Ooooh, new stuff from Elinchrom!

I'll throw RPS in the discuss, only to see what others feel about them compared to Elinchrom, Chimera, and the rest. They are compatible with the Elinchrom mounting system.

Oh I'm not closed off, I even asked for other tools that might be an advantage working with my kit. So far as softboxes go, I can't see the need for anything I don't have but have wondered how much I'd like the Chimera 3'x4' softbox with the grid, pricy thing that grid is and unsure if it's better for table top to consider the silver lined one or the white lined one. So far with the time I've had with the Elinchrom on table top, I love the silver lined octoboxes-both of them with just the little metal diffuser covering the bulb and no silks at all-and have wondered if I'd gain anything at all with the Chimera that way but add the grid.

I think I can be content with the two Octoboxes I have right now, will probably get the grid for the 39" Deep Ocotobox if it actually does come out.

This is as much a hobby as a quest to go back to work but in a somewhat different mode of photography. So part of what I'm looking for is just because I love messing with lighting and with table top I get to do it all by myself, experiment etc. So that is a big part of the reason for my interest.

Another part is we don't know what is going to happen with the economy. I'm not going to be lala and say things won't tighten up, Elinchrom's decision to not make the new line of boxes makes sense; import/export just might spend the next couple of years changing a lot.

I'm not going to depend upon new products coming out right and left as they have in the past. I doubt the new camera models are going to be coming at us as fast as they have in the past.

I want to get solid with my kit (almost am right now) before any large financial changes happen. It's already happened in another interest of mine and I stopped my involvement completely. I would not blame manufacturers reducing their lineup of gear to simplify production, that would seem like a sensible business decision.

But I buy at a local store, I get to look at, demo and just simply stand there and figure out what I appreciate about a product before I buy. I have not seen a Chimera in years but they have all the Elinchrom/Profoto and some others.

Spoke to The Flash Centre, they have a shipment in London of the new softboxes waiting distribution apparently so if you're in London you may want to pop by...

bringing this thread back from the dead....it's a zombie thread! must...eat....softbox.​..err...BRAINS!

zombies aside....are there any updates on the grids at all? I've seen some of the hooded diffusers now go on sale, but haven't heard about any grids for any of the softboxes. Are any grids happening at all? Or did they just nix inventing certain grids?

hooded diffusers?

DavidPhoto wrote in post #7635745
hooded diffusers?

Street gang in Los Angeles.

Dave F.

tetrode wrote in post #7636375
Street gang in Los Angeles.

Nearly ruined another keyboard! Read this over my morning coffee...