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I have an older model but very solid Broncolor monolight that I've decided to give away here. I thought about selling it but would rather just see it go to a good home. There are so many people here who are dying to shoot with real lights but can't afford to and end up wasting their money on hot lights or cheap, weak strobes that break easily.
A couple words about the light:
It's a Broncolor S80. It looks kind of like the older style Impact series lights, but it uses the newer Pulso line of modifiers. It's 600 w/s of real power. It's very sturdy and extremely reliable. I have used it on shoots with other photographers where we went for long enough that their lights overheated but it just kept on going. The color temp is pretty spot on across the board. Recycle times are good. I don't know a hell of a lot about the flash duration but I've never had any problems with curtain banding. That could be because most of my lenses have leaf shutters, however. Power adjusts down to 1/16th. The modeling light and flash tube are used but in good working order. It has a vented 5600K UV dome over the tube. I will include the plastic cover for the flash tube and a Wescott speed ring with the correct insert, plus an extra Pulso mount insert. Downsides are that modifiers are very expensive, and flash tubes are very expensive as well (they can run into the hundreds). I haven't shopped for a replacement tube in a while, but with a little research you can find one. It will accept a 600 w/s flash tube from the somewhat later Minicom series, if I remember correctly. That said, if you wanted to put a softbox on rather than buy modifiers you can hit the ground running.
If you're interested, please reply here with a little bit about your shooting and what you would use the light for!
A couple words about the light:
It's a Broncolor S80. It looks kind of like the older style Impact series lights, but it uses the newer Pulso line of modifiers. It's 600 w/s of real power. It's very sturdy and extremely reliable. I have used it on shoots with other photographers where we went for long enough that their lights overheated but it just kept on going. The color temp is pretty spot on across the board. Recycle times are good. I don't know a hell of a lot about the flash duration but I've never had any problems with curtain banding. That could be because most of my lenses have leaf shutters, however. Power adjusts down to 1/16th. The modeling light and flash tube are used but in good working order. It has a vented 5600K UV dome over the tube. I will include the plastic cover for the flash tube and a Wescott speed ring with the correct insert, plus an extra Pulso mount insert. Downsides are that modifiers are very expensive, and flash tubes are very expensive as well (they can run into the hundreds). I haven't shopped for a replacement tube in a while, but with a little research you can find one. It will accept a 600 w/s flash tube from the somewhat later Minicom series, if I remember correctly. That said, if you wanted to put a softbox on rather than buy modifiers you can hit the ground running.
If you're interested, please reply here with a little bit about your shooting and what you would use the light for!