Comments on: White Lightning X1600 mini-review

By: gregr

gregr — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:18:04 +0000

@Brandon - you’re right…I forgot to post about where I ended up! I’ll try to get something up in the next week or so.

By: Brandon Harper

Brandon Harper — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:39:37 +0000

Greg,

I came across your blog while searching for White Lightning reviews, and am a fellow Denver area photographer, though still very amateur. :) Anyhow, I looked through your blog and you haven’t followed-up to post about what lighting setup you did end-up going for– do you plan on writing about what you switched to anytime soon?

By: dalegaspi

dalegaspi — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:33:00 +0000

"Power consistency on the lower end was iffy."

i had the similar findings and wrote it in my blog about a year ago. i feel much more normal now...though i'm sticking with my ABs. :-)

btw, i came across this post through a thread from the dpreview lighting forums.

By: gregr

gregr — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:36:00 +0000

Doug - that’s true…however, there are problems with the modeling lights going out. For one, if you’re in a dark studio so the modeling lights are actually proving most of the light, it’s very annoying to have the lights go out. And if you have the room lights turned on, it can be difficult to tell (through the viewfinder) when the modeling light is back on.

All in all, the whole modeling-light-as-ready-indicator was not at all effective for the way I shoot.

By: Doug Wade

Doug Wade — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:19:00 +0000

re: the ready beep - you can set it so the modeling light goes off when there’s a flash, and only comes back on when the unit is recharged. Less annoying than a beep and works really well.