these also have built in triggers so no need to buy triggers either. Very good quality lights and the price is great too. About the same price as Alienbee's but Elinchroms are better in all aspects.
You can't trigger strobes optically (without triggers) on bright daylight. btw, Alienbees have also problems with color temperature and it will be different with different power setting. Elicnhroms have constant color temperature. I've shot few times with the d-lite it 4's and the inbuilt triggers are great. No need to hassle with triggers and batteries anymore. Elinchrom inbuilt triggers also have high speed sync mode which will enable you to shoot with highger shutter speed of 1/250 with 5D vs 1/160 or 1/200. So basicly you can use one or two clicks faster shutter than with other triggers (pocket wizards offer this option too, but they cost hundreds of $$$ and are useless if you go with Elinchrom). There's really no reason to buy AB's, but there are many reasons to buy Elinchrom's (even more so when you live in Jamaica).
Huh? Elinchrom D-Lite it 400/400w set costs 800$. Two AB800's cost 560$, two AB softboxes 240$, two stands 140$, CyberCync transmitter 60$, two CyberCync receivers 140$. In totalsimilar Alienbee set would cost 1140$. That's hardly 2$k more for Elinchrom. In addition, You would get 160w less power with AB's and no carrying cases for the lights and stands. Not even talking about the technical benefits and better quality of Elinchrom.
