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hi all

moving into a new house next month and it has a good sized garage hopfully going to make a home studio been looking on ebay and found some 540w studio kits would these be any good or any advice please?
 
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That kit is pretty good value, but personally I'd pay a bit more and get a lot more...

It will do the job, it's pretty complete and will have enough power but it does have limitations that may or may not be important to you...
1. Power only reduces to 1/8th and the consistency is likely to be poor at low settings anyway
2. The modelling lamp is weak
3. No fan cooling, you may have to rest them from time to time
4. The recycling time is 3 seconds, that's far too slow for photographing kids etc because the best time to take a shot is always immediately you've taken the last one, not 3 seconds later
5. Fixed reflectors, so you won't be able to expand the kit with extra accessories.

As I say, these limitations may or may not be important to you. Take a look at a similar kit from Stable Imaging, known to be a reliable seller with a good reputation, or a better one from Lencarta
 
im also looking at this ebay kit, now ive not been doing photography long (about 2 months)
would this do for just hobbyist use? i:e photographing friends/family/kids etc..??

also what is 1/8th mean??
 
It means you can only reduce the power output down to 1/8, if you need to go lower well you can't.
 
sorry (newbie) does this mean turn the intensity of the light down??

also is it a constant and flash in one??
as i see there is a model light and strobe??
 
westley byford said:
sorry (newbie) does this mean turn the intensity of the light down??

also is it a constant and flash in one??
as i see there is a model light and strobe??
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Yes, it means that you can set the flash from 1/8th to full power - most flash heads have more adjustment than that.

And there's a modelling lamp too, which will give you a good indication of the lighting effect you'll get, if it's bright enough - this one isn't unless you're working in a darkened room
 
turning flashes down is one of the most useful features I've found so far (could be my shooting style). To make everything play nicely without using stupid apertures.
 
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