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Planning to buy Lastolite Hilite 6 X 7 Foot with a white train.Linky

What light heads, umbrella etc will be the right fit for the above?

Any advice from TPles is much appreciated.
 
Anyone?
 
Maybe nobody has answered you because the answer is that ANY flash heads will fit it, and will do the job. That's the beauty of the Hi-Lite.
 
True enough. Two of almost anything will do in a HiLite. Then you need main subject light/s.

So that said, it makes sense to get something that will also do other things well. What do you want to do? Budget?

My idea of the ultimate outfit would be a 580EXII and 430EXII hot-shoe guns, for lots of E-TTL strobisty type potential anywhere. Plus a couple of RF-602 radio triggers for use when necessary. Then stick them in the HiLight, and pair them up with a two-head studio light kit (Lencarta, Bowens, Elinchrom) and you have a full on studio outfit.

Something along those lines is pretty capable in just about any imaginable situation, and not too costly. You can spend plenty more though - Pocket Wizards, nice big softboxes, a few more guns... ;)
 
The recycle time of the flashes may be an issue but that depends on how you work
 
Sylvester XxX said:
The recycle time of the flashes may be an issue but that depends on how you work
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True, but I find that 1/4 power with two decent flash guns is enough to blow a HiLite okay, with fast recyling, providing you don't want to work at f/16 ISO100.

Always use fresh batteries and have a spare set. You can easily get through two sets in a session if you want to keep the recycle times up.
 
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