Saturday, December 25, 2010

Modifier Comparison: 74" Elinchrom Octa Light Bank, 39" Elinchrom Deep Octa Box, 22" Kacey Enterprises Beauty Dish

I currently own 3 modifiers for my Elinchrom lights:
  • 74" Octa Light Bank
    • An indirect light bank that has one diffusion panel
  • 39" Deep OctaBox
    • A direct light bank that has an inner and outer diffusion panel. Deflectors can be added directly in front of the strobe due to the placement of the Elinchrom umbrella mount.
  • 22" Kacey Enterprises Beauty Dish
    • A beauty dish made of high impact plastic. An optional grid or diffusion panel can be placed in front of the dish.
I have been wanting to test and compare the light from each modifier for quite some time now. Eric graciously agreed to model for me and acquired the studio for a few hours.

The front of the light modifier was placed in the same location (roughly arms length away), and the background is approximately 8 to 10 feet behind Eric. A Sekonic L-358 was used to meter and adjust light levels for each modifier. All images were processed at 4900°K.

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Octa Light Bank + Diffusion Panel
Octa Light Bank + Diffusion Panel
Octa Light Bank
Deep Octa + Inner + Outer Diffusion Panels
Deep Octa + Inner Diffusion Panel
Deep Octa + Silver Deflector
Deep Octa (bare)
Beauty Dish + Diffusion Panel
Beauty Dish (bare)
Beauty Dish + Grid
Bare Bulb

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