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   MichaelSewell

   Review Elinchrom ELB500

   This review is split into three posts, due to the limit on the number of images that can be included per post
   
   First of all, just so we are completely transparent, I'm an Elinchrom Ambassador.
   
   Secondly, I happen to be an Ambassador because I use Elinchrom, not the other way around.
   
   Obviously, there are some perks to this, such as having the opportunity to use and test the latest equipment before its public release. As I use four ELB400 units for my location work, the new ELB500 announced earlier this year is of particular interest to me. My four ELB400s are used most days, with a variety of subject matter, and in varied conditions. And whilst I was quite confident I'd have no issues using the ELB500 in place of an ELB400, I wondered how much real difference this new unit would make. After all, I'd been perfectly happy with my current setup for over two years. No issues, no dramas and certainly no disappointments. And considering my investment in those four units, how much advantage would the ELB500 bring, and would it put my ELB400 relationship at risk?
   
   Manufacturer Specs
   
   

   • 500 Ws IGBT
     
     
   • Full Asymmetry
     
     
   • 7 F-stops Adjustment
     
     
   • TTL
     
     
   • HSS
     
     
   • 16.3 x 9.0 x 18.1 cm (LxWxH)
     
     
   • 2.48 kg (unit + battery)
     
     
   • 1.74 kg (without battery)
     
     
   • Flash Duration - Action: 1/20000s
     
     
   • Flash Duration - Normal: 1/3400s
     
     
   • Recycling Times - 0.05 - 2 seconds
     
     
   • OLED control display

   First Impressions
   
   When I get any new kit, whether for use or review, the first job is to familiarise myself with its controls and menu system. For a review, that's kinda obvious anyway. But for use on a job, it becomes a little more critical. Besides not wanting to look like a complete spoon in front of a client, time spent fiddling erodes confidence. Not to mention it can stop you getting the best out of the kit. The ELB500 was...

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   Dec 2, 2018
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   Cederic

   Morocco

   In December I spent a week in Morocco. 50km walked, 1800km driven, photography rating 8/10 - marked down due to the local populace disliking people photography and the police getting very grumpy if you photograph certain things (like themselves).
   I started in Marrakech. Actually I just fell in love with the place.
   Next day I drove to Casablanca. Stopped a couple of times on the way, found out how poor much of Morocco is. Poor, but not poverty. People can't all afford cars, but they can afford a donkey.
   ..and a pretty Mosque..
   ..and a lady tending a flock of sheep. The domestic animals of any kind roam free all over Morocco, but they all had at least one person attending them.
   Going into Fes I found this stupendously big and utterly incomprehensible chunk of concrete..
   Then walked down to the Royal Palace to admire their brass doors....

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   Feb 22, 2018
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   Santa

   MU-43 Photo Contest for December - BRIDGE

   This months theme is BRIDGE
   Remember a Bridge does not have to span water, a Bridge doesn’t have to be man made.

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   Dec 3, 2018
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   Hendrik

   Spain - Pen-F & Oly 17/1.8 go traveling together

   My previous visit to Spain was in 2002. That was the last foreign travel adventure I shot on film (color negative stock largely procured en route). I can only recall using a single OM-2 and Zuiko 50 f/1.4. I suspect I may occasionally have used a Zuiko 75-150 f/4 or, even less likely, a Zuiko 28 f/3.5. My wife toted a film P&S and my son was carrying a Canon Rebel film camera that was about half the weight of my OM-2. By this time, my wife and I had already started using an Olympus 3030Z digicam, but it stayed home. Digital cameras and cards were expensively iffy affairs then – 3MB images and 256 MB cards were pushing it! Scanned 35mm snapshots seem most satisfactory to me when scaled to 5-6Mp. So, I had a list of images I wanted to reshoot.

   15

   Nov 3, 2018
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   gryphon1911

   Ohio Renaissance Festival - EM5.2 Edition

   I went to this event 3 times and took different cameras each time. This is the Micro 4/3 edition. Shot mainly with the EM5.2 and Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8
   
   Concentrated on the people and their costumes, mostly.

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   Oct 31, 2018
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   dmcgrew

   Swallow Falls State Park, Maryland

   I absolutely loved hiking here! Only had about 2 hours of time to spend but I would love to go back and spend a few days there! These were shot with the Pen-F and Oly 9-18mm.

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   Feb 5, 2018

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