Studio lighting

Hi guys was thinking on buying a lighting kit, saw this one in Jessops, and would appreciate your views, before I buy!
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...4367/Show.html

I have no idea what is a good deal or not.
All I do know is that I have a soft box by the same brand on loan to me at the moment and it seems good.
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...8484/Show.html

Hopefully Daisychains will notice this thread as she knows her studio lighting

Re the lights they seem ok to me, and while Jessops is usually more expensive than online, the brands they sell are generally ok too

I would check out the available accessories. Cheap lighting kits are okay, but because they are updated quickly it can cause two problems.

1. Expanding the kit is difficult, you end up having to buy a new kit.
2. Accessories such as more Softboxes, barn doors, filters etc either are not manufactured or you can not get them because the fittings differ.

This may or may not matter to you, it might be worth shopping around for the cheapest kit that you can find that has a mount that can take accessories from bigger manufacturers like Bowens, where the accessories are always available.

Thanks for the advise guys, I thought I was a good place to start, but I will have a look around, thanks again.

Hi Pepsieileen this set up is good value! I bought it a while ago now and it's still going strong!
http://www.stableimaging.co.uk/studi...t/prod_14.html
it's out of stock at the mo' but they say it will be back in from the 1st Dec!

Here's one I took today using these flash heads, this was just using two heads both on 1/2 power placed ether side of the little girl. iso200 f/10 1/250 at 55mm

awww, thats lovely
Well lit too, has a natural light feel about it.

thank you Little Me that's what I was going for! it was a little dark in Her home but I didn't want to over do it with the light! I think She suited the softer light! glad someone else likes it too! lol always a bonus! the lights are really good for the money. £199 for 3heads 2 soft box's, 1 barn doors, 1 snoot and honeycomb, 3 light stands all the leads and a nice big bag to lug it all around in!

Thanks for that, I will go check it out! Finbar.