2nd AB800 all the way. You can walk in to do shot of some sort even real estate shoot with two ab800s on stands one in each hand no problem. Put your camera in a backpack or sling bang and you can practically make one trip from the car.
If you use a tri pod --- well, 2 trips to the car unless you attach it to your backpack.
The ABs are light, powerful and allows for much more flexibility than flashes given what you said you want to do. If you were not near a power source and shooting in a park moving around a lot the flashes might be better but then you have to overcome the bright sun so you are back to strobes unless you find shade.
In the end this is personal preference but I will say this:
The more you use \"one thing\" the better you will become, trying to light things with difference types of flashes and strobes based on convenience will result in a longer learning curve. Once you use a certain type of gear, camera body, lens, light, tri pod whatever it becomes second nature and you just know you have to do XYZ to get the result. Keep changing hardware and you will not obtain this level of competence.
This is not to say that you should not experiment from time to time.. I\'m basing all of this on what you said in your original post.
Dec 23, 2008 at 09:31 AM
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I\'m basing all of this on what you said in your original post.