Strobe comparison table

[DreiFish]

Since I've gone thourgh all the work of gathering this data from various sources and personal tests over the past few months, I might as well share it here in case other find it helpful. Corrections and additions welcome.

 

Update on 24/06:

 

I've updated the spreadsheet with three new sheets, one showing my detailed Power, Color Temperature and Flash Duration tests,other showing the recycling times / high speed shooting tests, and a final one with images comparing the beam cover with and without diffusers for the strobes I've tested.

 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hWG6Enh-ukiQXjN5y_3NMTFF8b4dhJ64YfZqyIdpFew/edit?usp=sharing

 

Edited June 24 by Davide DB
Post updated

[Adventurer]

Lethal stuff 🤣 thanks for putting the work in this and sharing here!

 

update note: afaik the Kraken offers USB-C charging 

 

update note 2: INON D200 and Z330 are not available anymore

correction: you wrote marilux again 🤣 instead of Marelux 

 

question: how did you measure the energy output?

Edited June 5 by Adventurer

[Brandon Cole]

Thank you very much, DreiFish!

 

[Adventurer]

more additions: the weefine and small Kraken strobe ( WFS07 and Kraken KR-S05 ) have TTL and properly adjust the light output automatically, when put in something they call "Sy" mode on these units. Corrections in the google docs file are recommended quickly, before too much wrong info circulates.

Edited June 6 by Adventurer

[DreiFish]

Thanks Adventurer. I've made the file editable.

[MartinK_cz]

Fixed the Marelux 🙂 at least tiny help for your great work. thx 😉 

Well I really like the design of the Retra, but I am not sure if its worth the extra money. I also like the idea of Marelux Apollo III but its their first generation and I wonder how the TTL will really work for them as they are not really field tested by independent photographers...

[guavakal]

Thank you DreiFish!  Some suggestions:

 

1) small Kraken strobe is KR-S02 not 05 https://krakensports.ca/product/kr-s02-strobe/

2) battery pack for KR-S02 is $125 https://krakensports.ca/product/replacement-battery-hydra-5000-kr-s02-strobe/

3) I think table is easier to read transposed (see pic)

 

 

 

[TimG]

Again, DreiFish, super job - for which, many thanks. We'll Pin this so it should make it easier for users to find.

[humu9679]

Thanks @DreiFish and @guavakal Well done!

[DreiFish]

I've updated the spreadsheet with three new sheets, one showing my detailed Power, Color Temperature and Flash Duration tests,other showing the recycling times / high speed shooting tests, and a final one with images comparing the beam cover with and without diffusers for the strobes I've tested.

Update with correct image

 

Edited June 24 by Davide DB
Image updated

[boduoguo]

INON S-220 looks brighter than YS-D3? More even .

[DreiFish]

2 hours ago, boduoguo said:

INON S-220 looks brighter than YS-D3? More even .

It's not. The INON S-220 shots were incorrectly the ones at F18 rather than normalized to F22 like the rest. Fixed now. Perhaps a moderator could kindly remove the screenshot from my post above and replace with this one? And combine my post above with the pinned first post for easy of reference?

Edited June 22 by DreiFish

[Davide DB]

On 6/22/2024 at 7:42 PM, DreiFish said:

It's not. The INON S-220 shots were incorrectly the ones at F18 rather than normalized to F22 like the rest. Fixed now. Perhaps a moderator could kindly remove the screenshot from my post above and replace with this one? And combine my post above with the pinned first post for easy of reference?

 

Updated with correct image and I've updated the pinned post

[DreiFish]

I've updated the spreadsheet with the Backscatter HF-1 test results.

 

 

[Kim R]

Wow this is amazing! Thanks for putting all of this together!