Starter studio flash set...

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Hi all,
First of all, sorry, I'm sure this has been asked 1,000,000 time in the life of TP.

I know NOTHING about studio flash kits but I have a bit of spare cash and was looking on e-bay to see what I might able to get.

I found this

Now, I know this is never going to be as good as something like a set of Bowen 500s but for £73 (£133 with pp), it can't be bad......

or can it :shrug:
 
I find you really have to spend around £150+ to get anything worthwhile.
 
hi Slvrbck, hope your doing well.

this kit you listed is cheap. that means they have cut costs where ever possible.

first thing to note, what connections do the lights take. if you want to use these with other accesories, you may struggle to find what you want(eg soft boxes, barn doors etc etc etc)

there is also the colour cast off the lights, how stable is it. a lot of cheaper lights suffer from inconsistant light casts.

the power adjustment tend to be a bit limited, ie full half quarter, whereas the higher end have 1/10th stop adjustment.also remember hearing that the power used each flash varies per flash.

im sure gary will be along to recomend the lencarta kit(youll find them on ebay) he has some sets that he has been testing i think.

if the budget will allow the bowens or elinchrom d lites are worth the extra in my opinion.
like a camera you are buying into a system that can get expensive to exchange.

also bear in mind the power output. 400w or 500w kits are a bit powerful for the average living room.

i personally have a set of d lite 4s and they never really go above half power. in retrospect the d lite 2s would have been better.
 
cheers fletch,
I'm doing good thanks, to my surprise I am enjoying doing portraits at the moment.
Yer your right.
After thinking about it, I am going to wait till my budget can stretch a bot more and invest in something like a set of d lite 4s
 
Your starting point should be a basic understanding of what flash is, what it does, how to use it - so take a look at the free downloads here

As for choice of brands, the one you linked to seems to be very good value for money but although you don't need top quality equipment to produce good quality shots, the better the gear the easier it is - so it doesn't really pay to economise too much if you're a beginner
 
Hi Gary, cheers for the advice.
Thanks for the link, will bookmark that for a read tomorrow.
 
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