Buy Cowboystudio 400 Watt Photography Studio Monolight, Studio Strobe Light with 75 W Model LampCowboystudio 400 Watt Photography Studio Monolight, Studio Strobe Light with 75 W Model Lamp Product Description:
- It is a one 400 Watt second strobe light.
Product Description
Package contents:
One (1) professional flash head, power output 400ws (joule) in full
Specifications: Guild No. 64 (ISO 100)
Circle flash tube: Color temperature: 5500K, exchangeable, made by PerkinElmer (Heimann).
Ave. flash bulb life: over 8000 flashing.
Flash power setting: 1/16 to 1/1 full step less variable with separate switch.
Recycling time: 0.5~3.7 sec.
Flash Triggering: Photo cell,Sync cord, and Test button
Power input: 110 volts, 60 Hz.
Modeling light: with on/off switch. Bulb included, E27 socket, up to 100 watt.
Sync.Voltage: DC 12 v.
Cooling fan: Built-in.
Audio signal on/off switch. Beep when ready for flash.
Weight: 3.45kg.
Power cord, sync cord and an extra fuse are included.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic Value and build quality but not 400 w/s
By Patrick M. Racey
I was doing research on trying to find an inexpensive alternative for a strobe that we would use on a college campus in the photo dept. Budget is always a concern and I wanted an inexpensive light that would serve us for head shots, more serious environmental portraits, occasional product shoots, and whatever else comes up.I bought this after reading many reviews and some guy that blogged about it. I found the light to be everything that was advertised. I was looking at Alien Bees as an alternative but the big drawback for me on all their stuff is their build construction as it pertains to how the speed rings attach to the front of the units. You can't use a very large light bank with any WL or AB product as if it's too heavy (or windy) the bank will tear right off the front of the strobe, sometimes taking with it the flashtube and modeling light.These are built right with all metal hardware where it connects to the stand, and it uses a standard Bowens reflector attachment which is more than solid. I've already tried using a 4x8' bank on it with no problem.So, I like everything about these units and would consider their more powerful models as well after shooting with this one for a few days. My only negative is the claimed power output is probably half of what it really is. These are 200-300 w/s at best, which is fine for the use I need them for. I did shoot an engagement portrait the other day of a couple standing in front of a small pond in the woods and it barely gave me enough fill for the sun which was low in the sky. It worked but I had to move the bank towards them more than I might have. But it did work... This is not the product to use shooting portraits on the beach in full sun or on the side of a glacier at noon... but for most work I do, it's going to work just fine. I hope to buy six of these to outfit our studio with this winter.I was looking for cheap and good and found both. I highly recommend these to anyone looking to do serious lighting on a budget.[...]
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
so far, I'm satisfied
By blarg
Before you read the review, I'd like to point out that many of Cowboystudio's products contain five-star reviews written by a ringers - probably the vendor herself. If you look at other reviews written by these users you will notice that all their reviews are for Cowboystudio products, all are glowing 5-star reviews, and the "story" in the reviews are completely inconsistent with each other. While this practice doesn't violate Amazon's policies, it is unethical and misleading. While looking at other Cowboystudio products I have discovered at least two such users with about 30 or so reviews, all for Cowboystudio products, all 5-stars, all absolutely ecstatic about their purchase, and all with inconsistent stories - in one the reviewer claims to be an experienced semi-pro, while in another a first-time photographer. I'm not saying all the products are bad, in fact I gave this one a 5-star review myself and will be buying several more of these heads, I'm just saying buyer beware and don't take reviews for Cowboystudio products too seriously, especially if there aren't too many of them.now - on with the review.I was looking for a cheap strobe to play around with. I'm not a pro but I've been shooting for 25 years as a hobby. I have my own darkroom and generally shoot medium format and recently got a digital camera to shoot some pinup photography.I got this light as an experiment just to see what's possible with a strobe and it worked very well. The light was consistent and plenty strong for a small indoor studio. I also got a couple of wireless sync modules. I had to shoot at below 1/500 sec to get consistent sync, which is fine with me. Since I only got one, I used 85W 5500k CFL's I had laying around for fill light. I had to use all 5 of my 85W bulbs in shoot-through umbrellas at the same time to balance the output on this head running at the 3.5 setting in a softbox.Keep in mind that when you're shooting with a variable aperture zoom, when you change the zoom, you can affect the aperture resulting in the appearance of inconsistent exposure. I kept my camera on manual and used a flash meter to get the appropriate exposure settings, your in-camera meter won't work with monlights. The flash was consistent. The recycle time at full power is in the 3 second range, which is good enough for what I'm doing and the level at which I'm doing it (I'm not doing it for money - I just like photography), but may be too slow for some.It appears that the power setting on the back refer to f-stops, so at 6.0 you're shooting at full power, at 5.0 you're shooting at -1 f-stop, at 4.5, you're shooting at -1.5 f-stops and so on so in all, you have about 5 stops of adjustability in 1/10th stops.I'm not sure if 400WS is enough to overpower the sun if I were shooting outside so I think I'm going to try the 1000 WS model for my second head. (UPDATE) The 1000 WS head is terrible. The recycle time makes them practically unusable. Went with multiple 400 WS units with radio remotes instead - that's been working great...and at $150 each, I can have a whole pile of them.If you got the strobe kit, and it came with the "universal" speedring instead of the Bowens mount speedring, be careful when you put it on and make sure it's on tight. Otherwise the softbox will slip off the head and take out the modeling light on the way down (don't ask how I know). Better yet just order the Bowens speedring. Makes life easier.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.Inconsistant Quality
By Eric Zhang
I bought two and when I received them they came in different colors and slightly different models. I returned one and got a new one but still has a problem. The power adjustment should go from 10 to 60, which is the case for one of them, but the other can only go from 20 to 60. Not a huge deal, but it just shows the QC not very good. Otherwise the monolight is a solid build with good features, a bargain for the price if you get good quality ones.
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