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If you don't need to use it on rocks/stairs etc then a regular aluminium light stand will be best. I have half a dozen of these https://www.lencarta.com/gb/lencarta-light-stand-265cm-pneumatic-air-damped they're really light for the size, with a broad base and clamp-free locking mechanism

Yes this is a better solution :) Optional NSFW :)

Great review Garry . I have 4 different types of these and they're each flawed in their own way. All of them eat an insane amount of light, large flash heads are the least efficient drivers for these spot projectors as the light source is not centred with the lens: it goes around the edge of...

I almost never use a softbox on location - the bare AD200, often with a warming gel and a tube for control is much more effective. Usually more directional than fill for me, but I find a hard light looks much nicer (often emulating sunset light). In the works. I decided to write the...

hmmm :) I'll have a think. You've covered quite a bit of ground! Maybe something alone the lines of combining ambient light and flash..

I went with a long tube made from rolled up matt black card stock over the end of my lens. You can see it on the camera in this write up of a darkfield shot of a smoking bulb I did ten years ago https://owenlloydphotography.com/smoke-part-2-smoking-bulbs/

Damm Barney - that must have been a long exposure.. :P

I think I've used the auto zoom once - zoomed to 300mm from the back of the hall, I took a picture of my then 6-year-old daughter in the school nativity, and the SB900 flash zoomed to match. (well 200mm which was it's max focal length). Like @Phil V said - I mostly use it on camera in manual...

They are without doubt the best stands I've ever used. Quarter turn loose to solid, lightweight and matt-black. And - no collars to break. (and I put wheels on 3 of mine too :) )

It's what you need though - or some variation of it. (although sadly, the D850 has no pop-up so won't act as a commander without a suitable flash on the shot shoe - still has the PC-Sync socket though) My tests ten years ago https://owenlloydphotography.com/testing-macro-solutions/#more-2108...

What happens when you press the test button on the transmitter?

Agree with all that Garry :) My aim was more to compare (and so have a constant distance) rather than provide absolute values. The distance from the light source is there or there abouts but does vary due to reflector sizes, physical dimensions of the light head, and mounting solutions. Also...

Yes I can see if you're lighting an entire church, wall-to-wall, then (bare bulb?) AD600s would be ideal. In fact I may even be tempted to bring 3 studio heads and the LP800 inverter if I've got wheels. It's all about access and ease of transport for me - if I can use the cart, I may take...

and yet we've been using mostly a single AD200 for years to great effect :)

Output matters to me too! and I'm sure the AD-B2 is best at mounting one or two open bulbs but it's still behind the simple Fresnel head that comes with the AD200 in terms of efficiency of light delivery. This is not the fault of the AD-B2, but the open bulbs that go in it, and the reflectors...