Hey all,

Been doing some research(and saving) the past year, and after working on over 100 sets the past 12mo, here in LA, 95% of the jobs I've been on have been lit with Profoto. Not that that's a "bad" thing, the light quality is great, the output is even, and color temperature stays consistent from lowest power to full pop. But its EXPENSIVE... I don't like to use a lot of strobe power when I shoot w/ strobe(generally prefer to use a flex-fill, or a single/double net to cut down contrast from the sun, etc...

But after using a nice little Dynalite Uni400Jr monolight the past 6mo or so, I've come to appreciate the "cheaper" alternatives cost-wise to Profoto and Broncolor.

So, point of my question: for those of you who have used(or use) Elinchrom strobe packs and heads, they seem to be the best "bang for the buck" in terms of technical ability, and cost per w/s...

I'm not interested in Paul Buff or White Lightning's here. I want to get some QUALITY lights. Less plastic, more metal. Rubber bumper-cornered and all...

Here's the pack I've been eyeing(on the used market these average ~$1k or so)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...tt_Second.html

and 2 heads

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Pro_Head.html

This pack allows 1/10 stop adjustment(some say overkill, but why not have the ability, especially at this cost vs. Broncolor/Profoto?) all the way up to 3000W/S. Profoto's max out at 2400W/S in output, Bron's have 3200w/s packs. Of course a bi-tube head is always an option, but they're $3k, and hard to source used affordably(if at all).

Anyone here with experience on the Elinchrom system(ideally not with monolights, just packs and separate heads)?

Shooting with LF and MF mostly, hence the "need" for 3000w/s sometimes...

thanks

Dan