alien bees

12 years 1 month ago #213017 by slytoon
I'm getting ready to order a couple of bee's. While looking at the website, and seeing the different colors that they come in a thought passed through my head. Do you think that if you ordered one of the colored bee's and shoot into a bounce umbrella, you would get a slight color tint from the body of the bee? And if you bought a white bee, as opposed to a black one, do you think you would get a "bit" more light from white as opposed to black? I know this is pretty trivial, I plan on ordering one white one black just for the sake of knowing which strobe is which, but the thought popped into my mind and thought it would make a neat DISCUSSION.


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12 years 1 month ago #213018 by Scout 4x4
I do not think the body color of Alien Bees will affect the coloration of the light, in any meaningful way. A white and a black set would be nice, just to be able to easily differentiate between units.


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12 years 1 month ago #213021 by crash into U
Those who don't like Alien Bee, will probably say that the inconsistent WB will be far more of an issue than any tint you might get from the color of the strobe body (and they may be right).


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12 years 1 month ago #213023 by slytoon

Scout 4x4 wrote: I do not think the body color of Alien Bees will affect the coloration of the light, in any meaningful way. A white and a black set would be nice, just to be able to easily differentiate between units.


You don't think so. Does anyone here have a colored alien bee can say if it affects the color of light? If it does, it would be a good way to cast different color lighting on your subject/background.


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