Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aka Yote wrote: > > Dear friends: > > Interested in acquiring a lighting > equipment I may buy > a profoto acute 2400 generator and > strobes, (www.profoto.com). > > I want to be able take that for travel. > In their website, they show some stands. > I wonder, if there is a brand name for > stands and for lighting besides > profoto that you may want to recommend as > reliable, enduring, and very light weighted. > I had previously owned some manfrotto stands > but were kind of heavy. > > I also saw octagonal light boxes at their > website. I wondered if one of the reasons, > (please excuse my poor knowledge on the subject), > why they are octagonal is because when you shoot > portraits it leaves in the eye an octagonal mark > of light instead of a rectangular or square one. > > I appreciate all your responses to these questions. > > Very truly yours, > > Aka Yote. May I also recommend Chimera which is made here in Bolder Colorado mainly from Spinnaker sail cloth. I called them once on the phone and the phone was picked up by their owner. We talked for over an our. I think their stuff as an edge in quality and design over the Photoflex and other brands. They are the Leica of light modifiers of that type in my opinion. http://www.chimeralighting.com/ but if you can get their paper catalog it is really spectacular. I would not want an octagonal key light in my subjects eye. A square or circle is what looks right to me. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html