Hi,
I received my order of Paul C Buff equipment this week equipping us with enough watt/seconds of flash to handle all but the biggest commercial jobs that we see on any kind of regular basis. Until now commercial jobs have always meant renting flash, and that has meant a trip to Vancouver. It made bidding or offering commercial jobs was onerous and often impractical.
I chose to go with PCB contrary to my usual purchasing modus operandi. I typically never buy anything other than industry proven high end brands. In this case I bought equipment that has a price tag much bellow the equipment I typically rent (Profoto) with, arguably, the same capabilities. One of the big selling points was the PCB warranty and glowing reputation from their customers.
High end flash equipment is one of those things that you pay up to half of your money for the brand. Granted, in most cases these names have established themselves with well proven track records. For the most part, however, there is nothing revolutionary about commercial flash equipment these days. In fact it's been a rather stagnant technology for quite some time; very different from the state of digital capture that is making leaps and bounds with every new model release.
I'm hoping to review the equipment here on the blog over the next few blogs. One of the things I find frustrating about shopping online is the lack of a tactile experience with a product before I buy it. This is one of the challenges with running my business in the "sticks" as apposed to the "big smoke": I can't walk into a store and handle or try the products I'm interested in. I'm stuck with the seller's website and any online reviews I might find. Hopefully I will put out a decent review that some of you might find useful.
I hate UPS. If you've ever had them deliver something across the border from the 'states you know why... they could have at least kissed me first.
Greg
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