Lights
I have both studio strobe power packs, where the light head plugs into the power pack, and mono lights, where each light is the power pack and strobe head in one package. I use the power pack and heads when in the studio or on location, and when I need lots of power output. The camera and film format often dictate this, but so can the photo shoot situation.

When shooting an assignment on 4×5 cameras, you need substantially more flash output from your flash units to achieve the same depth of focus that you would use on 35mm.  For example, when shooting a complex studio table top on 4×5, you want the front of the foreground product to be in sharp focus as well as the rear product in the scene.  On 4×5 this may require, as an example, an The content you are trying to access is only available to members. Sorry.

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