Your review about these lighting kit? Please..

[arnon]

Trinity Nano Studio Flash Lighting Kit

Think I have found just what I'm after! but as always I would love your valuable opinions if any of you have tried and tested these before.
I love getting new photography equipment!!

 

[johncam]

These look like they use the same manufacturer that Lencarta uses. Again if you are going to use these for professional use I wouldn't risk going with a no-name brand with little support. It is not snob factor but lights work very hard much harder than the camera. Lencarta is the only budget range I would recommend and their smart flash is a very similar price if budget is of concern. If you are going to run a studio where kids will run around you will need to spend much more on lighting equipment as you will either need heavy C-stands (15-20kg steel ones) or ceiling track or wall boom lighting as kids will knock over light aluminium stands like the ones in the kit shown.

 

[tirediron]

Never heard of this company, but that doesn't mean much. It seems like a run-of-the-mill home studio type kit. A few things that strike me as less than ideal: The modelling lamps are only 75 watts; that's NOT going to be terribly useful. The included SB is only 20x26" which is NOT very large at all, and I see no mention of fan-cooling or auto-dump. Recycle time seems respectable, but flash duration is a little on the long side...

Obviously, I can't speak to build-quality, durability, etc, but assuming that is accptable, I'd say this is a nice little set-up for some home studio work. I would consider buying another umbrella however, as I don't see getting a lot of use out of that soft-box.

I'm curious; your location is listed as New York; why are you looking at this set-up and not something from B&H or Adorama? The Adorama Flashpoint series is very well regarded as an excellent value for the money in consumer-grade lighting.

 

[Big Mike]

The specs look OK (except the modeling light is only 75 watts) but I agree that you're probably better off going with more of a 'brand name' system.

Your profile says you are in/from New York, so I'm wondering why you linked to a British website :scratch:. If you are in NY, check out something like the Flashpoint strobes from Adorama.