Roy,
If I may add just a bit here...I have an article due out soon
(hopefully) where I made up my own light. The layout was double decked
so the distance was only about 3'--certainly not ideal, but the entire
length was pretty much flurescent tubes. I did color balance tests
using CFB's that are funnel shaped similar to track lites or outdoor
floods. I then took a chunk of plywood, attached a Mathews wall mount
plate on one side and 4 sockets to the other. I hard wired all the
sockets to one switch (two would have been better). I now had 4 bulbs
acting as one large directional flood to make a key while the overheads
were the fill light. It was fairly cool, color balanced and only
required a few dollars to make up. Best yet it added a direction to the
light source, something very difficult to do under tight confines.
I recently sold off some of my 1000 watt lights. I've started a few
things smouldering over the years--no problem with sockets but things
like wallpaper, drapes, and fingers did suffer. I have a couple of
traditional floods that were owned by my hometown photographer (also a
cousin) that he inherited from his father, so they date back to flash
powder days!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 4/25/13 8:42 PM, Roy Inman wrote:
Brooks,
Thanks very much for making your excellent tutorial available :)
One question: It appears to me that the sockets on the lights are
plastic. I have had problems with overheating of the sockets when
using high-wattage bulbs in plastic sockets so I had to switch to
ceramic sockets. I assume this has not been a problem for you?
With cheer,
Roy Inman
