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It's too bad you can't check any of this stuff out in person. I don't know how the Kino Diva pushes the tubes in those lights... but I've got the same tubes in a fixture I've been working on and I can tell ya' that two of the Diva tubes in this fixture is wacky bright... I mean like "fills the room" bright. That's with TWO of the tubes... not four.
But like I mentioned earlier I also have a crap-load of fixtures that use the Kino 4' tubes and they've served me well. I just got tired of managing the size of 4' fixtures. I still use 'em... but I expect the "Diva style" to take over much of my lighting.
The 4' fixtures do much of the softboxing for you... right out of the tubes and onto your set... the compact flos in the Divas get hard to look at when you need the same coverage... but they do a reasonable job anyway.
I think it's a toss-up and you'll enjoy fluorescents either way... it's just too bad you can't play around with them before you buy.
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