New Alien Bee line coming?

[alanbrowne]

<p>Look at the monolight in the upper left - a hybrid bee/Einstein? I found this as part of some fluff regarding their former Swiss distributor.<br /><br />Note that it has the AB "colours", an "Alien Bees" label, but the Einstein diffuser and trigger antenna...<br /><br /><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10969343-lg.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="640" /></p>

[Charles_Webster]

<p>Could have been a left over from the MAX project. Superseded by Einstein.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

[devon_mccarroll]

<p>Yes, they just released the Einstein, which has been a very long time in coming. From the early reports I've read, it's supposed to be a pretty amazing light!</p>

[alanbrowne]

<p>Charles, you're right on - somebody pointed me to:<br>

<a href="http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-9991-10061">http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-9991-10061</a><br>

So I guess the 'bees version (if not dead) will be later or perhaps fewer models. With such a wide and finely selectable power range it doesn't make sense to have too many models. Perhaps a low power model and a high power model are all that are needed.</p>

 

[james_sawyer]

<p>perhaps this is their answer to bi-voltage monolights released by other manufacturers, i think elinchrom was the first one to release bi-voltage/selectable voltage range.</p>