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Portable Lighting

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:14 pm
by Nob3y
Am wanting to get some postable lighting.
Needs to have flash heads and while not having to be a top brand make needs to be reliable,easy to use/set up and give decent results.

Any suggestions?


Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:18 pm
by Peter
Go for one of the starter kits from Bowens or Elinchrom if you can afford it. I bought a 2 head Elinchrom kit in the early 90's and it's still regularly used in my set-up to this day.

Go for 500 joule heads if possible.


Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:02 pm
by Nob3y
Will check out the prices of those,thanks for the suggestion.


Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:42 pm
by Snappy
I swear by my Bowens kit, but I have looked after it. the good news now is that you can get hold of cheap accessories to fit via eBay from China. Also 7dayshop.com were doing some really cheap brollies a while back.

If you do need a flash trigger, again I've been very happy with the Chinese cheapo version I use. It's yet to let me down.

One thing I would mention, if you're looking to shoot rapid fire is that you need heads that recharge quickly. It could be worth getting a more powerful head than you need and turning down the power to take advantage of the shorter recycling time.


Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:57 pm
by Glamsnapper
Hey Nob3y i've recently started using kit from these guys:

www.strobeam.com/eu

and i've been well happy. I have 2 x 500 watt heads which kick out plenty of juice and are super quick when used as a standard studio strobe from the mains. They also work of battery powered packs with Li-on batteries which can give up to around 1000 shots on full power (manufacturer quote) although i've never had my pack run out on me on a shoot. The real beauty is they are G3 technology and have their own receivers built in and can be banked up and controlled remotely.
If you run at FP mode which is effectively half power they will fire in burst rates of 9fps....and it does work as i've tried it!
Might not be the price point you're looking at but very nice kit, and fully recommended.

Good luck matey

Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:33 am
by Nob3y
sounds promising but going on what you say will need another set up for HD video.


Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:45 am
by Nob3y
Ouch their prices are too much for me lol


Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:57 am
by Glamsnapper
I can give you another very good option actually matey....check out these guys:

www.quantuum.pl

They are Polish but very very good and reliable kit with a very good price point. I had 2 of their 750 watt heads and they were cracking!!!

Re: Portable Lighting

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:09 am
by Nob3y
Ouch they also out of my price range