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Broncolor Move 1200 L – Ultimate Portable Strobe System?

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One of the products on my must-see list when I set off to PhotoPlus Expo was Broncolor’s new Move 1200 battery pack. It was officially announced a few months back at Photokina but with a spring 2013 launch scheduled there hasn’t been an opportunity for me to take a look until last week. As many of you who read this site often are aware, I currently have an Elinchrom Ranger system. It’s a bit long in the tooth though. In fact, I don’t think they have updated it in about ten years so these days there are better options. Faster, …

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Pocketwizard Launches the Plus III

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LPA Designs have today announced the third iteration of the Pocketwizard Plus lineup. It integrates several of the features of the Multimax into a smaller, cheaper package that will actually sell for $30 less than the previous version! Great news! There has been considerable physical design changes too including a built in antenna and a sideways profile so as not to get in the way of the photographers view when mounted to the camera. There is a new long range mode designed for remote camera usage, a repeater function (which was previously confined to the Multimax), 32 channels and a …

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Pushing flash X-sync to the limit

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For people that shoot fast moving action with strobes like myself, we are always worrying about sync speeds and flash durations. Today I’m going to talk a little bit about flash sync and give a quick example of how you can push the boundaries of what can often seem like a very limiting factor with DSLRs. One of the first questions people ask when they start experimenting with flash is “why does my camera not allow me to use a shutter speed higher than 1/xxx second?” If you scan through the specifications of a camera you will see one called …

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Elinchrom Quadra review and comparison to Ranger RX

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For the last three years I have been using the Elinchrom Ranger RX for the majority of my strobed work. Sometimes I use some Nikon speedlights for fill, but the Ranger is my key light. I have used it in the rain, in blizzards, in -32 degrees Celsius and it has traveled around the world to Alaska, Japan, New Zealand twice and everywhere in between. I can depend on this strobe, and it has never let me down. I have the RX version which is slightly lighter weight than the RX Speed. For me, recycling time is not such a …

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