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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 199878" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>I cannot say much, I have never used an Elinchrom, but I know they are an extremely major brand internationally. I would have no concern about them, however here, Paul Buff is very dominate in the US (mass market, many actual pros probably buy high end).</p><p></p><p>Always look closely at the spec charts, at the features. Understand each line.</p><p></p><p>Features like Auto Dump - You can reach up and turn the power down a stop, and auto dump removes the higher voltage level from the capacitor, so the next flash is right. Without Auto Dump, you have to remember to manually waste a flash so it will recycle to the correct setting first. Not auto.</p><p></p><p>Recycle time... Small flashes are faster than big flashes. Low power is faster than high power. Better flashes are faster than cheap flashes. Recycle times like one second sure are nice to allow rapid shooting. When your subject peaks, the little kid is at their cutest, or the pretty girl just lights up, you don't want to wait 3 or 5 seconds between shots for the dumb flash to come ready. Speedlights at full power are poor in this regard.</p><p></p><p>Features like fan cooling. This can make a slight noise, but this removes concerns about shooting too fast for the cooling.</p><p></p><p>Flash duration - faster is better, about same effect as shutter speed. Big flash units are slow, small ones are fast. Flashes turned down to minimum power is maybe twice slower than full power (monolights, speedlights are the opposite). Point is, a big slow monolight turned way down to be usable is even slower than it was. A small monolight turned up to be usable is even faster. So my notion is that if we think we will need 300 watt seconds to handle most any situation that could ever come up, and then buying 1200 watt seconds just because we can - seems stupid. And certainly it is more red too. We gotta use that light we buy.</p><p></p><p>The cheap lights never have or mention any of this. The good brands always have it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 199878, member: 12496"] I cannot say much, I have never used an Elinchrom, but I know they are an extremely major brand internationally. I would have no concern about them, however here, Paul Buff is very dominate in the US (mass market, many actual pros probably buy high end). Always look closely at the spec charts, at the features. Understand each line. Features like Auto Dump - You can reach up and turn the power down a stop, and auto dump removes the higher voltage level from the capacitor, so the next flash is right. Without Auto Dump, you have to remember to manually waste a flash so it will recycle to the correct setting first. Not auto. Recycle time... Small flashes are faster than big flashes. Low power is faster than high power. Better flashes are faster than cheap flashes. Recycle times like one second sure are nice to allow rapid shooting. When your subject peaks, the little kid is at their cutest, or the pretty girl just lights up, you don't want to wait 3 or 5 seconds between shots for the dumb flash to come ready. Speedlights at full power are poor in this regard. Features like fan cooling. This can make a slight noise, but this removes concerns about shooting too fast for the cooling. Flash duration - faster is better, about same effect as shutter speed. Big flash units are slow, small ones are fast. Flashes turned down to minimum power is maybe twice slower than full power (monolights, speedlights are the opposite). Point is, a big slow monolight turned way down to be usable is even slower than it was. A small monolight turned up to be usable is even faster. So my notion is that if we think we will need 300 watt seconds to handle most any situation that could ever come up, and then buying 1200 watt seconds just because we can - seems stupid. And certainly it is more red too. We gotta use that light we buy. The cheap lights never have or mention any of this. The good brands always have it. [/QUOTE]
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