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I was just wondering if anybody is having a similar issue. I've noticed my B1 will fire a very over exposed flash periodically. In a set of about 30-40 shots, three to four will be greatly over exposed. There's no consistency and I don't see any pattern to when it happens. However it's never two in a row.

Thanks guys for the responses. I do have a couple of fast primes. A Sigma 50 1.4 and a Canon 85 1.2. I'm thinking of bouncing the strobes with gels and using higher ISO.

Thanks so much guys for the input. Pete, You gave me a lot to chew on. My fear was the color cast if I bounced. I was wondering if gelling would have helped with that. 1/2 CTO or Full? Haven't shot strobes before with gels, only speedlites. I need to find a similar place to practice. The last wedding I did I went the week before and shot some practice shots. But it had low white ceilings. It was ideal! Would you use ttl or manual? I would assume manual. If at 1600 ISO would you start at 1/4 power? Thanks again...

I've had mine for a couple of months with no issues. I've heard that before but mine have been 100% with my 5D3. I'm very impressed with how accurate it really is.

<p>I thought about that but it was like pulling teeth to get in to just take a couple of quick snaps with my iphone. It's a popular venue that's booked out. They have daily tours of the distillery as well. We had to make arrangements with security for the limited time we were allowed to be there. You're right about the practice. I'm not a professional but I take my photography seriously and look forward to the pressure to perform.</p>

I've got a friends wedding to shoot in August. I went and looked at the reception hall which is in an old, active, whiskey distillery. The hall is dark, like really dark. Dark wood floors and dark wood ceilings (20' up) with lots of small halogen accent lights and incandescent wall lights. It's rectangular with the DJ area and head table opposite of each other on the long sides of the room and the dance floor in the middle. I don't have a lot of weddings under my belt so I'm looking for some lighting suggestions. I recently invested into the profoto OCF system with 2 B1's and the B2 set up. My initial thoughts were to put one B1 on each side of the room close to the middle but diagonal to each other. The cake table will be close to the B&G as well so I was thinking I might be able to get away with just two lights? Should they be diffused? Bare? Pointed towards the dance floor? Also should I use the B2 on camera as fill in conjunction with the b1's? I would really prefer not to have a camera mounted flash but maybe necessary. I primarily shoot seniors and an occasional outdoor wedding but need a little help on thinking through this one since it's a new lighting system for me as well.