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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 353944" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>The most transportable would be speedlights and umbrellas. Not a thing wrong with umbrellas, but speedlights are low powered and slow to recycle and not as versatile. Include a lightmeter for setting up the lights. If your camera does not have a PC sync connector, you may need a Nikon AS-15 to provide one.</p><p></p><p>Assuming you mean for portraits...</p><p></p><p>Your budget is reasonable, and I would suggest looking here, at the Alienbees line. <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/" target="_blank">www.paulcbuff.com/</a></p><p>These are very popular, sold direct for less, support and service is breathtaking, and Alienbees are said to have about half of the total US market. These are the good and fully featured inexpensive lights. I have four of them, two B400 and two B800. Frankly I like the B400 best (for indoor portraits), but some jobs could use a bit more power, the B800.</p><p>They offer some packages (big icon top right main page), but read the text there ... you can add and delete any items in the shopping cart and still get the stated discount.</p><p></p><p>Start slower, maybe not everything imaginable at first. Don't add lots of accessories without clear idea of how needed they are.</p><p></p><p>All you need for portraits is:</p><p></p><p>At least two lights, three better, four optimum (main, fill, background, hair). A speedlight can work with them, but you have to wait on the slowest one.</p><p>Either two umbrellas, or one softbox and an umbrella.</p><p>I use a 10 degree and 20 degree grid on the hair light and background light. There are other choices of course.</p><p>Stands for each light (background is typically short, the rest should be 8 or 10 feet. A softbox or any kind of boom needs a heavy stand, an umbrella does not.</p><p></p><p>From elsewhere:</p><p>Background support stand and a background.</p><p>An incident light meter to set up the lights (makes each time easy and accurate).</p><p></p><p>Here is one look: <a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/setup/" target="_blank">An Easy and Standard 45 degree Portrait Lighting Setup</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 353944, member: 12496"] The most transportable would be speedlights and umbrellas. Not a thing wrong with umbrellas, but speedlights are low powered and slow to recycle and not as versatile. Include a lightmeter for setting up the lights. If your camera does not have a PC sync connector, you may need a Nikon AS-15 to provide one. Assuming you mean for portraits... Your budget is reasonable, and I would suggest looking here, at the Alienbees line. [URL="http://www.paulcbuff.com/"]www.paulcbuff.com/[/URL] These are very popular, sold direct for less, support and service is breathtaking, and Alienbees are said to have about half of the total US market. These are the good and fully featured inexpensive lights. I have four of them, two B400 and two B800. Frankly I like the B400 best (for indoor portraits), but some jobs could use a bit more power, the B800. They offer some packages (big icon top right main page), but read the text there ... you can add and delete any items in the shopping cart and still get the stated discount. Start slower, maybe not everything imaginable at first. Don't add lots of accessories without clear idea of how needed they are. All you need for portraits is: At least two lights, three better, four optimum (main, fill, background, hair). A speedlight can work with them, but you have to wait on the slowest one. Either two umbrellas, or one softbox and an umbrella. I use a 10 degree and 20 degree grid on the hair light and background light. There are other choices of course. Stands for each light (background is typically short, the rest should be 8 or 10 feet. A softbox or any kind of boom needs a heavy stand, an umbrella does not. From elsewhere: Background support stand and a background. An incident light meter to set up the lights (makes each time easy and accurate). Here is one look: [url=http://www.scantips.com/lights/setup/]An Easy and Standard 45 degree Portrait Lighting Setup[/url] [/QUOTE]
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