fino Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Has anyone experience with these two flash heads?Which do you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry edwards Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 The Style 600 is a later design and has a wider range of adjustment. The early versions of the EL 500 did not have use-changeable flash tubes. Other than that they are very similar and both will take the full range of Elinchrom/Prolinca accessories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas_griego Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 The EL 500 is a real pain to change the tube. Maybe they recommend that you take it to the shop or agent and change it. Anyhow I've done it myself and it's a nightmare. Not the least of which is that you can ZAP yourself silly if you slip and discharge a cappacitor. It's easy to do. If I remember right the tube is held in place and to release it you have to unscrew about 8 different screws and open the housing - then you have to use a very tiny allen wrench to to undo two bolds that hold the contacts in place. All just to change a friggin' tube! The 600 on the other hand (at least the newer Style series it's a piece of cake. No screws etc. Obviously don't touch the tube or anything but it's easy. And some (all?) of the Style 600's have cooling fans. Good for long shoots. Go with the Style series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fino Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Thanks guys, Garry I see you are in the UK, do you have a recommended supplier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guann-yeu chin Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Hi, <p> I think that <a href="http://www.theflashcentre.com">The Flash Centre</a> are Elinchrom's official U.K. distributor. They offer a 'try before you buy' service on ELinchrom products, but I don't know the terms and conditions. Give them a ring if that's of interest. <p> Otherwise, the people that I got my lighting from are <a href="http://www.robertwhite.co.uk">Robert White</a>, who are a good deal cheaper than The Flash Centre. <p> Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fino Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 very helpful, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur_grossman Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 If you get the EL500c, the tubes are user replaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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