Timeline for What is the difference between a very expensive flash and a average priced flash?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
11 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2015 at 15:48 | comment | added | Caleb | You should perhaps also mention: • Heavier; • Substantially less portable (even when running on batteries); • Nearly always used with lighting modifiers | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 22:00 | comment | added | Iliah Borg | @Michael Clark : yes to using multiple flashes to get power, that is what we do often; but, technically, high sync speed is also important. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 10:14 | comment | added | Michael C | I've got a photojournalist friend who uses 3-4 SB 800/900/910 flashes on full power for fill light when shooting in bright sunlight. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 10:09 | history | edited | Michael C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 136 characters in body
|
| Jul 24, 2015 at 10:07 | comment | added | Michael C | Outdoors during daylight the ambient light will be dominant. In that scenario power is everything. Very subtle differences in the distribution of their output across the visible spectrum will make little to no difference. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 4:45 | comment | added | Brandon | Thanks, so let's say I want to take an outdoor portrait and I know that small flash is all the light I need but you mean still if I take the studio light with me, it will be a better quality of light... | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 4:42 | vote | accept | Brandon | ||
| Jul 24, 2015 at 4:07 | comment | added | Iliah Borg | @mattdm : Sorry for the typo. Meant to say "price is no indicator" | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 3:39 | comment | added | Iliah Borg | @mattdm : flashes mostly differ in metrics like CRI and CCT. Sekonic C700 or X-Rite i1Pro allow to capture and compare SPDs and derived metrics. Flash SPDs differ in how close they are to blackbody. More expensive flashes sometimes are closer and thus allow for lower metameric error index. Only a comparative measurement will tell, price is now indicator. In photography "full-spectrum" often is used for light sources and capture media capable of UV and near IR; which is a different matter. For this particular discussion I would avoid using this term. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 2:44 | comment | added | mattdm | I'd like to see a citation for "fuller spectrum". Xenon flashes are in general full spectrum, aren't they? | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 2:06 | history | answered | Michael C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |