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Justin, I have the alien bee lights and couldn't be happier. I ordered a set of 2 the digibee I think for my main and fill light in my studio. At the time I had continuous lights for my background lights and after struggling with white balance issues due to the mixed lighting, I took the plunge and now have 2 additional ones for my background light. The lights come with a sync cord to hook up to your camara. Then you just set them all to slave and everything flashes when you snap a picture. If you don't want to be conected to your lights, you'll have to buy additional equipment. I have found that the cord is plenty long though. They may even sell a longer one on their website. I haven't ever looked. I have the B800's for my front lights and the B 400's for my back lights. I think that I'd be okay with 400's all around, but wanted to be safe for any need I may ever have. I did buy the octagon softboxes for my front lights and the background shovels for my backlights. The umbrellas worked nicely though until I got the softboxes. I just like the catchlight better from the softboxes. I can't really say if the two lights would be enough without knowing what you are going to use them for, but I think a lot of people only use 2 lights and are able to get great results. I shoot alot on white backdrops and I need the 4 lights to acheive that bright white look. Hope this helps! I think Alien Bees are a great buy. (the only thing with the bees are at low settings i.e. 1/16th of full power), sometimes the exposure varies a little maybe by 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop. It does occasionaly happen, but I can fix it easily enough in my raw converter.) hope this helps amber
August 23, 2005
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