In general, you're much better off with the flash units. I'm not familiar with Falcon Eye products. They're made in China, but that may not be damning. 300 watt second is adequate power for a small studio. I use Studio Pro 300 watt second monolight flashes in my small studio, and they're adequate for anything I do. I can easily get f 11 light -- far more than I usually want for even a head to toe shot of a model. Paul
On Oct 2, 2010, at 4:54 AM, Thibouille wrote: > A friend of mine is selling two studio lighting outfits. One is > Interfit tungsten continuous lighting, the other are non continuous > Falconeyes Flash system > > Is there any good in this? I have nothing right now but would like to > get myself a little studio at home, it would help me progressing > faster than the only day I have a studio available (and in which I > need to do the job I'm asked to). > The Tungsten seemed (I could try both outfilts) to be difficult to > withstand because 3x 500W Tungsten are like hot summer after a couple > minutes. But that's just from using them a couple minutes. They are > rated 3200K but basicaly have no accessories. > He's asking 300 euros for the Tungsten kit (I may negotiate though). > > The Falconeye set is 2x300W with wireless X-sync, honeycomb, snoot, > 2xdiffusers and a couple other things. Seemed to work well enough > when I tried them. He aasking price is 400 euros (again, could be > negotiated). > > Outside from those precise kits, I do not have yet an idea about pros > and cons of continuous vs. non-continuous lighting. I think most pro > studios would not work with continuous lighting but this is just > guess, I have no idea why. > I guess continuous eats way more electrons as well meaning my > electricity bill will would be higher than with non continuous ? > Maybe reusing old flashes would be better? But if accessories needed > (tripods, diffusers etc.) cost me about the same as one of those kits, > what's the point? > > I'm clueless about lighting, really. > Thanks for all your suggestions.... > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs > ---------------------- > Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, > DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... > Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 > Programing: Delphi 2009 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
