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Q. Hot Shoes flashes as studio lights

Asked by Luis Alvarez (K=2038) on 6/13/2005

Hi, I have two hot shoe flash units. I have set each in front of umbrellas (with aluminium foil) and have connected them to my camera (one with a cable and the other one as a slave)

This has produced very good lighting. My question is whether such a do-it-yourself studio lighting different is from using normal strobes?

What are the arguments to buy strobes? Is it worth the cost?

Thanks for any advice

Peter Witkop (K=3189) - Comment Date 6/14/2005

The main differances are with studio strobes, and hot shoe flashes are modeling lights and power. Modeling lights are nice to be able to preview things, and it's very nice to have plenty of flash power, esspecially if you're doing things other than portaits and need some depth of field. It comes down to this; studio strobes are designed for studio work, hot shoe flashes aren't, even though they can be rigged to work (and produce very nice results). Do you need studio strobes, and are they worth the money (they can be very pricey)? That all depends on you, and the work you do. You could try renting a set for a shoot to see if they're something you feel you need.

Peter

Chris Hayward (K=1519) - Comment Date 6/14/2005

Studios also tend to have much faster recycle times at full power. They may also have shorter flash duration at an equivalent power, but this isn't usually a feature one worries about unless doing a specialized shot.

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