A question that is asked by most of the new photographers! What is the best brand for studio lighting to buy! Is it worth it to break the bank and buy something like broncolor and profoto? Or pay less and get something like godox?
What’s your experience guys?
Godox UX/UI is horrible. Warranty from China sucks.
Profoto has best performance, build quality and mount. Easiest to gel as well. Big dick prices though.
Elinchrom is the middle ground.
You get older pack head style Profoto gear for dirt cheap on ebay. 2-3 light kits for less than the price of 1 new profoto. I have about half dozen profoto lights for less than 2-3 godox. Older pack head lights do have their drawbacks but work well for my case.
Where are you? What kind of photography do you do? What do you expect will be your level of cash flow?
What are the photographers using who are where you are and do what you do at the level of cash flow you expect?
I've been using Godox/Flashpoint for 4 years now, switched from Einstein and Elinchrom setup. No regrets!
Me too. AD200 is quite a thing!
PROFOTO or BRONCOLOR (more in pricelist) if you going to get good lighting
Lots of opinions but how about reasons.
Do you see differences in the light from different brands?
Do you need one pack and a couple heads or 6 monolights?
Do you want to control the lights remotely?
Accessories are easier to use on Profoto than my old Normans. But Normans were like an old Ford F150 big heavy powerful and got the job done at 1/2 the price of Profoto.
Color and output are important, when you use an umbrella or other modifier how big is the difference.
Can you fine tune the output in fractions of stops? Do you need to?
If you travel and rent gear Profoto is the king.
I have vintage Normans and Hensel.
Service is something to be considered, Norman is out of business but there's a lot of used stuff out there for cheap.