CowboyStudio 320 Watt Photo Studio Monolight Strobe/Flash Umbrella Lighting Kit - 2 Studio Flash/Strobe, 2 Umbrellas

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Product Feature

• Two (2) High Quality Tripod/Light Stands
• Two (2) 160 Watt High Quality MonoLight Strobe Flash
• One (1) 33" Soft Umbrella, One (1) 33" Black and Silver umbrella
• Two (2) 12 ft sync cord, Two (2) 10 ft Power Cord
• Two (2) 50 Watt Model Light

Product Description

MonoLight: The unit mounts onto any standard lightstand with a 5/8" or smaller mounting stud. It has a circular flash tube that is daylight balanced at 5600 deg. K, a guide number of 90 at ISO 100 and a recycling time of 5-7 seconds. It also comes with a 50 watt removable modeling lamp. The Budget Studio monolight Flash can be triggered through the camera with its included 12' sync cord, by another flash being fired and activating the built-in Photo-Slave, or through its open-flash test button. It's a compact 7.0" long with a diameter of 3-3/4" and weighs only 15 ounces.

Power: 160 Watt Seconds, Angle-adjustable bracket with built-in umbrella holder, 50 Watt model light, Color-temperature corrected (5,500K) circular flash-tube, Includes 10' AC Power Cord attached to the light, Sync Cord, All kinds of lighting accessories available: barn-doors, snoot, color filters, honeycomb, soft boxes & umbrellas.

Light Stand: Versatile, Hardworking & Lightweight; Black anodized aluminum; Stable & Quick Setup; Maximum Height: 1900 MM, 78 inches; Minimum Height: 810 MM, 32.4 inches; Maximum Load Capacity 2.5KG, 9.9 lbs; Closed Length: 805 MM, 32.2 inches; Footprint Diameter 925 MM, 37.8 inches; Mounting Stud 5/8 inches.

Softbox: The translucent light produced by these Softboxes has been the photographer's friend for years. The new fabrics are much more resistant to the effects of heat, age and pollution. The color temperature of this new softbox is near neutral, and will stay that way.

Umbrella: Works well to diffuse the light from any flash creating a soft even light for your subject. Light-weight and easy set up.

CowboyStudio 320 Watt Photo Studio Monolight Strobe/Flash Umbrella Lighting Kit - 2 Studio Flash/Strobe, 2 Umbrellas Review

I'm normally an available light photographer, but occasionally need extra illumination. This kit fits the bill nicely. The stands are light but sturdy, and the strobes work well. There's nothing special about the umbrellas; they work fine. I prefer the white "shoot-through" type, but the relective one has it's uses. I actually purchased a few more umbrellas (larger ones) to go along with these. But that's just me.

The main thing that drew me to the CowboyStudio strobes is that they have a power dial on the back. If you've shopped around, you know that there are plenty of fixed-power strobes in this price range. But a fixed power strobe is extrememly limiting in setting up your shots. You can only adjust the exposure on your camera (potentially messing up the ambient light levels) or move the strobe closer to further away from your subject. So I'm glad that Cowboy offers an alternative.

The one downside is their implementation of the power dial. There are markings on it, but they don't correspond to anything useful. And the dial is not linear by either light level or exposure. I calculated the light output (by examining the histogram in my camera) at various points in the dial: 1/16 is at the low end (marked) and 1/1 is full (marked). The halfway point of the dial is 1/8, then just a hair adjustment gets you to 1/4. 1/2 is likewise not in any obvious spot. So you might want to do your own calculations and add markings to the dial.

One note: The specs say that the recycle time is something like 3-7 seconds, but in most cases they are much better than that. Those numbers assume you are using full power with the modeling lights (and even then I don't think it was that long.) If you are doing 1/8 or 1/4 power, which is where I tend to dial them in, the cycle time is less than a second. At 1/16 it is practially instantaneous.

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