Photo Lights

[SteelSlaver]

I have built another light box that uses a white plastic bag defuser. I have 3 of the clamp on reflectors and some flood lights. But, my photos are still too dark. What are the best lights to get with a normal base? Thanks Jim

 

[Bill Burke]

Jim I was told that 200 watt blue photo floods were the thing to use

 

[Kunklec]

What you really need are bulbs that are listed s 6500 degrees. This is not the temp of the bulb, but a measure of the color of the light. These bulbs put out the color of daylight. Other bulbs will be too green (florescent) or too yellow (regular bulbs). It's not the wattage that counts, only the color. Such bulbs are available at Lowes. Just read the package. It will show the color temperature.
Chip Kunkle

 

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[sunshadow]

NO YOU DON'T want compact flourescent!
They have a discontinuous spectrum and will cause color issues
The recommendation for the blue photo bulbs (5000K incandescent) was a good one, failing that quartz-halogen lights are 3200k continuous spectrum without the mercury spikes you get from flourescent
If your images are dark meter off a grey card at the same plane as your subject, your camera will still meter dark if it's seeing a brighter version of the same thing unless you fool it into doing what you want

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