[JMitchell]

In Réponses Photo. They put 9 studio flash kits, including the D-Lite 4 kit, to the test and worked out the best VFM.

The cheapest they had was the Interfit Venus 300 kit, which they said was good because of its metal construction, and its amplitude, but doesn't have a very practical pilot lamp, and the light tube is exposed (whatever that means [2nd thing])

D-Lite 4 kit was the third cheapest. They like having 2 softboxes, the active ventilation, its digital display, and its power; but they say the pilot lamp isn't powerful, they don't like the plastic body/case, and call the tripods 'heavy and basic'.

Dunno what you make of that!
I might write up more of it, but it's actually quite hard translating that kind of thing...


Just thought you lot might find it of interest,
J

[Dave]

What was the outcome then Jack ,,, top 3 ?

[JMitchell]

Right, the three were:
Bowen's Studio-in-a-box
Aurora Fusion 300 kit
Jinbei Full Mobility kit

(in price order low to high)

[EKIMIKE]

Get your french skills out you by any chance doing it for A levels? (toootally off subject)

MiKE

[JMitchell]

Thanks, and yes I do happen to be doing it Did a work experience in a photo shop there 2 weeks ago, not sure if you saw the thread, and have oral mock on Monday

[EKIMIKE]

Originally Posted by JMitchell

Thanks, and yes I do happen to be doing it Did a work experience in a photo shop there 2 weeks ago, not sure if you saw the thread, and have oral mock on Monday

Hmmmm i do too but i wouldn't have the confidence in my ability to do work experience in France. I don't know why but no-one in my class can really hold a decent conversation. Its a very much 'get by the exam' rather than learn to speak french mentality unfortunately.

We had a mock oral about a month ago and i got 16 out of 30 doing completely off the top of my head . I think if that was graded it would probably be U LOL and i wasn't the worst.

Oh how i could rant.

MiKE

[JMitchell]

Languages seems to be the thing I'm good at rather than maths + science. Did alright in me GCSEs, lowest grade was a B, but I chose to to German and French (and English lit and photography) because I found it so much easier. My German is waaay better than my French though, I can have quite decent conversations in German, whereas I can make myself understood in French!

Most people don't like languages, but people do it because either they think it's a soft option, or well...I dunno, but I'm an exception, I (*start geek mode*) really enjoy them [/geek mode]. . Hate maths though

[EKIMIKE]

Originally Posted by JMitchell

I (*start geek mode*) really enjoy them [/geek mode]. . Hate maths though

I agree. Maths is awful. So i didn't take it. I wish i could've done photography though
Seems as well that my french course is useless because its all about very modern issues but the book is nearly 10 years old so the base of what we should be learning is all irrelevant

[JMitchell]

You're lucky, we don't even have a damned book The teacher's in the French dept (interestingly not German though, we have a 10 yr old book for that ) think that the syllabus changes to often for us to use books, so we just gets millions of sheets, nightmare!

Oh and don't worry, you don't wish you could have done photography. It's all arty farty present-your-books-with-mounted-borders-on-your-essays type stuff, and well over half the people taking it don't know what they're doing, including one of the teachers. It can be fun, but it's too much work for not enough return for me, as I don't get much new photography knowledge out of it. Tbh I spend most of my time helping everyone else.

[Whipspeed]

You're the opposite of my son Jack, he's hopeless at languages, but is taking three sciences and maths at A level. I gave up helping with homework several years ago now