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Originally Posted by brandonstills
I've used AlienBees throughout my photography career. I'm very happy with them. I can see benefits to using more expensive packs but honestly, for how much more it would cost the benefit isn't worth it. What benefits? Basically things like cycle time and color consistency. It's still very usable and most people won't know the difference. If I had tons of money and was rich I would go with something like ProPhoto or ElinChrome. But unless you are bring in 6 figures I would go with AlienBees. Another advantage is you can get a lot more of them and a lot more accessories.
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here's why I use profoto: I shoot a set in 7-8 minutes. I don't want to wait on lights, while gun shoots 1000 images a day I shoot 1500-1800 in 3 hours.... bees will not do that...and I agree ab's are a great budget setup for a low work load.... need to have 5 lights...shoot with 2 , 1 light goes down 4 left, one goes to the shop, 4 left, then a light goes out you have 3 left... 2 to shoot with and a spare
