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Ill be doing a comparison tonight or tomorrow. I'll post the results. Ill be using Profoto beauty dishes. White with standard center metal disc, white with optional glass center disc and then silver dish. I have been wanting to compare for some time.Thinking about a Mola, but want to know reasons for and against each color choice.
Thanks in advance.
Po
White is definitely softer, but not by as much as one would initially expect. Silver is more specular in character, but is easily tamed by use of various diffusers ... either an opal diffusion glass in tandem with a silk sock, White Grid or Mola mesh for different degrees of softness.Thinking about a Mola, but want to know reasons for and against each color choice.
Thanks in advance.
Po
Marc,White is definitely softer, but not by as much as one would initially expect. Silver is more specular in character, but is easily tamed by use of various diffusers ... either an opal diffusion glass in tandem with a silk sock, White Grid or Mola mesh for different degrees of softness.
I have the highly polished (almost mirror like) silver 33.5" Mola Beamm, which is even more specular than the regular silver ... the light output and versatility if this dish is quite amazing. I shoot figure competitors with no diffusion, and add a diffusion modifier for softer portraits.
Frankly, the differences between the smaller white BDs like 20.5" Profoto Soft White and 22" Mola white Demi will be there, but subtile ... but IMO as you move up in size to the 28" or 33.5" Molas, it gets more noticeable. Profoto doesn't make a silver dish, so Mola silver would be my choice for more versatile use.
- Marc
PS, here is the difference between a black or white grid:
HoneyGrids
It's not hard to find information on the internet. It is harder than just asking a question here. But with a little effort you'd be surprised what you can find.Thinking about a Mola, but want to know reasons for and against each color choice.
Po
Thank you for the correction ... I never even seen a silver Profoto BD, but it is right on their website ... Duh!Marc,
Profoto does make both silver and white, I own them both. I'll be putting up some comparisons this weekend.