JGH
New member
Good Evening,
I need some help. I want to buy some studio strobes that are a bit more powerful than the Metz 50 AF-1 speedlight.
The room i shoot in is 16ft x 12ft and the speedlights work well in this size of room but they have no modelling lamp and im finding i require the need to have them now as guessing where the shadows are falling is hit and miss and alot of wasted shots to get it right.
I have just bought a stripbox with double diffusion panels and it is very soft light which is great however i find that the speedlight has to be at full power for iso 100 shots and the subject must be 1ft away for F8 which is not always practical.(i know i can up the iso but thats not the issue)
I was going to buy some 200ws strobes but i have found a few places that list guide numbers for them (i know studio strobes dont have guide numbers) but the GN's for 200ws are listed from 42 to 56 which is marginally more powerful than the speedlight and hence would be underpowered.
My question is: Has anyone used 200ws strobes and/or compaired there output to a speedlight? I concerned that if i buy a 400ws strobe i will have too much light then im screwed.
Thanks
J
I need some help. I want to buy some studio strobes that are a bit more powerful than the Metz 50 AF-1 speedlight.
The room i shoot in is 16ft x 12ft and the speedlights work well in this size of room but they have no modelling lamp and im finding i require the need to have them now as guessing where the shadows are falling is hit and miss and alot of wasted shots to get it right.
I have just bought a stripbox with double diffusion panels and it is very soft light which is great however i find that the speedlight has to be at full power for iso 100 shots and the subject must be 1ft away for F8 which is not always practical.(i know i can up the iso but thats not the issue)
I was going to buy some 200ws strobes but i have found a few places that list guide numbers for them (i know studio strobes dont have guide numbers) but the GN's for 200ws are listed from 42 to 56 which is marginally more powerful than the speedlight and hence would be underpowered.
My question is: Has anyone used 200ws strobes and/or compaired there output to a speedlight? I concerned that if i buy a 400ws strobe i will have too much light then im screwed.
Thanks
J