Elinchrom users only- whatcha got? (Mark II)

MDJAK wrote in post #12645863
Show me the man who doubts that and I'll whoop 'em.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #12645845
And it's a year since I got Ed's Setti from Hawaii to here (via air) for free. What a genius I am.

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That's the Deep Octa sitting atop the case.

MDJAK wrote in post #12642174
We ain't fighting. Disagreement is what makes the world go around and makes this interesting. As Dave points to people such as Joe McNally, whom I have tremendous respect for, having met him 3 times, attended 3 of his "talks" at Adorama, I too can quote reviews where the 70-200 was slammed on its corner and side softness no mater what aperture one stops down to.

If one looks for reviews, which I don't have time to do now on the 14-24, one will see at 14 it is great, At 24, not so much. No filter, though there is some jury-rig that can be done to take care of that. Not that I use filters much though. I'm too dumb to figure out the ND that I bought. Robert

I too had the Nikon 200 f2 VR. I disliked it immensely. It handled poorly. It was so short and stubby it left very little purchase for one's hand, except for if you dared touch or brush against the focus ring, it would immediately go into manual and you'd lose focus. That's why they replaced it.

If the 200-400 was so good, why did they replace it? Because Nikon's original VR is terrible. Don't forget (how could you forget, you never knew ) I was an original Nikon shooter.

Until I tried the Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS versus the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR. The VR paled in comparison. In fact, their VRII is still not as good.

When I placed the 1.7 TC on the 200-400, it could not track my son's then girlfriend walking, not running, walking toward it, on the D3.

The D3 tended to lose focus, sometimes not even try to regain it.

After owning the 1DsMKII, and then the 1DsMKIII, I sold both and got the 1DMKIII. When that piece of crap couldn't focus worth a damn, is when I dumped Canon and returned to Nikon.

After being very disappointed in most of their lens lineup (oh, and should Canon ever put up or shut up, they will one day have the 200-400 with built in teleconverter as you know, so that point will be moot.) I switched back to Canon.

Yeah, nothing is perfect. My original brick was horrible. I took pictures of my daughter standing in front of beautiful flowers at Pepsico. About 6 pictures. All were soft. I wanted to scream.

The brick I have now is perfect. It was sent to Canon and mated with the 5DII. I have no idea what they did, whether it was voodoo or not, but it doesn't get any better. I defy anyone's ability to tell the difference.

And Robert, Dave knows I love him. He, and you, have helped me immensely around here. I ain't putting his stuff down. I'm just recounting one man's experience with a lot of the equipment in his bag.

People swear by the 85L. I owned the I and II, both were soft at 1.2. Others get great results.

I didn't get great results with the 200-400. The gentleman I sold it to took it to Yellowstone and his pics blew my socks off.

Now back to My Mola Setti which will be here any day. And when will the speed ring arrive?

Going Baroque wrote in post #12642226
Speaking of differences in opinion, I was unpacking some (gulp) alien bees in the garage yesterday, and one of my brother's dogs sniffed the setti that was sitting on the floor and was about to pee on it. I love the friggin thing, but the dog....not so much. LOL

Did you get the white or silver? I picked up the white used, so I'm not picky, but I think I prefer the silver.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #12642274
Two targets of opportunity, and the dog comprehensively picked the wrong one there...

tetrode wrote in post #12642334
Do you have some kind of bot running in the background that gooses you whenever the word "bee" appears in a post, Mic?

Dave F.

Sheldon N wrote in post #12642344
Congrats on the Setti! That's quite the dish.

Ha! LOL!

mickeyjuice wrote in post #12642527
Or he saw the brand of lights and didn't want to electrocute himself, despite them being unplugged

MR do little wrote in post #12643287
Actually the D3 was something special, Canon didn't have anything comparable when it came out, and they don't have a equal to the D3s in terms of use for sport PJ.

MDJAK wrote in post #12644633
Robert, I knew all you were doing was inciting Dave and I to fight.

Believe you me, I was prepared for battle royal, but being the gentleman he is, Dave pm'd me, admitted he was wrong in every respect, and said he's dumping all his Nikon gear based on my review.

Right, Dave?

me

MDJAK wrote in post #12644653
Now as Dave said, back to Elinchrom.

My Setti is on the UPS truck for delivery. How do I use it with my 600RX or Quadra if I don't have the necessary speed ring yet?

Come on, fellas, I need an answer. I wanna play with it.

TMR Design wrote in post #12644720
Come on, Mark. I've seen some of your keepers and they were excellent in every way.

It's funny that you're getting the best results from a body that doesn't even have AF.

I now have my flame resistant suit on.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #12645162
Profoto FTW! AB for the STELLAR CS!

Lichtwerk wrote in post #12645441
Gotta love unboxing.
Unboxed this beauty from Boulder, Colorado yesterday:

sigma pi wrote in post #12645469
WOW MARBLE FLOORING!!!!

Dennis is the head of the EU bank!

what was that doing in Colorado?

TMR Design wrote in post #12645495
I'd recognize a Chimera anywhere. Very nice, Dennis. It's about time..

TMR Design wrote in post #12645498
It looks like the standard version, Dave.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #12645503
Even I recognised it, and I've never seen one in person

Can't beat a huge SB, they're awesome.

MDJAK wrote in post #12645543
So my UPS driver doesn't even knock. He drops whatever boxes I get right on my porch and leaves. Guess he must think my pitbull is still around.

sigma pi wrote in post #12645591
Business has just picked up in the Eli thread!

mickeyjuice wrote in post #12645717
I can't get that into the Miata...

Sheldon N wrote in post #12645731
My gosh, that thing is huge! Congrats!

MDJAK wrote in post #12645889
On a serious note (and I hate being serious), I ordered the "back-ordered" Eli speed ring.

Do I need to wait for that before having my wife (seriously; she, like Mik, is a genius putting together things; I'm all thumbs) put it together?

Conner999 wrote in post #12645970
No. The unit is designed so can mount deflector, handle, etc and then swap (or in your case mount) strobe-specific ring. You'll just have to work your fingers around the deflector mount poles when fastening ring later. No biggie.

MDJAK wrote in post #12645941


Well, the Eli speed ring is on back order. I did order it. Who knows how long it will take.

But what about those other pieces that came with it? Does the ring need to be installed first?

I know, I know, I shouldn't have been so mean to Dave. Sometimes I just can't help myself. What, with Mickey juicing me.

me

Lichtwerk wrote in post #12645928
M-M-M-M-MULTIQUOTE.

tetrode wrote in post #12645899
I like your floors better than Dennis's, Mic. Sorry, Dennis.

FJ LOVE wrote in post #12645900
casing another joint i see ,lol