What BULB do you guys use for taking pictures of automotive DIYs?
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From: WW on 2 Aug 2010 21:54 "Brent" <beemdoubleu(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote in message news:f199ebb35fac9c1414d850cd49f19536(a)tioat.net... > In a Toyota forum I write up automotive repair DIYs under lousy lighting > conditions (like many people do). > > Only I use a good camera (Nikon D5000) and good back lighting to augment > the camera flash. > > It's cheap. I buy 200 watt bulbs from ACE Hardware and put it in an > aluminum light fixture with clamps so I can secure the light. I change the > directdion of light constantly so a stand wouldn't work. > > Problem is, I bust a bulb almost every time. When these bulbs are hot, > they > break the filament if you drop or move the light suddenly. > > Is there a better high lumens bulb that is sturdier than the "regular" > 200W > bulbs from ACE? I have some "PhotoFlood" lamps I used with old film movie cameras. They have their own reflector. WW
From: jamesgangnc on 2 Aug 2010 22:18 On Aug 2, 9:54 pm, "WW" <c...(a)nospambresnan.net> wrote: > "Brent" <beemdoub...(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote in message > > news:f199ebb35fac9c1414d850cd49f19536(a)tioat.net... > > > > > > > In a Toyota forum I write up automotive repair DIYs under lousy lighting > > conditions (like many people do). > > > Only I use a good camera (Nikon D5000) and good back lighting to augment > > the camera flash. > > > It's cheap. I buy 200 watt bulbs from ACE Hardware and put it in an > > aluminum light fixture with clamps so I can secure the light. I change the > > directdion of light constantly so a stand wouldn't work. > > > Problem is, I bust a bulb almost every time. When these bulbs are hot, > > they > > break the filament if you drop or move the light suddenly. > > > Is there a better high lumens bulb that is sturdier than the "regular" > > 200W > > bulbs from ACE? > > I have some "PhotoFlood" lamps I used with old film movie cameras. They have > their own reflector. WW- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Try some outdoor floods. Mioght be a bit hardier. Plus a flood may work without quiote so high a wattage.
From: Brent on 3 Aug 2010 03:03 On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:21:34 GMT, notbob wrote: > I used three lights (150W incandescent) with same > cheapo alum reflectors ($7 ea) for illuminating items for sale. No > problems except for very shiny round black items like rifle scopes. > Took a lot of angles and moving of lights. Exactly! Each shot, I hold the light or clamp it to something and a lot of stuff on a car is dark black so it takes a LOT of light to get the contrast I need. Where do you get your bulbs? Do they break on you a lot?
From: Brent on 3 Aug 2010 03:04 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:18:05 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote: > Usually when I take pics, the camera flash does a good job. In the intracacies of the engine, the camera flash can't throw the light we need into all the spaces we need for a good shot. That's why it has to be hand held and clampable . The incandescents in the aluminum reflector work fine; they just break a lot.
From: Brent on 3 Aug 2010 03:05
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:54:53 -0600, WW wrote: > I have some "PhotoFlood" lamps I used with old film movie cameras. They have > their own reflector. WW Are they rugged? |