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Ak Guy

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I purchased a 72" long, 4 bulb light for my soon to be set up table. It can take 4 of those frosty 100 watt light bulbs that look like a big globe. Or I can find some LED bulbs. What do you guys say?
 
Lights

I purchased a 72" long, 4 bulb light for my soon to be set up table. It can take 4 of those frosty 100 watt light bulbs that look like a big globe. Or I can find some LED bulbs. What do you guys say?

Get a fluorescent fixture. Light bulbs cause shadows cuz they are directional. Fluorescent are not.

Mark griffin
 
Try CFLs. They are fluorescent bulbs. Four 5000K 100W equivilent bulbs will throw out a lot of diffuse light with softer shadows than regular incandescent bulbs. The actual power consumption will be about 4x25W=100W, about the same power draw as one 100W incandescent. They are very cool running as well, a relief when shooting in a warm room.

Or return the fixture and spend $800 for a Diamond light with parabolic louvers and never look back. Those things are awesome.
 
Return!

They will take the light back so back to the drawing board and what size fluorescent bulb and type.......
 
light

Get a fluorescent fixture. Light bulbs cause shadows cuz they are directional. Fluorescent are not.

Mark griffin


Sorry but you are way off, Hard light or hard lighting only casts a shadow just like on a sunny day. a overcast day where the direct sunlight cannot be seen through the clouds and no hard shadows, is considered soft lighting. Most bulbs that are not defused put out hard lighting...................................................................................

All light puts out a certain amount of heat.
All light puts out polarized reflection, if you don't want polarized reflection put linear polarized film over your light, but be careful tungsten bulbs put out allot of heat and can easily start a fire hazard.

soft lighting


hard lighting 640 watt seconds
Hard lighting using polarized film over my strobes and a CPL on my lenses to remove polarized reflection.
This called cross polarization technic.


Just hard lighting.


soft lighting


The book called Light science and magic is a great study.
 
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