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Testbench LIGHTING KIT

Home-studio options

Whether you shoot indoors or out on location away from a
power source, there are many excellent lighting options
available for all photographers and budgets

BASIC STUDIO KITS

Elinchrom D-Lite RX One/One
Soft box To Go Set
● £499 O www.elinchrom.com

WITH a variable power output of 100W-6W, the Elinchrom
D-Lite RX One/One Softbox To Go Set is designed to be the
next logical step from using fl ashguns off-camera. There’s a
built-in receiver for wireless triggering and power control with
the EL-Skyport Plus, and there’s multi-voltage auto-detection
for using the lights in different countries.
The RX One/One Softbox To Go Set includes: two RX One
fl ash heads, two stands with a carry bag, two Portalite
softboxes, one translucent defl ector, an EL-Skyport Transmitter
Plus, and a storage bag to carry everything. That’s pretty much
everything you need to get started with studio photography.

Bowens Gemini 400Rx kit
● £569 O www.bowens.co.uk
WITH a full power output of 400W, the Bowens Gemini Metz Mecastudio BL-200 SB/UM kit II
400Rx kit is at the more powerful end of the scale ● £369 O www.metz-mecatech.de
when it comes to mid-range studio lighting options. It
offers a 5-stop fl ash power output, which, when THE METZ Mecastudio BL-200 SB/ of modifi ers available.
The Metz Mecastudio BL-200 SB/
coupled with the 250W modelling lamp, provides you UM kit II provides a medium maximum UM kit II includes: two BL-200 fl ash
ALL PRICES ARE APPROXIMATE STREET PRICES built-in Pulsar Radio Receiver, and the kit includes a 50x70cm softbox in the kit and an heads, two air-cushioned stands, SB
power output of 200W. And with a
with a powerful and versatile kit. The fl ash heads have a
80cm white refl ective umbrella, you
Pulsar Tx Radio Trigger.
50-70 softbox, UM-80 BW umbrella,
one SR-18 standard refl ector, a carry
have everything you need to begin
The Bowens Gemini 400Rx kit includes: two Gemini
400Rx heads, one Pulsar Tx radio trigger, two 90cm
bag and a PC sync cable. No wireless
shooting a range of subjects straight
umbrellas, two wideangle refl ectors, two stands, a kit
away. The heads use the Bowens
trigger is included, but third-party
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