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05/05/2006 11:57:13 AM · #1 |
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! ;)
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05/05/2006 12:01:21 PM · #2 |
congrat!
how much you spent on this whole setting? |
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05/05/2006 12:07:39 PM · #3 |
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
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05/05/2006 12:16:15 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by colacat:
congrat!
how much you spent on this whole setting? |
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!
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05/05/2006 01:01:10 PM · #5 |
4250 Australian Dollars = 3276.31 American Dollars
1 USD = 1.29719 AUD
1 AUD = 0.770897 USD |
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05/05/2006 01:05:58 PM · #6 |
let me ask you , what size paper background is that, i have an either 8 or 9 foot one, and its huge, what size is that.
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05/05/2006 01:19:31 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by TroyMosley:
let me ask you , what size paper background is that, i have an either 8 or 9 foot one, and its huge, what size is that. |
It's 2.75 meters x 11 meters so I think in feet it works out to about 9! The stand will go to a max of 3 meters in width!
EDIT: The photo is a little bit deceiving in that the room is about 4.5 meters wide x about 7 meters!
Message edited by author 2006-05-05 13:21:25.
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05/05/2006 01:22:29 PM · #8 |
wow...
you are addicted to Photography |
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05/05/2006 01:25:33 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by colacat:
wow...
you are addicted to Photography |
Hehehe.....doesn't mean I can actually do it...but I'm trying! ;)
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05/05/2006 01:43:29 PM · #10 |
| 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. |
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05/05/2006 01:47:35 PM · #11 |
| you will finally get something from this respecting every dollor you spent on this equipment. ^_^ |
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05/05/2006 01:49:48 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Larus:
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!
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05/05/2006 01:54:18 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Larus:
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. |
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05/05/2006 10:24:29 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Larus:
Originally posted by Makka:
Originally posted by Larus:
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.
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05/05/2006 10:28:03 PM · #15 |
Congrats you two...I know you will just love the new setup.
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