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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 200558" data-attributes="member: 12496">Supporting the workers in your own country always seems a good plan.But to market the lights internationally, they simply must have 240 volt options which B&H in USA might not stock.You do not want to deal with 120 volt units.My concern about the 500 watt second unit is 1) that's a lot indoors, and 2) those specific models only turn down to 1/16 power (check specs).I use a 160 watt second Alienbees B400 main light, in a large 40 inch double baffled softbox, within 3 feet of subject or less, turned down to about 1/16 power (which meters f/8), and with fill light, I shoot at ISO 100 f/10.    1/16 of 160 is 10 watt seconds.  But 1/16 of 500 watt seconds is 31 watt seconds.</blockquote>