PHOTOGRAPHY: In These Tough Economic Times, Invest in...Alien Bees?

I’ve found that people who know anything at all about Paul C. Buff’s Alien Bees strobes either love them or hate them.

Proponents laud their affordability and reliability, Buff’s repair policy, and overall customer service. AB haters, on the other hand, deride everything from the admittedly goofy colors they come in (although you can always buy basic black…), to their “cheap” look and feel (they’re made of Lexan—which is actually bullet-proof glass material—rather than metal), to the quality of the light they produce. At least one naysayer I’ve read on the web goes so far as to call Paul C. Buff himself a con man.

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