kewlkeed
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Knowlton, QC
| Ebay studio setup. Anyone ever get one?
Heyall,
I recently bought a studio lighting and background setup. One of those 400$ ones with 3 strobes and the softboxes and gels and backdrops and such. (Pretty much an all-in-one studio in a box)
The company who markets the strobes is Aikiphoto and they are 150ws units. (Not overly powerful no)
My main question is has anyone heard of this company or bought any of these rigs (There's a few different ones on ebay but basically all the same equipment)
I would imagine you get what you paid for with this, but it's worth a stab considering finances for me is a really tight thing.
Anyone try them? |
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Pentaxian
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West Milford, NJ | Not that it matters to me at all but, I would have thought you'd request opinions before buying them.. On the bright side, you can now tell us all how good or bad they are. Thanks! |
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kewlkeed
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Hehehe yep it's very true. Kinda late for sure. I'm pretty convinced they'll be decent for the usage I'll put them through. When I want something high caliber I'll know to get something bigger. I'm not expecting a big punch with these. But would hope to hear some feedback while I'm chewing my nails waiting for them to get here. |
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Quiglag
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Ontario, CA | reply to kewlkeed
I just have a homemade version, with shop lights, and a bed sheet. |
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JRSlater
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I have no experience with this and was at one time thinking about doing it, I would like to know what you think of it once you get the gear and use it a little. I've actually gone the Strobist route and peiced a studio together. Granted it's not a cheap process either but I like the results that I got from my set up. Used for the first time this weekend.  |
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kewlkeed
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Well I have to say I'm rather impressed with what I got.
I'll try and get some pics online once I get the hang of it all.
Pros
- You get a lot of stuff, and in the end the accessories themselves are worth the cost of the package.
- Everything worked as said, no "surprises" really to speak of. Only thing I didn't like was that the lights "Come with all the syncro cables to link up" but in the case of this kit they don't link up to themselves. They have the cables yes, but don't have anything to plug them into as a hub/trigger. So everything works of the slave sensors (eew)
Cons
- Grey background is CHEAP. And I mean it's like paper. I put a hole in it with my finger taking it out of the packaging. It's similar to those paper paint suits. Black and white BGs though are just fine.
-Strobe wiring issue above.
-Strobe using slave sensors can't be turned off. So even if using sync cable, anyone else so much as blinks in the room and they go off (Very sensitive)
But again, for the price... It works and works well so far. If you can live with the functional oddities, it's a great starter kit. |
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kewlkeed
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
50mm 1/200th F11 ISO100
First Shot | 
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
37mm 1/160th F11 ISO100
Second Shot |
First color pic isn't that good as things were obviously not balanced right, but was one of the first shots with it. Considering I don't have a light meter and this was an "out of the box" shot it's not too bad.
The second black and white pic isn't too bad. Only editing I did was the black background had a small crease in it so I made it totally black as I was hoping it would be (One of the soft boxes was slightly tilted and hit the background causing the crease to show... BAD ME!) |
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Jodokast96
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Erial, NJ | Nice job on the second one. |
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Splitpair
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Give ya a tip when storing that backdrop you used in the upper photo don't fold it up just simply stuff it into a pillow case. Now that will wrinkle it but those wrinkles will blend into and add to the effect of the backdrop unlike the folds in yours. 
Wayne
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If you cannot fix it with a buttset and some beanies you ain't a technician.
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kewlkeed
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That's the plan 
Yeah I haven't worked the creases out just yet, but it's also new outa the box so needs to be worn in a bit. |
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