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Anonymous
Here my dilemma /p/

Ritz Camera has a 3 light setup, that is 3 flood lights, stands, and umbrellas for $189. Which seems to be a semi decent studio setup.

Then alienbees has the b800 for around $250, that seems to be photographers choice when it comes to relatively low cost flash units, and shooting then can be taken out of the "studio"

What would be recommend? will standard floods be versatile enough for indoor/outdoors photo shoots. or should i go with alienbees which provides more power and creativity.

pic somewhat related to option 1
>> Anonymous
cool gear thread, bro
>> Anonymous
sorry about the grammar mistakes, but you get the point
>> Anonymous
Power and creativity.
>> Anonymous
I don't know, i like flood lights because you can see what your gonna get before you take the picture. And that seems pretty cheap with stands and umbrellas.
>> Anonymous
>>248212
thats what modeling lights are for, get the alienbees
>> Anonymous
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With the ritz camera setup, you get what you pay for...

In fact, you can get everything that comes in that ritz camera setup at home depot for half the price.
>> Anonymous
unless you are shooting medium format, in studio, you don't need the flood lights.

Get the alienbees.

Also, read the strobist.
>> Anonymous
>>248275
you don't even need flood lights there is you have a flash meter, and is there anyone who still uses MF is studios? If yes, why?
>> Anonymous
>>248289
yes, billboards
>> Anonymous
wut was op's decision?
>> Anonymous
>>248289

if you haven't shot medium format, you should try it. The only problem with shooting medium format is that the amount of light necessary is preposterous - hence why studio lights are good in order to bring your exposure time down. Since a lot of the time you are shooting low ISO(100 or so) with decent depth of field and you are using models and the like, you want to keep your exposure time down.

If, on the other hand, you are shooting stuff with fast film, or you don't have elaborate set pieces/designs, or you plan on photoshopping a lot of the image, then yeah you just need a flash and a lightmeter. Even though lightmeters for medium format are stupidly inaccurate, which is where the test shots on polaroid film come in handy. Those same test shots are nice to give to the models, who generally like to keep them.

Bear in mind that a decent mamiya rig(rz67 Pro II) or a hasselblad system is going to run you around 1K or so, which is still less than just the camera body for a D300.

Digital medium format is extremely expensive(google the leaf aptus, mamiya Z, etc), and the reasons why are pretty simple so I won't get into them. Just read the articles.

>>248334

is correct. If you ever shoot fashion/design and do actual industry work, you WILL have to shoot medium format, and most likely will have to learn to shoot film again. Have fun!