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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: christian_raae on February 11, 2009, 08:29:57 am

Title: Alien Bees - Zeus 2500 power pack with Bi-tube head
Post by: christian_raae on February 11, 2009, 08:29:57 am

Hi

I looking at upgrading my portable lightning gear.

Until now I've mainly been looking at getting 2  Elinchrom Ranger packs , with A heads.

But I got an advice the other day about a brand called Alien Bees.

They seem to have a power pack called The Zeus, that outputs 2500 effective w/s, with a flash duration of 1/2000 at full power, at 0.5 (one head in one pack with the bi-tube head).

I'm mainly shooting outdoor action, so I need a lot of power, and fast duration.

Has anyone tried these yet? How is Alien bees quality in general? Can I compare them with Elinchrom?

Give as much info as you want :-)

Thank You!

Title: Alien Bees - Zeus 2500 power pack with Bi-tube head
Post by: photoshutter on February 11, 2009, 01:24:34 pm

Alien bees quality is great, with very fast time shooting, from my experience AB is better than Elinca, but, I'm speaking about monoblocks, look like power pack will be in a same quality.