Three light setup for studio and outdoor portraits

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I currently have 2 x Profoto B1 Heads that are 20+ years old, I have replaced the batteries twice already and they are starting to play up again so rather than buy more batteries (bloody expensive at that) I'm thinking if getting a new Godox AD600BM II as a key light plus two smaller lights for Hair and fill light The Godox AD600BMII is B17668 Thai Baht about £400, all my modifiers are Bowens mount which is what Godox uses.......... when shooting outdoor portraits I normally only use one off camera flash so the hair and fill lights don't necessarily need to be battery powered.
Any recommendations ?
 
I use two Godox Wistro AD360 units, the batteries last around 250 flashes on higher power settings.
The Godox units are good solid units and so far in 10 years use never had any problems.
 
Hi Neil, I'm using Godox too: AD600 and AD200. The setup works very well. AD200 needs a Bowens mount adapter.
 
Neil, I forgot to say that in studio I use a pair of Godox AD600 as they are more use than my Bowens Quad 2000.
 
ndwgolf said:
Thanks a lot Tim, I also asked the Godox Thailand on Lazada and they recommended the same
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I use a pair of AD200s

They are quite portable and for me they are ideal. Easy to pack along with other miscelaneous kit in a back pack or small roller bag. The current Pro II model has the larger bulb adapter with the ring of LEDs as a modeling light source. I'm not overly enamoured with this compared with the larger flash units like the AD400 and AD600. But that said I think they made a decision to stick with the same bulb as the previous generations of AD200 which has some benefits in terms of likely availability of spares. It's also a pity they couldn't build the bowens adapter into the new style LED/bulb module as it it's already bulkier than the old bulb module.

I currently use a couple of TT685s as additional if needed. But that's very occasional. If I had need for a third 'proper' light then I'd be torn between another AD200, another pair of AD200s and a dual bulb adapter, or the AD600BM II. (I think the AD600BM II looks like better value than the AD400 in the UK market),
 
My choice would be AD600 and AD400's with AC adapters for use in the studio. While the modelling lights are not brilliant they are far better than nothing, which is what you get with the smaller models. Or MS300's/DP400's for studio use w/o the option for battery (and big savings).
 
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