Does anyone have experience with Impact monolights?
I'm trying to put together a 2 or 3 light setup and there are two kit options:
Impact Astral Extreme AS-X-400
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1002771-REG/impact_as_x_400_astral_extreme_400_with.html/prm/alsVwDtlor
Impact VC-500WL
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1046816&gclid=CjwKEAjw7qi7BRCvsr3N58GvsTkSJAA3UzLvSrZqWhK4wW1GLOMDfbbxU3YHLT5eKOpfVEuYHg0MEhoC19Dw_wcB&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C91438732682%2C&Q=&A=detailsThe first offers 2 lights and stands for $750, the second offers three lights, stands, a receiver, and some modifiers for $1,100
The second option has a more powerful flash unit and modeling lamp, almost 4x slower recycle time at full power (.4 vs 1.5) and the fastest flash duration is 1/1200s vs the 1/5000s of the first option.
These would mainly be used for indoor studio work, so I'm not too concerned with the flash duration but I'm not sure how to compare the other specs.
otth, if anyone has a 2/3 light studio kit setup they could recommend I'd welcome suggestions, I'm also looking at a 5' octobox and 3x4' softbox for the lights which are both <$400 including speed rings, so my total budget for lights + stands + modifiers is around $1500
