In this video, Connor reviews the CowboyStudio four strobe lighting kit. This version included:
4x – Lighting Stands
4x – 160 Watt Strobes (a total of 640 Watts of lighting)
3x – 28″x20″ Softboxes with strobe mounts
1x – Light modifier set (barn door, honeycomb, and gel filters with mount)
1x – Boom arm with mounts and sandbags (weights/sand not included)
1x – Wireless trigger and reciever
1x – Large carrying case to fit everything in
The kit is available from amazon here:
This kit is an amazing value for people who want to get into studio photography on a budget. Although this kit might be lacking raw flash power and leaves a lot to be desired in terms of durability, it gets the job done and it does it well.
This kit works well with any DSLR that has a standard hotshoe flash mount.
Build Quality – 4/10
Value for money – 9/10
Power – 6/10
Ease of use – 6/10
Overall – 6/10
you can put lock tight on the screws so they dont come un done. or if possible hang the light in the other direction so the weight tightens the screw instead of unscrewing .
I'm having a hard time deciding if the price is worth it can anyone help me?
What do you recommend for a similar kit that is a little better quality? I might consider buying a slave also. Thanks for your help!
What's the size of the pack? the big pack..?
I dont know why just i hate it so bad!!
After a few tests this is what I'm getting.
Started at 1/200 & worked my way down to over 1sec… I do however have my pop up flash turned down to -10 to use only as a trigger since I didn't get the wireless transmitter…
It's weird but it seems like the flash fires earlier than the shutter opens.
What is your shutter speed? If you have too fast of a shutter speed the lights wont be able to sync in time. Otherwise, I would just make sure that you aren't in too bright of an area. 180 Watts isn't too too powerful
Hey, I just got a kit similar to that but with only two lights and the 180 watt version of the strobes… my problem is that they seem to flash fine but not seeing much difference in the photo…