Thanks for the feedback everyone. Real helpful to hear about the ring adapters and poor Profoto boxes
I will look at getting Profoto lights minus Profoto softboxes, and switch for that to Bron or Elinchrom. Chimera am not so sure but will look into it.
Am also looking at a switch from 7a to 7s generator's. To be clear, there's no advantage to having any 7a's? And with the dial down advantages of the 1200, would you go for a mix of 2400s and 1200s. If i was looking at 3 x 7a/7s and 3 x B2. Any thoughts on a rework? I'm still curious to hear more on acute's, but cautious since they require different heads.
ALso, does anyone experience/see drawbacks to an imac workstation for reviewing shots? I don't plan on a dedicated retouching service needing powerful Mac Pro's. I have a MBP and can provide an Eizo CE240W that i use as required
Have added a Honda generator to the list.
Thanks!
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What I use personally vs. what "photographers" expect in a rental studio are way different.
In this business your not selling reality, even logic, your selling perception and photoraphers more than any humans on the planet will buy into perception in a heartbeat.
I've used actues since they first came out and never had one just go down. About every year I send them to flash clinic for checking, fixing little issues, but never just lost a pack.
I'm sure 7's are just if not more robust, though they are also a lot more money.
Still your selling perception and even though I am positive a profoto beauty dish is as good as a mola, a large elinchrome or profoto jumbo brella will look the same as a Brieze, walk through any high end rental studio in NY and you will see Brieze's a dozen pro 7's and corresponding heads, usually with nd fliters taped to the front to kill the massive output.
Once again your selling perception so you might as well go for it.
As far as modifiers expecially softboxes, I would go with the ones made for hot light use, as you will probably finding yourself buying at least one or two large quartz lights and maybe even hmis.
I use I-macs for on set tethering because I just refuse to travel with a tower, though the Imac screens are hot and need to be calibrated and really need a different 23" monitor to get the perfect view, but at least with C-1 they run very fast and one of my Imacs has traveled the world and never a broken anything except on key one the keyboard.
Since your selling perception so probably a tower, two 30" monitors and a huge magliner will make them go wow.
BTW: make sure you have an aps battery for backups to the computer on set.
JR
