Alien Bee lighting equipment

12 years 4 months ago #182959 by Dr M
I just got off phone with Adorama rep and I'm on the fence. I want some good lighting and was looking around at what's hot. A friend suggested Alien Bee gear, but this isn't sold at Adorama. Why is that? Rep that I spoke to today seemed new there and couldn't answer the question for me.

I don't know much about these lights and was hoping to get some input on the quality?


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12 years 4 months ago #182961 by Stealthy Ninja
Purely going by reputation I'd say they're very good. I'm sure someone who's had real world experience with them can chime in with more useful information though.
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12 years 4 months ago #182964 by mattmoran
I have an Alien Bees setup, and I'll never waste my time with off camera, small, battery powered strobes again. I got mine directly from paulcbuff.com.

-Matt
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12 years 4 months ago #183797 by Lucky One

mattmoran wrote: I have an Alien Bees setup, and I'll never waste my time with off camera, small, battery powered strobes again. I got mine directly from paulcbuff.com.


Which set up do you have?


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12 years 4 months ago #183805 by mattmoran

Lucky One wrote:

mattmoran wrote: I have an Alien Bees setup, and I'll never waste my time with off camera, small, battery powered strobes again. I got mine directly from paulcbuff.com.


Which set up do you have?


I have an AlienBees B800 with a stand & umbrella. I used to use a Vivitar 285 with an umbrella. The AlienBees is so much brighter and recycles so much faster that I'll never go back.

-Matt
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