D-Lite RX 4 ellinchrom studio kit studio recommendations

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Good evening I'm thinking of venturing into studio photography and as it's a mine field out there I was wondering if anybody has used this kit or know of a studio kit they would recommend
 
John M Davies said:
Good evening I'm thinking of venturing into studio photography and as it's a mine field out there I was wondering if anybody has used this kit or know of a studio kit they would recommend
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Welcome to TP :)

Elinchrom D-Lites are very good. There's a review of the D-Lite 2/4 kit in the next edition of Digital SLR Photography magazine (March-dated edition) along with six other similar kits. Should be out in the next week or two.
 
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HoppyUK said:
Welcome to TP :)

Elinchrom D-Lites are very good. There's a review of the D-Lite 2/4 kit in the next edition of Digital SLR Photography magazine (March-dated edition) along with six other similar kits. Should be out in the next week or two.
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It's almost like he's psychic.
 
I've recently purchased this kit but the IT version for a small home studio and find it very easy to use with good results. Plenty of power with the 4 and not needed anywhere near that output as yet. I would reccomend looking for the IT version as with this Intelligent Triggering you can adjust individual fash outputs remotely without leaving your camera which is very useful in a somewhat cramped home studio. I also went for the softbox version as opposed to the umbrella kit as I already have a few umbrellas if I need to use them.
 
AndyFo said:
I've recently purchased this kit but the IT version for a small home studio and find it very easy to use with good results. Plenty of power with the 4 and not needed anywhere near that output as yet. I would reccomend looking for the IT version as with this Intelligent Triggering you can adjust individual fash outputs remotely without leaving your camera which is very useful in a somewhat cramped home studio. I also went for the softbox version as opposed to the umbrella kit as I already have a few umbrellas if I need to use them.
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The IT version only offers radio triggering, the RX version brings radio power adjustment.

Personally if I were buying second hand I'd look for the portalite softboxes to be included as they're effectively free but if buying new I'd probably save the money and use it on a better quality separate softbox.
 
simonbarker said:
The IT version only offers radio triggering, the RX version brings radio power adjustment.

Personally if I were buying second hand I'd look for the portalite softboxes to be included as they're effectively free but if buying new I'd probably save the money and use it on a better quality separate softbox.
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Sorry you are right I just checked mine and they are RX version (thought they were IT) my apologies.
 
Thanks I have managed to bag myself a second hand unit but it is virtually new still in warranty, next question is what colour background should I start off with
 
John,

I am also just learning about OCF/Lighting so am a beginner, with regards to background, the mid grey ones are good as they can be made black or white with the correct lighting.

Kev
 
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