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mjr
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Woohoo! Received the B1 yesterday and been playing with it today, first foray in to flash and finding the experience great!
I was concerned about backdrops as I have a plain white studio but have found that angling the light and using the grid on the beauty dish I can go from a full white background to a fading grey to a black, all with the one light, brilliant!
Anyway, I persuaded my neighbours daughter to help me out last night and sit for me and liking the results but as I play today i can see that it's possible to do so much more.
The light from the beauty dish is lovely and the grid makes a huge amount of difference. The flash head isn't as heavy as I thought it would be, the fan runs all the time with the modelling light on but it's silent when just using the flash alone. Battery life seems great although obviously the modelling light has a significant effect as I found out last night when the battery died mid shoot.
All in all really impressed with the B1 but can see me buying a few extras to get the most from it.
Thanks to all who offered advice, much appreciated!
Mat
I was concerned about backdrops as I have a plain white studio but have found that angling the light and using the grid on the beauty dish I can go from a full white background to a fading grey to a black, all with the one light, brilliant!
Anyway, I persuaded my neighbours daughter to help me out last night and sit for me and liking the results but as I play today i can see that it's possible to do so much more.
The light from the beauty dish is lovely and the grid makes a huge amount of difference. The flash head isn't as heavy as I thought it would be, the fan runs all the time with the modelling light on but it's silent when just using the flash alone. Battery life seems great although obviously the modelling light has a significant effect as I found out last night when the battery died mid shoot.
All in all really impressed with the B1 but can see me buying a few extras to get the most from it.
Thanks to all who offered advice, much appreciated!
Mat