Advice on home studio kit

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Hi I have an opportunity to pick up a second hand home studio kit and would like
some opinions on it as I am a Newbie to studio flash

The Kit is a Proline F-180 2 head kit with 2 softboxes, 2 brollies

To be honest I dont know too much about this kit but realise its not up there with Lencarta ,Elinchrom etc..... and has certain limitations but would like to know if I upgrade in the future would I be able to use them as additional lights for background

The kit is under £100

I'm going to use it for family portraits & children and is really just to get me started and try my hand at it without spending too much on it

any info would be appreciated
 
The Prolines look extremely like the 'e-bay specials' that can be had under a dozen different brand names, at quite a range of prices.

You can't go far wrong at £100 and should be able to learn a lot. They're not the best units around and though I've not used the 180 version, I've tried the 300 and TBH it wasn't that bad - if the price is right.

Main problem for the future will be the unusual modifier fitting when you want to try something bigger and better, and the recycling is slow at full power (and longer than the beeper/indicator suggests). But within those limitations they would be fine working alongside other lights as background or hair lights etc.

Personally, if everything's in good nick, I'd get them for £100. See how you get on. You'll learn a lot, and then either add some better heads/modifiers later, or simply sell them on for what you paid and get stuck in to something better from Lencarta or Elinchrom.
 
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