Keep this series rolling guys! It's great! Love your honesty in the reviews. And the idea about a shoot with the product afterwards is great!

There's now a firmware update available for the triggers which lets you control the A and B ports power independently

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Yay!!!

I feel I need to correct a couple of things said on that video : - The Elinchrom promo did with the guy in the sky was a promo for the ELB1200, not for the ELB500TTL - The flash duration on the ELB500TTL is the shortest at the lowest power setting (and in the Action mode), because it's a IGBT circuitry which cuts the flash curve. What you said is true for voltage controlled flash units like the Elinchrom ELC Pro HD which have their shortest flash durations at power levels around 3.4 - The power levels can now be changed remotely and independantly for each head. Your video was done before the firmware update so you were right at the time. As an Elinchrom user, one thing I don't see mentionned anywhere is that, to my knowledge, Elinchrom Skyport is the only radio transmission system that permits individual flash units adjustments for each independant flash in the same group.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m certainly not memorizing specs but talking as a user 🙏🏻

Awesome series guys . Love the idea of before you buy . Yes pls on the 4x5 review .

Thanks for the info. Elinchrom has always had nice equipment, at a reasonable manageable price point. Just subscribed!!

Awesome series guys i like to now about the Orlit serie

Hi guys, I like these series. When you do the video on their modifiers please include parabolic umbrellas.

Hey guys, great video. Love the Iphone close-ups... even better right side up! :-) Keep up the good work!

I'm a try before you buy person. And I have to say, the ELB 500 and 1200 are simply superb and actually outperforming both broncolor and profoto. After testing all possibilities: love those strobes.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

They are nice for sure

I have been watching your videos. Your fun filled talking makes learning interesting. And moreover very indepth discussion keeps me follow your channel.... Thanks for this video, helped me to understand what I am buying :)

@DanielNortonPhotographer

3 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

I have been using the Elinchrom ELB 400 and the Quadra Ranger system for a few years for shooting dirt track, sprint car racing. (at night) I use it both with the head mounted on a flash bracket, and more often, multiple units on light stands. It has been a reliable system despite the somewhat flimsy heads. Norman and Lumedyne are the old school standards in the field it seems. I chose Elinchrom for the short flash duration capabilities. It depends on the photographer’s personal style, but I usually like to make ‘frozen’ shots, the Elinchrom really excels at that. I have yet to meet another photographer at a track using Elinchrom, and that’s kinda cool lol.

love my elb 500. I also have elinchrom studio lights and modifiers.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

A quick check to the Elinchrom website shows a firmware update to allow a photographer to "adjust flash power separately on heads A and B (manual mode only)" Nice to see that they are keeping up with requests. Way to go Elinchrom.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I remember the paul c buff system where the remote connected four lights with phone cord. That’s right. Each light had a power cord AND a control/sync cord. The studio was a spiderweb.

Great video guys them heads are so small wish someone would give me a kit like that, keep up the good work.

@jennygw1883

6 жыл бұрын

They are small, but then you have the pack and wires. Much easier with Godox.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

Please check out my video on crappy gear for my answer to this :)

Great video, but how about one dealing with flash triggers, how to 'match' them to cameras, and the difference between them, aka TTL (hot shoe), VS PC cable sync, as with leaf shutter lenses ( mf and lf film cameras) the hot shoe shorts out the advanced electronics, or you can't use a sync cable to communicate as you can on dslr's. So having the compatibility issues explained clearly will help in making an informed decision about what brand is right for you.

The One The Five Would love to see you two out them to work

Great kit. I do however feel that the heads are a little bit delicate. Too many plastic parts that can break; this happened to me with a Quadra head (maybe the ELB is more rugged) and I look after my kit. Also, though the Elinchrom modifiers are excellent, the adaptor and standard bayonet system is clunky and difficult to use, especially outside on cold days. I've used this system a lot and often have to check and double check that a soft-box is correctly mounted (never an issue with Bowens' 'S' or Profoto). Also, as demonstrated in this video from a dropped reflector, the thin aluminium of the mount means that the bayonet will only work with a bit of panel beating. How often will this weakness result in an unusable accessory?

Love the videos you guys do! I recently bought an older ranger quadra kit with 2 A heads to learn how to do some off camera flash. Will these lights do or are they way old and irrelevant and wasted my money lol?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

That’s a nice kit, as long as your batteries hold out and if they offer replacements you are good. Buying lighting from a great company means they LAST.

Flash heads do work well but battery feels limited in colder weather. (Canada) The snap in kind of connection on the heads are plastic and have snapped off within a year of use and cannot be fixed. That is when continually used with the support for heavier sofboxes as instructed. 😢 new softbox ring design with little metal toggles can cut the inside of your softbox if not always snapped back into position. (ie. using the universal ring with 8 toggles when you have a softbox with only 4 toggles used the others can snap out and rip the box. Disappointed as it was not cheap, I wanted a lighter unit with a battery pack but feel the heads weren’t robust enough to take the weight of a softbox.

With the adapter, are you able to use standard umbrellas with 8 mm shaft? Great video. I watched then purchased.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, good question it’s been a while but I believe you cannot unfortunately I do not have the lights with me so I can’t check

I need a video on the different triggers from Elinchom. Cant figure out what to buy for the older Ranger RX (1100) pack and S heads

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe reach out to them directly? Or call Adorama - they can certainly help you with that type of thing.

Thanks a lot for your review. I'm thinking to invest in studio strobes and with which trade I will " marriage" For budget and quality I'm thinking going to Elimchrom. If its are so accurate like some people tell. Thanks again yours videos are quite useful!!

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

Cool

WHAT EXTENSION CABLE WORKS WITH THE 500 ELB TTL? THEY ALL SAY THE RANGER QUADRA CABLES AND NOT SURE THKS

Fun video. What’s the most powerful strobe you have? Like, overpower the sun while in a double-diffused soft box strong.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

The B1X is the most powerful strobe I have.

I have the elb 500 with the odin ll for Canon its didn't work right from day one I sent it back for the Tec guy's to have a look at it came back the same . Just wondering if anyone has any degree of success with it for canon users . ( I have two odin controls so it not the trigger ) works fine with the elinchrome trigger . Ps there is no firmware update for the odin ll for Canon at the moment . Any help on this would be greatly appreciated

With the Phottix Odin II remote I am able to assign each light to a group and that seems to work. But every so often I lose sync and have to restart the elb 500.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting

Loving this lighting series guys! Is Bron on the horizon?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

I'll see if I can get my hands on some - though I might be tempted to not give them back lol

@RUMBLEKATmule

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Norton Photographer Ya, it's dangerous. I could have had a waaaay nicer car ;)

Just found this video. Love it. Did you find the slot for umbrellas to be frustrating? My experience is that Elinchrom kits have a 7mm diameter and most umbrellas have an 8mm diameter.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! No, I have elinchrom umbrellas, but that certainly is something to consider

Hey guys, I got some cash to spend, Ive never had studio lights before, & I was thinking about some elenchromes, I have mostly shot outdoors, but I wanna get into portrait photography, would you guys go for the battery pack ones, or their indoor only lights, plus do you all have a few more shoots with these so I can see how you all interact with these lights? Thanks to you both! Or, I could go the way of Jasón Lanier with the rotolight, but they are all plastic & the thoughts from many people are that they are cheaply built ☹️, for around the same ish price point. I’m using an A9, any thoughts?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

If you are shooting where there is no power battery lights are needed. Rotolights are not really flashes - completely different thing.

what do you feel about the godox lighting systems,cheaper Asian version,more affordable to us amateur level photographers?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

Check out my video is expensive gear worth it.

On Profoto, if you switch from HHS to manual the flash setting is saved. Does anyone know if Elinchrom works the same way?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure, but I don’t see why it would not be

Hey we know u can do photography with ur expensive cameras how about doing something with the less expensive ones like the d3200 or one of the cannon models see how the lighting works with one of those or even a d 7100-7500 just asking oh yea with kit lenses and with some prime lenses also

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t own any gear like that.

It is quite bizarre cause in the demos, when you set the elb WITH THE ODIN It looks like that split the heads in groups A & B!!!! WTF! With the skyport you can't but with Odin maybe it is possible to split the heads in groups. !!? Someone knows about that? Maybe a firmware update will leave it? And with the elb400?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

I know they have made several upgrades to the firmware since I made this video so possibly you can do it now

if I buy two elb pack, can i then, vary the flash output with that skyport remote

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, each pack can be controlled, just not the individual heads in a single pack

@tech-lo1711

5 жыл бұрын

With the new firmware update, you can control each channel individually.

Alien bee! Any good? Would you use it? I have 4 of them.. was it a bad decision? Nobody ever talks about it... let us know!!! Thanks.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

they are notoriously bad color and inconsistent (and yes, I have owned/used them) that being said, if you are happy, keep shooting!

@LightSubscriber

5 жыл бұрын

You can trade the alien bee in for a ELB 1200 get a $1000 off the kit for a alien bee

The lights are great, portable and emit light! The nature of the light is no different to any other brand, so don't think you are somehow buying a better light! Light is light. The thing that you need to note if you are price conscious is the cost of the accessories and the adaptors required, if like me you have other standard Elinchrom heads/boxes etc. Basically you need to buy 2 kits of 2, to give 4 lights. Mainly you will use 1-3 but if you ave an issue with a head or need the added 4 its advisable. I have lots of Elinchrom heads etc from the 90's and they are still serviceable and powerful. One other important consideration is the umbrella hole is too small for anything but an Elinchrom brolly and they are expensive...

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

Light is light is absolutely untrue - consistency in color and output is what makes some brands stand above others

What do you think of the portalite modifiers for ELB500?

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

As a free item in a kit, I’d use them. But wouldn’t spend fir them.

I was planning on buying this for location work and I was starting out as well so I had nothing, just to have two heads that I could separate using the same power pack is cool but then I'd have to look at extension cable, also only 1 battery not two so I'd have to buy another, no transmitter for the pack not even one of the older basic systems just a pc sync cable, having to split the power when using two heads, that charge time of 100 minutes is a long time when you run out of juice on a shoot. So since I wasn't to concerned about weight or flash duration for what I have planned I'm going to by the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra 400 as a rim or fill light and getting a Elinchrom Ranger RX speed AS with a studio head that would be my main light source, also since the pack is heavy I can use it as a weight on the stand. All of this is cheaper than the ELB 500 and I have money to spend on stands, light modifiers and accessories. Great video I certainly enjoyed it!

I have the ELB400 with one Action and one HS head. Is it worth upgrading to the ELB500? Thanks.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

I would say maybe, I rarely think of lighting as something you “upgrade” I mean if you like the extra features than yeah. But an ELB1200 THAT would be an upgrade 😊

@davidparker6944

5 жыл бұрын

After reviewing the specs between the ELB400 and the ELB500 I think I’ll stay with the 400. The ELB400 has Hi Sync which allows much better lighting in bright sun conditions and the Action head has a shorter flash duration @ power (140 WS) which is better for freezing action in the studio. I always shoot in manual mode with my Sony A 7iii anyway to control as much as possible in the shot.

Hi Daniel and Seth... I am curious... is it 500watts out of both channels... 250 out of each channel... if I use only one head can I get 500watts of power? Thanks for producing these videos... useful... interesting and entertaining...

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

500 watts total, yes you can put it all out of 1 head.

@noahwood8411

5 жыл бұрын

@@DanielNortonPhotographer Thanks for taking the time to answer:-) That sounds good... I am torn between this dual light kit or a single broncolor siros... Have a good weekend...

Show us FlashPoint Lights

Does the skyport talk to a blad or phaseone? Been trying to figure that out. Elinchrom neglects to mention anything except the usual which I find seriously annoying.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

Yes to Hasselblad - at least the X1D - works with the Nikon remote

@daniellejudd3359

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Norton Photographer works with the Nikon remote? Ha. Thanks for that.

@daniellejudd3359

6 жыл бұрын

Having not used the Eli system, I do have another question. The soft boxes front diffuser goes right up to the front edge. I know there’s other bits and pieces, but how do you feel about that compared to others (eg. Profoto/bron) being somewhat directional as opposed to if it goes to the edge it will by physics spray light further out.

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

In most cases I prefer the set back style vs the flat front, but it is good if you ned more spread, like for beauty where you'll be bouncing in light from reflectors.

@daniellejudd3359

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree. Getting more spread of light is an easy fix anyway. Thanks.

Swiss!

I poor cant jump in on 22-24 hundred bucks lol but I do get it this would be a good investment

@DanielNortonPhotographer

4 жыл бұрын

Work with what fits your budget

Broncolor B800 and the App

the guy jumping with parachute is for elb1200

Its a Pain because I'm a Pentax Professional Photographer, and Elinchrom, Profoto and even most of the major brands don't support TTL or HSs for Pentax!

Mola, please...

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

If I can get my hands on one- they are hand made by a guy on the top of a mountain in Canada lol - I've used the "normal" sized one and it was really nice, but I'll see if I can get my hands on some of the other sizes as well

I have Elinchrom and Rotalux. Never again. So overpriced. Godox is a no brainer. No pain in the ass wires or packs and a lot less money to buy. Elinchrom is Swiss, but not all their gear is made is Switzerland, some comes from China. And that remote is a joke, lol

@DanielNortonPhotographer

6 жыл бұрын

good luck with that

@vishanthgp

5 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who hated Elinchrom. Its super flimsy and unreliable. I was about to sell out my entire elinchrom and invest in Broncolor. Enter Godox, I feel godox is far superior to elinchrom in a lot of aspects.

guys you need to set down and write everything down then start recording. your vedio is a mess

@DanielNortonPhotographer

5 жыл бұрын

The day I read from a script is the day I stop doing this stuff. But thanks for the comment