dragan 2 Posted September 20, 2006 Hi, I am about to buy one of those strobes for my new setup. On the paper they have same GN 24 and 100 degrees coverage. I would like to know if anyone has compared those two to verify it. This would help me evaluate other features such as weight, batteries, recycle time etc. I do not want to start strobe holy war, just being curios. Many thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kdietz 0 Posted September 20, 2006 Hi,I am about to buy one of those strobes for my new setup. On the paper they have same GN 24 and 100 degrees coverage. I would like to know if anyone has compared those two to verify it. This would help me evaluate other features such as weight, batteries, recycle time etc. I do not want to start strobe holy war, just being curios. Many thanks. DS200 GN is 38....this is a very large and very powerful strobe....much larger than the Inon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james 0 Posted September 20, 2006 Hi Dragan, Here's a photo of my rig set up with one Z220 (same size as Z240) and one Ikelite 200. It's a good photo to give you an idea of the size differences. The Ike is a much more powerful and wider beamed strobe than the Inon. I prefer the Inons for macro and fish photography, and the Ikes for wide angle. Cheers James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragan 2 Posted September 20, 2006 DS200 GN is 38....this is a very large and very powerful strobe....much larger than the Inon Both strobes nominally have metric GN 24 in air. 38 is imperial GN UW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james 0 Posted September 20, 2006 Guide numbers can be really deceiving. The GN's may be the same in the middle, but the Ike puts out that amount of light over a much larger area. The Ike puts out 200 watt-seconds of power, I'm guessing the Inon puts out something like 100 or 125. Cheers James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragan 2 Posted September 20, 2006 Hi Dragan, Here's a photo of my rig set up with one Z220 (same size as Z240) and one Ikelite 200. It's a good photo to give you an idea of the size differences. The Ike is a much more powerful and wider beamed strobe than the Inon. I prefer the Inons for macro and fish photography, and the Ikes for wide angle. Cheers James This is exactly what puzzled me. Nominally they have same angle and GN, but one is half size. There must be a catch somewhere. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kdietz 0 Posted September 20, 2006 This is exactly what puzzled me. Nominally they have same angle and GN, but one is half size. There must be a catch somewhere. Thanks. Don't believe everything you read....the INON can't compare with the DS200 power and spread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
