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Subject: [OM] Re: Alien Bees lighting question (with Olympus equipment)
From: "Jeffrey Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:29:21 -0800

Thanks Chuck. I had read before that Chimera were considered to be very good 
but hadn't heard anything about Photoflex. I guess that either the 
availability of the studio makes it so you haven't used the Bee's brolly box 
much or it neither stands out as really good nor bad.

If I remember correctly both the Bee's standard light stands and umbrellas 
made poor impressions on at least one user. Thanks for the tip that the 
Photoflex umbrellas are well made.

-jeff

>From: Chuck Norcutt
>
>No, sorry.  I don't own any softboxes other than the small size "brolly
>box" that the Bees sell. <http://www.alienbees.com/brolly.html>
>
>I bought them to have something very small to be used in my house but
>haven't had to buy anything else as I now have full access to a well
>supplied studio which has very nice Photoflex softboxes.  I have some
>Photoflex umbrellas and I can say that everything I've seen from
>Photoflex is very well made.  I'm also told the Photoflex softboxes are
>color neutral... but maybe not so important in these days of digital and
>custom white balance settings.
>
>But Photoflex ain't cheap.  If I needed some softboxes myself I'd
>probably buy something cheap on ebay and throw it out if it wasn't good
>enough.  I did buy some cheap umbrellas once but now I'd pay the freight
>for Photoflex.  No comparison on construction quality.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>



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