thinking of buying studio flash kit, few questions

[wetny]

Hi. Been looking at Elemental Lighting Genesis 3 kit. Was wondering if the radio trigger would work with my Olympus E510 (no pc sync socket). Any comments generally would be welcome. Just need the kit to take a few portrait pics of the kids etc. Do you think that 250 w/s will be powerful enough?

Cheers.

http://www.studio-flash.com/studio-lighting-kits/g...

[Simpo Two]

'1 x 8 Channel AC Radio Trigger System Reciever'
'1 x 8 Channel DC Transmitter (hotshoe mountable or PC Sync connection)'

If your camera has a hotshoe (central contacts activated when you press the shutter release) then it should work. You press the button, the Tx sends a signal to the Rx to fire the first head and the others slave from that.

Do these units have a recognised fitting (eg Bowens, Elinchrom) or are you tied to Genesis for ever?

[wetny]

Bowens mount. Not dead set on the Elemental setup, but seems reasonably priced. Trying to keep cost down as it will not be used all that often.

Edited by wetny on Wednesday 2nd June 21:28

[Simpo Two]

Forgot your other question. Yes, in a home studio 3 x 250W should be fine unless you have big softboxes.

Why not look at s/h kit from eBay? Same price, but more power and a pro make. I started with a s/h 3-head Elinchrom set and bought/sold bits as required.

Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 2nd June 21:54