Profoto vs. White Lightning vs Elinchrom Tests

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Profoto vs. White Lightning vs Elinchrom Tests

Since I see a lot of people struggle with the decision to buy strobes, I thought I'd test my lights since I have a variety of them at my disposal. I work for a studio that rents gear so we have a variety. I did the test in our studio with only the strobes modeling lamp on and I used the same Chimera 3'x4' softbox with a white interior. I also tested with the standard reflectors and achieved similar results so I didn't feel the need to post these results. I used a Sekonic meter for the f/stop reading and a Minolta Color meter to read the Color Temperature. As you can see the lights are all very similar in output and CT variation with the power settings. I tested each light three times at each setting to check for consistency and the second and third flash all remained true to the first reading.

The quality of light from the Profoto and Elinchrom was smoother with the standard reflectors than the WL, but they all were identical when placed in a softbox.

Here's the results.

Profoto Compact 600 Plus Monolights @ 6’/ Chimera 3’x4’ Softbox white interior

Power - Color Temperature - F/Stop

1/1 - 5070*K - f/32
1/2 - 4990*K - f/22
1/4 - 4920*K - f/16
1/8 - 4830*K - f/11
1/16 - 4720*K - f/6.7

White Lightning x1600 w/UV tubes @ 6’ / Chimera 3’x4’ Softbox white interior

Power - Color Temperature - F/Stop

1/1 - 5220*K - f/32
1/2 - 5090*K - f/22
1/4 - 5020*K - f/16
1/8 - 4970*K - f/13
1/16 - 4880*K - f/8
1/32 - 4800*K - f/5.6

Elinchrom Style 600 S @ 6’/ Chimera 3’x4’ Softbox white interior

Power - Color Temperature - F/Stop

1/1 - 5090*K - f/27
1/2 - 4920*K - f/19
1/4 - 4830*K - f/16
1/8 - 4760*K - f/11
1/16 - 4720*K - f/8
1/32 - 4620*K - f/5.6
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