Hi guys,
Been a while since I posted in here. I need some advice about strobes. I'm slowly moving into product photography and have started shooting products in small scale. My Canon system with 5 600ex-rt works fine with small to medium sized products. The last product I shot was a full length canoe oar. I had very little difficulty fixing the corner as that's where the light falloff started showing. I probably can adjust a few things to fix that as I'm shooting but that made me rethink about what I should do about getting new gear to accommodate for medium to large items.
Considering my budget, I can't afford to pick up Elinchrom or Prophoto strobes. I'm considering getting the Alien Bee 400's, at least 3 or 4 units. Now, I have very little experience working with these lights but I know they're powerful enough to get the job done at a slightly lower price. So here are my questions:
1. Will these lights do the job if I were to take photos of large objects like, motorcycles, canoes, bikes? Can you suggest others?
2. Speedrings, do I have to get them from PaulCBuff or can I get the 3rd party speedrings locally and fit any type of light modifier like striplights, softboxes, etc. from another manufacturer?
3. What tx/rx should I be getting for a Canon 5D3?
I know there's the forex to consider and it sucks now, and also the shipping and customs that I'll to pay. Price point, do not take in consideration shipping and customs. I have family across the border that I visit occasionally that I can pick these up from.
I really appreciate the input guys.
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