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Paul Buff Einstein 640's for Indoor Sports
Kevin Krows, Photographer
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Forsyth | IL | USA | Posted: 10:08 AM on 09.01.11 |
->> Anyone using the Paul Buff Einstein 640’s to strobe basketball and volleyball. If so, share your setup and thoughts. Particularly interested in “Action Mode” continuous bursts, Cyber Commander performance, etc.
Thanks in advance!! |
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Paul DiSalvo, Photographer
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Highlands Ranch | CO | United States of America | Posted: 11:51 AM on 09.01.11 |
->> I've had mine since early on and they work great. I shot around 20-25 high school games in Volleyball, basketball, and hockey last year with them. I moved from Alien Bees B800's the years prior. Overall, everything seems sharper. Maybe it's my imagination but I notice more little details now like stitches in uniforms, nubs on a basketball, facial features. The biggest difference I noticed was in hockey as the puck is way more defined. You used to be able to see it but now it's actually got a shape to it.
For most of the buildings I'm in, about 1/4th power does the trick. I'd say recycle times are similar to the B800's at 1/2 power (same WS) which is to say plenty fast. You can't "spray and pray" but I've had no trouble with bursts of 3-4 at a time. I'm almost always on AC power but I've found the VagLith pretty capable too. According to PCB specs The E640 is probably going a around 1/3000 of a sec vs. the B800 at about 1/800 sec. If you're a Spinal Tap fan, you'll understand when I say the B800's were great too but the E640 "goes to 11".
I think 2 E640's could light up a typical high school gym but I use 3 just to cover everything for hoops. 1 on each side of the court aimed at the key, 1 more for the backcourt. For VB, I just use 2 from the same side of the court, only because judges tend to get annoyed with flash in their face. Hockey, I use 3-4 lights for an NHL sized rink, bounced off the ceiling.
Cant speak on the CyberComs as I used PW's (mix of MultiMax, PlusII, and Flex). I received my PMC2's too late to really test. I was doing some T&I stuff in one of my regular gyms, got a chance to test, and they worked pretty good then but the gym was empty. We'll see if same with 800 or so bodies using cell phones, wireless mic's and who knows what else for interference.
I've got a couple strobed shots on my member page plus a link to my MaxPreps galleries for more samples. Cheers... |
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Ed Chan, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | US | Posted: 1:35 PM on 09.08.11 |
| ->> Paul, what kind of sync speeds are you able to achieve with the Multimaxes, thanks! |
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Paul DiSalvo, Photographer
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Highlands Ranch | CO | United States of America | Posted: 4:26 PM on 09.08.11 |
| ->> With MultiMax, I've only done 1/250th and that has been more than enough. I received my Flexs too late in the season to try any high speed sync work and I may not even bother this season. I try to get the flash far enough from ambient (3 stops minimum) so that the flash does all the action stopping. Maybe I'll try some with the Fall sports just starting. Sorry I don't have more info yet. |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 7:10 PM on 09.08.11 |
| ->> The T1 on them at full strength is 1/640th? But when you go to action mode which I believe is half it jumps up to 1/1100? I must be missing this information on their site. Thought I saw it at one point |
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Paul DiSalvo, Photographer
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Highlands Ranch | CO | United States of America | Posted: 2:47 PM on 09.09.11 |
| ->> There's a handy graphic on the product brochure that came with the lights - it's probably downloadable on their website too. |
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