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| Author: | lauriek [ Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Zeus in Australia |
I'm looking to purchase a portable (barely) high powered lighting system, after looking at Broncolor and profoto I've realised it's far too expensive. So now I'm looking at the Zeus sytem with 2x2500w/s floor packs and the bi-tube flash head with a large softbox/octabox to give me a true 5000w/s output from a single head. Unfortunately this is a 110v system whilst Australia is a 240v power supply which raises a few problems. I know I'll have to run a generator to power such a system outdoors, ideally it would have a dual voltage 110/240v. with a pure sinewave/inverter output. Does anyone know what is available that would suit my needs. What capacity would be required to run the 2 floor packs? The intended use is for shooting weddings in bright direct sunlight and ideally overpowering the strong Australian sun by a factor of 2 f-stops giving an underexposed background with lovely soft front light. Any other ideas/suggestions would be much appreciated. |
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| Author: | Technical Support [ Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Zeus in Australia |
lauriek wrote: Any other ideas/suggestions would be much appreciated. At what distance will you be working? What is the sync speed of your camera? How big of a group are you wanting to shoot with this set up? At 14' (4.3 meters) you can get f/16 with one E640 (or AB1600 or X1600) in a soft silver PLM. At 10', you will gain one more stop (f/22). Using the "sunny 16" rule at ISO 100, if your can sync at 1/250, that will put the background two stops under. This would work very well for couples and small groups, and would be able to run from a Vagabond Mini (and depending on which specific flash, you may have the option for 240V). But to answer the question on generator size, we would recommend 1500-2000W per pack. |
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| Author: | lauriek [ Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Zeus in Australia |
Technical Support wrote: lauriek wrote: Any other ideas/suggestions would be much appreciated. At what distance will you be working? What is the sync speed of your camera? How big of a group are you wanting to shoot with this set up? At 14' (4.3 meters) you can get f/16 with one E640 (or AB1600 or X1600) in a soft silver PLM. At 10', you will gain one more stop (f/22). Using the "sunny 16" rule at ISO 100, if your can sync at 1/250, that will put the background two stops under. This would work very well for couples and small groups, and would be able to run from a Vagabond Mini (and depending on which specific flash, you may have the option for 240V). But to answer the question on generator size, we would recommend 1500-2000W per pack. Thanks for the advice :) The groups I get can be 10 or more people. My camera will synch at 1/250. The broncolor system I used the other day was 2500w/s and was only just powerful enough (barely), but I can't afford the exorbitant hire or purchase cost of them. I've actually tried several E640 powered by a generator, and whilst it is a great unit I found it to be underpowered for my needs, hence my interest in the zeus bi tube head with twin floor packs. I don't suppose it's possible to get a zeuss custom made for 240v as that would solve all of my problems ? Otherwise, what about voltage transformers for 110-220v, have they ever been used successfully with your products ie. http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/index. ... og6_0.html |
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| Author: | Technical Support [ Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Zeus in Australia |
No, we are not able to produce a single 240V Zeus system. You can use transformers to adapt the power. I would recommend two 1500 or one 3000W converters at minimum. |
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