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Hi,

I have been getting to grips with my EOS and would now like to get a starter studio lighting kit, i take a lot of portrait shots of my children and my wife is getting fed up with me moving table lamps around the house:lol:.

I was thinking "Interfit EX150 Mark II" any opinions or better alternatives of similar price? Also im new to external flash and dont know how this would connect to my 500D, can anyone help please?


Many Thanks
 
there are two types of studio lights;

hot lights - these are constant illumination however they are not meant to be as good for portraits and they are really hot which can be a major safety issue

strobes - the most common strobe is your flashgun these are compact and lightweight however you'll need quite a few because the flashgun power isn't as good which can be expensive.
 
Thanks, will take a look at that one, does anyone know anything about the EX150 and how it connects?

Thanks
 
How it connects to what?
 
Meno said:
Thanks, will take a look at that one, does anyone know anything about the EX150 and how it connects?

Thanks
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I'm assuming you mean for synchronised firing?

Either by a sync lead, optical trigger, or radio trigger.

For a hard wire sync, you will need a co-axial sync socket on the camera. I'm not sure the 500D has one, in which case you need a hot shoe adaptor for about a fiver. Once the main flash fires, optical slaves on the other units trigger them automatically.

Or you can fire them with an IR trigger on the camera (basically a small basic flash gun with an IR filter) which the slaves will pick up. You should be able to do the same by using the on board flash, but this might interfere with the picture.

Or you can use a radio trigger, with transmitter on the hot shoe and receiver on the flash. Again the first flash will trigger the others if they have optical slaves, but some units have built in radio triggers. Radio triggers used to be expensive and/or unreliable but that seems to be sorted now. The benefit is that they are not affected by ambient light, and have good range even if they are hidden awkwardly.
 
HoppyUK said:
I'm assuming you mean for synchronised firing?

Either by a sync lead, optical trigger, or radio trigger.

For a hard wire sync, you will need a co-axial sync socket on the camera. I'm not sure the 500D has one, in which case you need a hot shoe adaptor for about a fiver. Once the main flash fires, optical slaves on the other units trigger them automatically.

Or you can fire them with an IR trigger on the camera (basically a small basic flash gun with an IR filter) which the slaves will pick up. You should be able to do the same by using the on board flash, but this might interfere with the picture.

Or you can use a radio trigger, with transmitter on the hot shoe and receiver on the flash. Again the first flash will trigger the others if they have optical slaves, but some units have built in radio triggers. Radio triggers used to be expensive and/or unreliable but that seems to be sorted now. The benefit is that they are not affected by ambient light, and have good range even if they are hidden awkwardly.
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Excellent! thats what i meant and you have explained perfectly for me.

Many Thanks
 
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