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-Studio 8-
Posts: 1563
Nashville, Tennessee, US
Anyone have it yet? Your impressions?
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ddtphoto
Posts: 2590
Chicago, Illinois, US
studio8 wrote:
Anyone have it yet? Your impressions? how much is it? alien bee has one for $400.
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SHGfoto- Stefhan Gordon
Posts: 2517
Venice, California, US
ddtphoto wrote:
how much is it? alien bee has one for $400. alien bee and zeus's ring flash are very cheap plastic and very clumsy to hand hold
Dyna-lite's ringflash just came out is about 3200ws, and more expensive than the Hensel or Pro-foto 1200 ws units
Own the 2400ws $300 AB Zeus ring flash. It emits light and is a great price, but in terms of quality of construction, it's complete crap
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AnthoNYC
Posts: 331
New York, New York, US
I've been using Dynalites for 8 years now. If I ever have a problem (and I haven't) they're just 40 minutes away in Union, NJ. I think their stuff is great and have no complaints.
But now Dyna pisses me off. I/We have been asking for a ringflash for several years. And now they give us one except it's $1800.
Geez Dyna, thanks.
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Eikona
Posts: 1405
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
studio8 wrote:
Anyone have it yet? Your impressions? btw, are you a Dyna user?
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Hamza
Posts: 7791
New York, New York, US
ddtphoto wrote:
studio8 wrote:
Anyone have it yet? Your impressions? how much is it? alien bee has one for $400. Having used the Alien Bee, all I have to say is, "You Get What You Pay For"...
I tried the Hensel, the only problem I had was that it was made out of plastic...
I now have the Profoto Ringflash which I use on my Hensel Porty Premium Plus.
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Estupido Studios
Posts: 234
Vernon, New Jersey, US
Have it, love it. Little pricey and a little late in its release but better late than never. The calumet, AB, and hensel and they always didn't feel that right.
The Dyna-Lite one was made by Comet as well, thats why the price I think is a little high but felt like I got what I paid for. 3200 w/s, dual fan cooled so I am not worrying about overheating and weighed under 3lbs. In the end, just felt right in hand
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Estupido Studios
Posts: 234
Vernon, New Jersey, US
AnthoNYC wrote:
I've been using Dynalites for 8 years now. If I ever have a problem (and I haven't) they're just 40 minutes away in Union, NJ. I think their stuff is great and have no complaints.
But now Dyna pisses me off. I/We have been asking for a ringflash for several years. And now they give us one except it's $1800.
Geez Dyna, thanks. I've been waiting myself for this. A lot of my friends using the AB's and throw the accessories in my face of "We got this you don't". However, been using my Dyna's for about 7 years...and unlike my friends, never had to send them in for replacement cause they fell apart 
Been renting the new ring flash in the city, i'm just putting the pennies together I think it will last and work as well if not better than the my M1000 packs
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-Studio 8-
Posts: 1563
Nashville, Tennessee, US
Eikona wrote:
btw, are you a Dyna user? I sure am!
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jeffery brown
Posts: 1011
Houston, Texas, US
i have been pretty happy/satisfied with the alien-bee ringflash, but new to it all... why does it matter if its plastic? ive had no major issues, and the service for alien-bee has been great
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-Studio 8-
Posts: 1563
Nashville, Tennessee, US
Estupido Studios wrote:
Have it, love it. Little pricey and a little late in its release but better late than never. The calumet, AB, and hensel and they always didn't feel that right.
The Dyna-Lite one was made by Comet as well, thats why the price I think is a little high but felt like I got what I paid for. 3200 w/s, dual fan cooled so I am not worrying about overheating and weighed under 3lbs. In the end, just felt right in hand samples??
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Lumigraphics
Posts: 32780
Detroit, Michigan, US
Speaking of Dyna-Lite, should I send a malfunctioning power pack to them or Calumet for repair?
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-Studio 8-
Posts: 1563
Nashville, Tennessee, US
where are you located? is it still under warranty?
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4C 41 42
Posts: 11093
Nashville, Tennessee, US
jeffery brown wrote:
i have been pretty happy/satisfied with the alien-bee ringflash, but new to it all... why does it matter if its plastic? ive had no major issues, and the service for alien-bee has been great Gives people something to whine about. They'd rather have solid steel, so they can cry in their cunts about how heavy it is.
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SHGfoto- Stefhan Gordon
Posts: 2517
Venice, California, US
4C 41 42 wrote:
Gives people something to whine about. They'd rather have solid steel, so they can cry in their cunts about how heavy it is. Actually with my AB ringflash, I tried to turn one of the plastic knobs and it broke off.
On a location shoot while I was reaching for my ballast, wind knocked over my stand with ab rignflash and the plastic mount sheered off.
Finally, was using the moon unit thing and the heat from the ringlight's modeling lamps melted the plastic on the moon unit...and the moon unit than fell off the ring light.
The cheap plastic makes the unit very fragile.
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Daniel_Bergeron
Posts: 126
Los Angeles, California, US
For those of you who are whining about the cost of the dyna ring: Get an older profoto acute ring, and have it repinned.
Good service or not, the AB stuff is crap. Paul Buff's company has become the Kragen of studio gear. Sad.
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David Gabel Photography
Posts: 454
Skippack, Pennsylvania, US
SHGfoto- Stefhan Gordon wrote:
it's complete crap I'm down with that! Sold mine recently. Would love to have Dynalite's RF and their battery pack too! But cha-ching!!!! - can't afford it.
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212-GO-LUCKY
Posts: 891
New York, New York, US
Daniel_Bergeron wrote:
Good service or not, the AB stuff is crap. Paul Buff's company has become the Kragen of studio gear. Sad. Is that really true?
The Dyna ringflash is a great unit.
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Daniel Norton
Posts: 1745
New York, New York, US
The new Dyna-lite ringflash is very similar to the new profoto pro unit - has a modeling light and fan to keep it cool, very well made.
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Sandy Ramirez
Posts: 6089
Brooklyn, New York, US
Love the Dynalite Ringflash - yes it's pricey (so is the new Profoto one) but built like a tank. If I need something more portable (i.e. battery powered) I use the Lumedyne one - also well built and has a handle grip. Granted the Lumedyne cost as much as 3 AB's w/o it's battery pack, but you get what you pay for, especially as AB's vary far too much in Color Temp
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ASYLUM - Art Nudes
Posts: 13657
Washington, District of Columbia, US
SHGfoto- Stefhan Gordon wrote:
Actually with my AB ringflash, I tried to turn one of the plastic knobs and it broke off.
On a location shoot while I was reaching for my ballast, wind knocked over my stand with ab rignflash and the plastic mount sheered off.
Finally, was using the moon unit thing and the heat from the ringlight's modeling lamps melted the plastic on the moon unit...and the moon unit than fell off the ring light.
The cheap plastic makes the unit very fragile. I had someone else break a plastic knob on mine, was replaced asap by AB.
This is why you put a weight on your light stands.
If something is over heating, turn the modeling lamp off.
So all in all, if you mistreat your equipment, or are clumsy, it breaks. You want something that is child proof essentially.
You do get what you pay for, indeed. But it's not that difficult to NOT break things.
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-ASYLUM-
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Hassy501
Posts: 1351
David Gabel Photography wrote:
I'm down with that! Sold mine recently. Would love to have Dynalite's RF and their battery pack too! But cha-ching!!!! - can't afford it. Hmmm...."can't afford it"......sooooooooo you have ?????? Nothing ?
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