Photography question of the day...
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- bigtrick0
well, the weakness of the strobe kits aside... they may not have good color consistency (i.e. one flash may come out at 4900K, and one right after it might come out at 5300K), and (by the experience of a friend who bought such a thing) are limited by how much you can adjust their power - a light that only goes "off" "half power" and "full power" won't give you many options when lighting. if you want that level of super-basic lighting, a couple of 200 watt regular household bulbs on $10 home depot light sockets will do you fine.
i recommend starting with one decent light - a single alien bees ab400 and a stand will not set you back that much, and will last you a while.
i would recommend not buying a bunch of 580exII's - they are good shoemounts, and are very intelligent when attached to a camera via the hotshoe, but when you start using more than one for studio work, i feel that the money would be better spent on moer powerful and flexible dedicated monolights or pack/head lights, since 580exiis are hardly cheap.