Woot!! I just had to share this! I finally got myself some decent gear! 2 x Bowens Esprit Gemini 500watt heads complete with remote triggers. Cost me a fortune but I love them!
Whole setup is now:
2 x Bowens Esprit Gemini 500 watt heads
2 x Bowens Pulsar remote triggers (one to send one to receive)
2 x Godox slave flashes
110 cm 5 in 1 reflector and stand
Kast backdrop stand
4 different coloured paper backdrop rolls
Polaris Dual 5 light meter
Now I just have to learn how to take a decent photo! ;)
dude thats cool, my first studio gear is a bowens esprit 1000 w, and im just waiting for another job to buy the two 500 w bowens kit with that im stand
Hmmm...the most expensive was obviously the BOwens gear. I got a kit with the 2 heads, stands, softbox and umbrella and added the two triggers which cost me about $2900 (Aus). The Polaris Lightmeter set me back $500 (Aus), backdrop stand $150 (Aus), about $100 for the 2 slave flashes and stands (yeah...cheap arse imported from China but they work) and about $600 (Aus) for the backdrops!
Cool, congrats. Pretty much the same setup I got and I love it. Didn´t spend money on the remote triggers, I just put the flashes on "cell" and use my external flash set at manual and 1/128 to trigger them, well except when I am outside of course, then I use the sync cable.
Cool, congrats. Pretty much the same setup I got and I love it. Didn´t spend money on the remote triggers, I just put the flashes on "cell" and use my external flash set at manual and 1/128 to trigger them, well except when I am outside of course, then I use the sync cable.
Cheers! Yeah, I was unsure whether to get the triggers or not because I could of used my Safe Sync to hook direct to the lights and just put them on cell...but then I thought "what's another $700??"! Gives me a tad more freedom! I hated the cable on my last set of lights!
Cool, congrats. Pretty much the same setup I got and I love it. Didn´t spend money on the remote triggers, I just put the flashes on "cell" and use my external flash set at manual and 1/128 to trigger them, well except when I am outside of course, then I use the sync cable.
Cheers! Yeah, I was unsure whether to get the triggers or not because I could of used my Safe Sync to hook direct to the lights and just put them on cell...but then I thought "what's another $700??"! Gives me a tad more freedom! I hated the cable on my last set of lights!
Ummm, not sure who is misunderstanding whom but what I mean is, using a external flash (like a 550ex or 580ex) at manual and (preferrably but not neccesarily at a low power, just set a low power to increase refresh rate and save the batteries of your flash) will just trigger the bowens lights if you set them at "cell", no cables or nothing required.
Cool, congrats. Pretty much the same setup I got and I love it. Didn´t spend money on the remote triggers, I just put the flashes on "cell" and use my external flash set at manual and 1/128 to trigger them, well except when I am outside of course, then I use the sync cable.
Cheers! Yeah, I was unsure whether to get the triggers or not because I could of used my Safe Sync to hook direct to the lights and just put them on cell...but then I thought "what's another $700??"! Gives me a tad more freedom! I hated the cable on my last set of lights!
Ummm, not sure who is misunderstanding whom but what I mean is, using a external flash (like a 550ex or 580ex) at manual and (preferrably but not neccesarily at a low power, just set a low power to increase refresh rate and save the batteries of your flash) will just trigger the bowens lights if you set them at "cell", no cables or nothing required.
No misunderstanding. Even if I synced one light direct to the camera by cable the other would still need to be on cell to fire.
