Strobes for studio and location?

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ZA - 26 Jun 2007 09:04 GMT

Hi

I am in the process of deciding which strobes to buy.

I need strobes that can be shot in the studio and run off a battery
pack (ie. must be able to run of AC and battery)

The strobes must also work well with Softboxes and Umbrellas.

I also read about a battery pack you can use on studio lights so you
can take your AC strobes outdoor. Anyone used anything like this?
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-7883-7908

Will the Elinchrom Ranger work with AC power?
Will the Profotos work with softboxes of all brands and will it work
on AC and batt?
What about solutions from Hensel and Bowens?

What do you guys use for indoor and outdoor?

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Joel - 26 Jun 2007 13:14 GMT

> Hi
>
> I am in the process of deciding which strobes to buy.
>
> I need strobes that can be shot in the studio and run off a battery
> pack (ie. must be able to run of AC and battery)

I haven't seen any strobe doesn't use AC yet so the chance to run into one
doesn't is pretty slim to none. I don't own any battery pack for strobe but
I am guessing it has some AC connectors for you to plug the strobe(s).

IOW, the chance that the battery pack has to design to work with strobe,
not strobe designed to work with battery pack. And I would do more research
on some specific strobe's and battery pack's.

> The strobes must also work well with Softboxes and Umbrellas.

Most supports umbrella, and if it supports umbrella then should be same
for softbox. Some doesn't have built-in umbrella supported (1 out of my 4
doesn't have umbrella supported) so you may have to add the support to the
stand (I don't need it to know much about it)

> I also read about a battery pack you can use on studio lights so you
> can take your AC strobes outdoor. Anyone used anything like this?
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> on AC and batt?
> What about solutions from Hensel and Bowens?

Well, you may want to check with different web site's (or google for more
info) see if you can find more information about the connector. If it
doesn't mention anything about special requirement then the chance that it
just use standard AC connector.

> What do you guys use for indoor and outdoor?

I have 4 strobes, but now I mostly use 3 flashes for both indoor and
outdoor (usually use one for flash fill). Also, I don't see you mention
about Lighting Metter which is a handy tool for strobe user (to me it's the
must have).

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Randall Ainsworth - 26 Jun 2007 13:26 GMT

> What do you guys use for indoor and outdoor?

I used to use a Norman 200B for location work, then switched to my
Photogenic Flashmasters when AC power was available.

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DBLEXPOSURE - 26 Jun 2007 13:43 GMT

> Hi
>
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>
> What do you guys use for indoor and outdoor?

Good people, good stuff.

http://www.alienbees.com/

Patrick Ziegler
www.imagequest.ifp3.com

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