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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 199857" data-attributes="member: 12496">I fully agree with you.&nbsp; Paul Buffs support is a legend in the USA, it simply does not get any better than that. But India is something else, and yes, he admits he totally ignores and refuses international, so it would seem to be the opposite then.You can work fine with other monolights, or even speedlights.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you have four lights, main light up very close and low power, and fill back by the camera, much farther and higher power, even at a lower fill.&nbsp; And a background light at another level (color is not very critical back there, it is blue or brown or something anyway), and a hair light, which is a relatively tiny area on a different color subject...&nbsp;&nbsp; These four lights are all at different power levels, and each is a different color.But the main light is the main light, and is adjusted to be at least twice as bright at the subject as the fill light.You just meter a white card in your setups first test shot, and use that same correction on all subsequent images in the same same session, with same lighting.&nbsp; This only takes a few seconds, and is very precise and correct and satisfactory.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you have a few minutes to see this idea, see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mStg0wii9wQ&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) - YouTube</a>It becomes no big deal, easily solved.Maybe 400K ?&nbsp;&nbsp; It depends, not all monolights are willing to go down to 1/32 power.&nbsp; 1/32 power is not really where you would choose to operate a monolight.&nbsp; I prefer a 160 watt second Alienbees B400 for main light, because it is never lower than 1/8 power.And speedlights too, and we get by, but it is good to learn to handle the corrections.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 199857, member: 12496"] I fully agree with you. Paul Buffs support is a legend in the USA, it simply does not get any better than that. But India is something else, and yes, he admits he totally ignores and refuses international, so it would seem to be the opposite then. You can work fine with other monolights, or even speedlights. If you have four lights, main light up very close and low power, and fill back by the camera, much farther and higher power, even at a lower fill. And a background light at another level (color is not very critical back there, it is blue or brown or something anyway), and a hair light, which is a relatively tiny area on a different color subject... These four lights are all at different power levels, and each is a different color. But the main light is the main light, and is adjusted to be at least twice as bright at the subject as the fill light. You just meter a white card in your setups first test shot, and use that same correction on all subsequent images in the same same session, with same lighting. This only takes a few seconds, and is very precise and correct and satisfactory. If you have a few minutes to see this idea, see [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mStg0wii9wQ&feature=youtu.be"]ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) - YouTube[/URL] It becomes no big deal, easily solved. Maybe 400K ? It depends, not all monolights are willing to go down to 1/32 power. 1/32 power is not really where you would choose to operate a monolight. I prefer a 160 watt second Alienbees B400 for main light, because it is never lower than 1/8 power. And speedlights too, and we get by, but it is good to learn to handle the corrections. [/QUOTE]

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