Do you know where I can find these....

[5 Type]

Do you know where I can be able to find those products :

Aurora Uni Lever G-800 / G-400 or Genesis 400/800 Uni-Lever Series


http://www.boothphoto.com/images/Uni_Lever_G-400_G-800_l.jpg
http://www.boothphoto.com/images/Uni_lever_back_l.jpg

Web site : http://www.boothphoto.com/prod_detail.cfm?PRODSELECT=7&PAGESELECT=prod_detai l_data.cfm

I can find them at my local store but they seems really pricy. I’m thinking about buying them in the States (I’m in Quebec, Canada).

Thanks for your help.

[DaveG]

Do you know where I can be able to find those products :

Aurora Uni Lever G-800 / G-400 or Genesis 400/800 Uni-Lever Series


http://www.boothphoto.com/images/Uni_Lever_G-400_G-800_l.jpg
http://www.boothphoto.com/images/Uni_lever_back_l.jpg

Web site : http://www.boothphoto.com/prod_detail.cfm?PRODSELECT=7&PAGESELECT=prod_detai l_data.cfm

I can find them at my local store but they seems really pricy. I’m thinking about buying them in the States (I’m in Quebec, Canada).

Thanks for your help.

I think that they're only available in Canada, hence the high prices.

I went to a wedding seminar in Nova Scotia about three years ago and the "expert" wedding photographer from Toronto was demonstrating these flashes. He was in no way familiar with them and it was kind of a joke watching him flail around.

In any case these aren't the greatest flashes so I'd have good look at the Alien Bee's.

[5 Type]

Why do you say that the « aren't the greatest flashes » ?

Any facts, or just that you prefer AB.

Do you know if I can find AB here, I’ve never seen some in Montreal.

(thanks for helping)

[DaveG]

Why do you say that the « aren't the greatest flashes » ?

Any facts, or just that you prefer AB.

Do you know if I can find AB here, I’ve never seen some in Montreal.

(thanks for helping)

I had a look at them that day and they looked to be of mediocre quality, at least compared to Bowens, Dynalight, Elinchrom and so forth. I also had a look at an Alien Bee flash about a year ago and it looked like it was well made and (as I remember) a lot cheaper, but still not in the Elinchrom class.

I don't think that the Alien Bee's are retailed in Canada, so it's unlikely that you will find them in a store. You might want to just do a google search on Alien Bee and I'm sure that the site will turn up.

[5 Type]

Thanks for the advices,

I will take a look for these brands : Bowens, Dynalight, Elinchrom, Alien Bees

Finaly, I'm sure it will sound like a stupid question but : Are the "light bulb" that goes in there are the same type (easy to find in any local store) or it's the kind of thing that any manifacturer make their own and it's only working in their products.

[DaveG]

Thanks for the advices,

I will take a look for these brands : Bowens, Dynalight, Elinchrom, Alien Bees

Finaly, I'm sure it will sound like a stupid question but : Are the "light bulb" that goes in there are the same type (easy to find in any local store) or it's the kind of thing that any manifacturer make their own and it's only working in their products.

Some monolights will use regular household bulbs as the modeling light, and that's good from the "Buy them anywhere and they're very cheap." point of view. But they are 100 watts at most, since the more powerful houshold bulbs are usually larger and may get in the way of the flash tube.

The other type of bulb is a halogen light of some type and they are small and often very powerful, in the 250 watt range or more. You won't be able to get these bulbs at Safeway but should be able to buy them - or at least they can order them - at a decent professsional photography store. To any of my friends who are thinking about buying a used strobe set I almost always suggest checking to see how readily available the specific modeling tubes are.

But bright modeling lights are a godsend when you are trying to do a location shoot with very dim ambient light. You've got to be able to see even with AF, so brighter is better.