On 3 Dec 2002 at 21:27, Dan Scott wrote: > Hey, just on a lark I looked at B&H, they do sell CF studio lights for > high $$$. The price difference would certainly make me look at rolling > my own.
The main problem with using mains frequency fluorescent lamps is that since the phosphorescent materials have a relatively short persistence so the light output isn't relatively continuous like tungsten lamps, it flickers. This can send some camera meters crazy, my LX and E-10 are both affected, we are 50Hz here so the lamps flash 100 times per second. A lot of the commercial fluorescent light (cold lights) have special high frequency power sources, hence the often high costs. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
