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Originally Posted by gars (Post 7113223)

anybody have a good suggestion of a local place that sells the Nissin flashes?

and I'm looking at purchasing some umbrellas... are shoot-through white umbrellas a good substitute for softboxes? or are they nowhere as good...?

I'm looking for some pretty beginner kit right now.

I have 2x the shoot through umbrellas (got them off ebay) and they're pretty good, they work well in diffusing the flash. Not really sure if they're as good as a softbox, haven't used one before. But they do they're job.

If you're looking at getting remote triggers, I'd get the RF-602s if you're on a budget. Also look into getting their flashes as well like the YN460-II. They're decent quality and they do their job.

Just started doing strobist stuff and my kit right now is:
2x lighstands
2x shoot through umbrellas
5in1 reflector
YN460-II
1x RF-602 Tx 2x Rx
SB600

Cost me about $150 minus the SB600. I guess its a pretty hefty "noob tax", but theres no way I can dish out almost 3x the amount for a pro level kit. I've got everything I need to just play around

did you get that in a kit or were they separate sellers? could you please list the sellers?

i want a good lightstand, but i want to order those umbrellas and reflectors on ebay

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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 7113224)

I can bring them in, but we don't stock them.

thanks Senna.

Do you know the price? I'm probably going to pick it up maybe middle to end of Oct...

I got them all as separate sellers:

Lightstands: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ht_4372wt_1137

Flash/Umbrella Brackets:
http://shop.ebay.com/mkstudio2012/m....&_trksid=p3686 (but my package took a while in customs)

Triggers:
http://cgi.ebay.com/RF-602-Wireless-...ht_1774wt_1137

Got my reflector from focalprice.com and the umbrellas were just the cheapest ones I found at the time