grid is my favorite.
I have 3 packs and 6 heads, your mileage may vary... the speedotron battery pack 1500 is very nice alternative to a profoto 7B....
One joke though... Photo assistants in Chicago all learn speedotron because it's so heavy that photographers who use it all hire assistants....
I once had an alien bee, quite light, no problems unless I shot too quickly in between recycles, that's when I got the color inconsistency people talk about....
I did have some nice old heavy Balcar stuff, uses same mount as AlienBees/White Lighting, but it died a dramatic death recently.... bigtrick can tell the story....
and if you really need to impress a client, just rent profoto...