What is 150ws good for.

[Kbarredo]

I was wondering if you guys had a list of what certain ws levels are good for. I'm looking for a lighting kit and all they have in my town is 150ws kit. I was thinking of buying the kit then just buying a stronger head later on. It will be used in a small makeshift studio.

 

[tirediron]

It really depends on what you plan to do. I prefer lights in the 200-300ws range for general purpose work, but in a small space 150ws will probably be sufficient.

 

[Vtec44]

I have a small vacation cabin that I setup as my studio. The room is about 20'x20' and 4 100-watt lights were not enough, at least not for my highly active kids. I was using a kit lens, 18-105mm /f3.5-5.6 with my old Fujifilm S2 Pro which has a lot of noise at 400ISO. I upgraded to 300-watt bulbs and that was great using shoot through umbrellas and 50mm f/1.8 and ISO400 with my D7000. However, I prefer 2 SB600's using diffusers. It seems like with the flashes I can use lower ISO (200) even with my kit lens, which creates very nice soft shadows. I haven't tried it with the 50mm f/1.8 yet but I'm sure I will be able to use even lower ISO.

 

[Kbarredo]

Lol v tech you confused watt seconds ws with watts w. Ws is how monolight flashes are measured in strength. I'm wondering what monolights with 150ws were good 4.

 

[Vtec44]

doh I did... lol ....

 

[Village Idiot]

I was wondering if you guys had a list of what certain ws levels are good for. I'm looking for a lighting kit and all they have in my town is 150ws kit. I was thinking of buying the kit then just buying a stronger head later on. It will be used in a small makeshift studio.

Should be fine. Why are you limiting to stuff you can find in your town? Online will normally be cheaper and offer a greater selection.

Also, remember that one stop of light is double the light. A 1200w/s strobe may sound like a ton of power compared to a 150w/s, but it's only 3 stops more light. You won't be able to kill the sun with 150w/s of light, but it should be adequate for shooting indoors. I used speedlights for a while doing that and it worked out fine.