RE: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-12 Thread John Sessoms
To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: studio light brand suggestions Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? Thanks in advance. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rob Studdert CFLs with integrated ballasts/electronics generally run at a higher frequency then the mains so that's generally not a problem. And from experience I would expect that cylindrical fluorescent tubes designed for photo-lights would likely be designed to exhibit persistence that

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
I quite like my Photogenics and would recommend anyone buying a serious set of lights to consider them. I'm new to the studio lights, but I will say that the photography school where I've been taking some workshops recently has Photogenics in their portrait studios. Considering they get used

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-11 Thread William Robb
-- From: Christine Nielsen Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions I quite like my Photogenics and would recommend anyone buying a serious set of lights to consider them. I'm new to the studio lights, but I will say that the photography

RE: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread Tanya Love
, they come in PINK! Woohoo! Tan.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: Saturday, 5 June 2010 11:46 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: studio light brand suggestions Here's a question for folks shooting in studio

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread William Robb
-- From: Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:30 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: studio light brand suggestions Elinchrom or Bowens are the only way to go if you are serious. Do you

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 06/06/2010, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Out of phase issues with the CFLs: hmmm, I hadn't heard anything about that, but it certainly sounds like a valid concern. I'd imagine that would vary widely by CFL make and the amount of coating used in the tube. Re LED stage lights:

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2010-06-06 Thread John Whittingham
Subject: studio light brand suggestions [Scanned][Spam score:8%] Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

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2010-06-06 Thread Larry Colen
-Kit.html Only time will tell if I made a good decision. Best regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila [cagu...@earthlink.net] Sent: 05 June 2010 14:45 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: studio light

studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Christine Aguila
Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Christine, Sorry, I can't help. I shoot with Alien Bees monolights. They seem to be about the best bang for the buck. Pretty much the features of the big boys, but not quite the duty cycle. So if you are a part timer, they work very well. If you are going to use them day in/day out for

RE: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Bob W
Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? Bowens seems to be the choice of pros. Like Nikon, and Canon... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread William Robb
-- From: Christine Aguila Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? What Bruce said. The Alien Bees have a decent

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Bruce Walker
William Robb wrote: -- From: Christine Aguila Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? What Bruce said. The Alien

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread mike wilson
Christine Aguila wrote: *continuous tungsten studio lights* You dislike your subjects _that_ much? Or are you doing winter nudes? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread mike wilson
Christine Aguila wrote: Here's a question for folks shooting in studio conditions: Any particular *brand recommendations* for *continuous tungsten studio lights* to be used for portraiture? P.S. I suspect they mill be much more expensive to run. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread William Robb
-- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions The latest trend in hotlights seems to be clusters of CFLs, so not so much heat any more. The other trend is LEDs but they are *really* expensive

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread William Robb
-- From: mike wilson Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions P.S. I suspect they mill be much more expensive to run. Wouldn't even be on the radar. Electricity is not an expensive commodity in North America, and I expect with hot lights

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Bruce Walker
William Robb wrote: -- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions The latest trend in hotlights seems to be clusters of CFLs, so not so much heat any more. The other trend is LEDs

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread William Robb
-- From: Bruce Walker Subject: Re: studio light brand suggestions Out of phase issues with the CFLs: hmmm, I hadn't heard anything about that, but it certainly sounds like a valid concern. I'd imagine that would vary widely by CFL make

Re: studio light brand suggestions

2010-06-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I try to avoid taking portraits, but I've been using two Verilux lamps that I was given for personal use reading... I tilt them up and tape a piece of white paper loosely around them for softness... they last forever , don't produce a lot of heat and seem to be fine for the job - in conjunction,