Can't decide what to buy

[Barbie1986]

Hi all!! i don't know if you can help me with this. I want to set up a little studio at home, to shoot the family. The problem is that there are not many places here in madrid to buy this kind of stuff so I should buy it in a website that imports this stuff from the States (the website is americanphotoimp.com)

I've seen two interesting kits which include :

Mettle PF Flash Kit : 2 Flash Mt-160, 2 pie aluminio, 1 softbox 40x60, 1 snoot 1 aletas, 1 umbrella

- Mettle Quartz-Lite: 2 lights QL-1000, , softbox 90cms, softbox 4 in 1 50x130, 2 reflectors, 2 lamps g 9,5 1000W tungsteno

I don't know which one should I buy, because I want to use it for home to do family portraits, so if you could help me I'd be very grateful

[Barbie1986]

No one can help me ????

[TeeJay]

Sorry, can't help with this particular brand, but don't forget the time-diffrence between you and the States. It's only 9:00am on a Sunday morning on the East coast over there (and earlier further West)

TJ

[Barbie1986]

Oh, I'm very sorry, i didn't take that into account :S :S

[shooterman]

One of those (Quartz-Lite) seems to be a "continous hot lights" setup. You and your subjects will hate those. A huge chunk of that 1000W power will be lost in the form of heat which will heat up the room and the subject. Strobes make for happy subjects.

[DanC922]

If you're going to consider the first one, go for some work lights from Wal-Mart (or your country's equivalent). I don't know what the currency conversion, but it's certainly cheaper. You can get 2 removable lights mounted on an adjustable tripod for $30 USD. Just use 2 or 3 of those plus some umbrellas/diffusers/reflectors. It'll cost significantly less. But like shooterman said, they get very hot so you'll be uncomfortable unless you're outdoors or in a big room. Or with icy cold air conditioning. :p

[Barbie1986]

I wish we had some similar Wal-Mart to buy this kind of stuff, but after looking and asking in different places i've found out this is the cheaper i can get :S I guess i should buy the flash kit, after what shootermand said :D damn i don't want to get burn!!!
Thanks 4 the advice to all of you ;)