The set-ups of using multiple wireless hotshoe flashes, like the "Nikon system" of using light connected strobes is to me a backstep compared to studio type lights. Studio lights offer the advantage of various types of reflectors such as umbrellas, etc. and the investment is not siginificantly more (and in some cases less) than investing in camera type strobes with less power to play with in the first place. The few studio photographers I know have learned their stuff and use the same settings for almost all pics, meaning exposure. They know the lighting and what it will do and simply shoot the shot. It is a mechanical thing to them for the standard shot, as in department store shootings or the picture of you as you get off a ride at an amusement park. The fun of studio type strobe to me is experimentation. Sure, small objects might be different, I haven't tried that. Neat thread you started here.. I will learn something for sure!