Noob: enough power for outside shooting?

[exodus]

hello everyone,

im planning on doing a lot of outdoors shooting, on MOSTLY cars. :thumbup:

i was wondering what will be a good enough watts for strobe flash to shoot outside?

been doing a ton of research on flashes, but i just wanna make sure i get the correct ones.

let me know thanks.

adam

 

[catwalk.hudson]

Are you referring to speedlights, mono lights? When you say enough power, are you looking for portable battery packs?

 

[Derrel]

Go for Speedotron 2400-series power packs, which feature six head outlets, and are cheap on the used market. For power, look into a nice generator.

 

[exodus]

Are you referring to speedlights, mono lights? When you say enough power, are you looking for portable battery packs?

sorry, i was referring to monolight, strobe flash... power wise, i meant watts....

Go for Speedotron 2400-series power packs, which feature six head outlets, and are cheap on the used market. For power, look into a nice generator.

too rich for my blood, OUCH!!!

 

[gsgary]

For cars 3 x 600watt minimum

 

[Derrel]

Are you referring to speedlights, mono lights? When you say enough power, are you looking for portable battery packs?

sorry, i was referring to monolight, strobe flash... power wise, i meant watts....

Go for Speedotron 2400-series power packs, which feature six head outlets, and are cheap on the used market. For power, look into a nice generator.

too rich for my blood, OUCH!!!

Too rich??? One can buy Speedotron 2403B packs for $375 to $500 on eBay, and a decent 102A flash head for $199...with an 11.5 inch reflector on it, a Speedotron 102A head fired at 400 watt-seconds is about equal with the August sun at noon to 4 PM where I live..ie, f/16.3 at ISO 200 at at 1/200 second with the flash around 14 feet....if you want to light a whole car and its surrounding, you'll want a second flash head, and you'll be able to fire each one at 1200 watt-seconds...400 to 500 watt-seconds from the 102A and 11.5 inch silvered refelector will "equal" the summer sunlight. In California, the sun can be very strong in the summer months. I think you need to hold out for the 2400 watt-second pack, or something close to that.

 

[KmH]

For cars 3 x 600watt minimum

But notice the word minimum, which applies to both 3 and 600 watts. A speedlight or two for the interior rocks!