kmhadi27
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First things first, here is my gear:
Nikon D60
Tamron 18-200mm
Nikon 28-80mm (manual)
Nikon 15-105mm (manual from early 90's but amazing quality)
tripod (2x)
m3 remote for wireless camera trigger
Now, I want to upgrade my gear for studio portrait photography. I'm interested in doing shots for people for a cheap price in my spare time. What I'm looking for is a backdrop (Blk & White) and lights.
I have a budget (everything that can fit in $500 budget).
I was looking at 3 point lighting systems on ebay. The continuous lights run at around $250 for about 2100 watts. What is better? continuous lights or strobes or speedlight flashes?
My thing is the continuous lights and strobes work for my budget except they aren't as portable as speedlight flashes. I've seen all kinds of discussions and debates about continuous vs. strobes, but my question what is the difference in brightness between the two? Is a 180 watt strobe bright enough to compare to a continuous light with 5 flourescent bulbs in it?
Is is better to have 3 strobes with a total output of 900watts? or 3 continuous lights with 2100 watts? all running through softboxes/umbrellas etc.
Or what is a good number of watts for a bright ideal setup? What I like about the continuous lighting is that you can turn off the bulbs if you need to make it less brighter...
Please help, it is appreciated.
Thanks
Edit: here is examples of what i seen on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2800-Watt-Photo...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d299d796d
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-LIGHT-SOFTBOX...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3caec0a58c
http://cgi.ebay.com/900W-STROBE-STU...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bd4e859c
Nikon D60
Tamron 18-200mm
Nikon 28-80mm (manual)
Nikon 15-105mm (manual from early 90's but amazing quality)
tripod (2x)
m3 remote for wireless camera trigger
Now, I want to upgrade my gear for studio portrait photography. I'm interested in doing shots for people for a cheap price in my spare time. What I'm looking for is a backdrop (Blk & White) and lights.
I have a budget (everything that can fit in $500 budget).
I was looking at 3 point lighting systems on ebay. The continuous lights run at around $250 for about 2100 watts. What is better? continuous lights or strobes or speedlight flashes?
My thing is the continuous lights and strobes work for my budget except they aren't as portable as speedlight flashes. I've seen all kinds of discussions and debates about continuous vs. strobes, but my question what is the difference in brightness between the two? Is a 180 watt strobe bright enough to compare to a continuous light with 5 flourescent bulbs in it?
Is is better to have 3 strobes with a total output of 900watts? or 3 continuous lights with 2100 watts? all running through softboxes/umbrellas etc.
Or what is a good number of watts for a bright ideal setup? What I like about the continuous lighting is that you can turn off the bulbs if you need to make it less brighter...
Please help, it is appreciated.
Thanks
Edit: here is examples of what i seen on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2800-Watt-Photo...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d299d796d
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-LIGHT-SOFTBOX...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3caec0a58c
http://cgi.ebay.com/900W-STROBE-STU...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bd4e859c
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