ronz Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Hey guys, I have been viewing Photo.Net users for a long time now, alot oftalented shooters in here, well this is my first post. I would like to know whythe Calumet 750 is referred to as Bowens, arent they different brands? I wasthinking of getting the Calumet 750 kit - i currently have 3 studiomax IIIphotogenic monoblocs, i can sure mix them up huh? Thanks for the inputs guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_kluge Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Bowens makes the Calumet Travelites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_bourke Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Back about 15 years ago when I bought my Bowens Prolite 100 lights, there were two U.S. distributors for Bowens: Bogen and Calumet. Calumet has kept distributing Bowens both under the Bowens name and under the Calumet name and provides parts and repair. Bowens is the actual manufacturer and is based in the U.K. (Calumet also distributes them there). A third party source of flashtubes is Lumix in France, but I'd take the Bowens tubes as you can get them UV coated. FWIW, Bowens/Calumet equipment from about 15 years back up to today are generally referred to as "Series 2" and use the same reflectors. Older Bowens flashes (Monolite series, a.k.a. "Series 1") use a different series of reflectors though I believe an adapter is (was?) available to use older reflectors on newer flash units. Hope this isn't too confusing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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