[Beginner] Studio photography gear

[Michel ROS]

Hi,

I saw your guide video about recommended gear and before to go to next lessons I think that I need to buy them before, but the recommended brand or things are very expensive here in Japan so if it is possible can you check if the gear that I chose is equivalent or not please.
The money that I can invest is around 1.000USD.

For the Light,
Gordox QS400II Flash head is around 500USD
A friend can give me 1 Gordox SL-60W so I think to buy 2x others same at 140 USD/unit to have the same light color.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/bestbuynow/10000571/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname

For the Softbox
I’m afraid that for the mouth it is not the same size that the light so I decided to took 3x Gordox Softbox Bowens with Mount 22×90/9″x35″ Honey Comb Grid & Softbox wich is around 47USD/unit.

For the Light stand,
I think to take 2 set of 2 Neewer 190cm aluminium stands for photography and video light stand at 34USD/set.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/ha-life/b003i6enxs/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname

For the other stand I choose 1 set of 3 Neewer 72-210cm aluminium stand at 40USD/set
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/ha-life/b01m9izkmm/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname

For Flag Frame
I only found the recommended one at least at 250USD/unit so I choose 2x Gin-ichi GP0036 Light control panel, Diffuser 42×42″ at 33USD/unit.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/saedaonline/gp0036/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname
And 2x Gin-ichi GP0041 Light control panel, Diffuser 42×78″ at 44USD/unit
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/saedaonline/gp0041/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname
But I’m not sure if I can change the diffuser or not.

For the Backdrop
I didn’t find the same so I choose an 200cm wide 85-200cm wide background support for photography backdrop at 47USD/unit.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/happy11/a10467/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname

And white backdrop white paper
I choose 1.36x11m Studio white sheet color 383 white at 65USD/unit.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/kyodailed/383-1/?s-id=step0_pc_itemname

For the clamps and Impact wall plate I don’t find it yet.

Thank you for your time and your help,

Best regards,

Michel ROS

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[Andrei Raileanu]

Hi Michael,

First of all, all the assignments can be done with speedlights. When I started many years ago I took about 7 youngno speedlights, some cheap neewer stands, and some adaptors for the speadlight to Elinchrom mount as I had some Elinchrom diffusers. Now this setup will not take you very far and you need to have an excellent understanding of how the lighting behaves in order to overcome the limitation of this setup. Actually making money from product photography you will need better gear than the one I described for learning.

Now, answering point by point:
1. For the heads, I believe the 60SL is a led continuous light and I wouldn’t recommend you to start with continuous lights. Have you checked the price of the Godox ad200 heads? they are quite good and fairly powerful.
2. Softbox seems ok, beside the strips your will need some more rectangular ones like 60X60 cm, or 90X60.
3. light stands sound about ok
4. flag frames and sizes seem ok
5. background seems ok
6. for clamps and other things, try to work something out from artists stores, or something like construction hardware store: you might find some clamps there.

Hope the above helps, otherwise please feel free to let me know.

Stay safe!
Andrei

[Michel ROS]

Hi Andrei,

Thank you for your answer.

I looked for t he Godox AD200, is it this one ?
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/yourtreasure/2281-000022/?iasid=07rpp_10095___eh-km566vku-18d5-86dd77c7-7ea4-4625-a8e9-e9930f8dd96c
It’s arround 380USD/unit
If there is one model less than 200USD/unit I think than I can buy 3 but more is a litle bit difficult… :/

For the clamp I found it, thank you. But not the plate standing. Is there an other name for it ?

Best Regards,
Michel

[Andrei Raileanu]

Hi Michael,

Sorry for late reply.

I think that is the godox you are looking for. For the plate I have no other idea.

Have you looked for gear in Thailand ? Price might be lower and if you are ok to travel by plane should not be very expensive to fly in and out.

Stay safe!
Andrei

[Andrei Raileanu]

btw, have you tried Amazon Jp ? https://www.amazon.co.jp/In-English/b?ie=UTF8&node=1094656