Received: from nobody by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XWA1F-0000DQ-6l for lojban-newreal@lojban.org; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:15:33 -0700 Received: from aitmx5.subsandbanks.com ([8.4.57.100]:40573) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XWA1C-0000CD-Rv for lojban@lojban.org; Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:15:31 -0700 To: From: Viewers Choice Fat-Buster Subject: Fat-Shrinking Kit (Oz) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:19:17 -0700 Message-ID: <74965ae553fddd9a3b3b8740a74335f3456834-5431108-546@aitmx5.subsandbanks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_bar: -- Voted #1 by Viewers Oz Episode 713 "From Now on the Cup will be Half-Full" DocOz is giving viewers 1 tip that alters the rest of their lives. Dropping 1lb - day w/out exerting any extra effort. View Episode Clip - http://www.subsandbanks.com/oz/presents/top/id3245.shtml [Oz Archives] End further updates - a3 reports http://www.subsandbanks.com/67i/86i.cvge4 1 4 6 4 Highway A PHELPS, WI 54554 I'm in the market for a lighting kit. In time, I will upgrade to a more high-end model or simply add-on with better components, but for now, my pre-tax maximum point is set at no more than 349.99 (w/U.S. tax that comes out 381). Ideally I'd prefer a complete 3-light kit, but that may be unrealistic and I'd much rather have a great (or really good) 2-light kit than a ly made 3-light knock-off. I'm also open to building my own, so long as the total combined for the individual pieces stay within my budget. Either Strobes or Continuous are fine as well (no debating the issue please). I'll mostly be shooting indoor/outdoor portraits and since this forum is filled with people who have their own studios, I'm seeking your opinion on what kits/pieces are worthy and which I should avoid like the plague. With that said, please keep in mind my budget. Anything over 349, as either a complete set or d separately, is out. Continuous lights like that are almost useless outdoors. The output is soooooo low Those would be "okay" for indoor use, as long as 6.5 foot all stands would be sufficiently high. I use electronic flash, aka "studio strobes" for indoor work. It just works great I have samples on my pBase site of sets shot with 300, 3-light Speedtron setups, 4-light Speedotron setups, and Speedotron setups, as well as some shots made with 149 a one-light monolight setup. My original Speedotron Brownline setup in 1986 still works; 2 of the three flashtubes are ORIGINAL, and still fire at full capacity. Two lights, one small 24x24 softbox camera left, one 11.5 inch reflector with 20 degree grid and two Speedotron mylanr snap-on diffusers on ann 11.5-inch reflector positioned right next to camera as on axis fill light, background plain white wall, allowed to go a bit dark, color created in Lightroom, un-retouched (I can see a flyaway hair that needs removed.) This is a 780, 8 year-old setup with a small, five-pound Speedotron Black Line D405 pack, and two 40 used 103 light heads, and two new flashtubes at 100 each.