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By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:10:36 +0000

I purchased my spiderlight kit and installed them in my studio. They came very highly recomended by my local camera store. I wish I had checked out this website before spending 2000 dollars for lights that make me set my ISO high. It all sound great but just not worth it.

By: Pattie Allen

Pattie Allen — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:18:04 +0000

I shot with the canon 1d mark iii. I currently use flash / strobe and I am a bit scared to switch over to continious lighting. I borrowed a friends 2 light kit (each 1000watts) made by Amvona.com and even at 400 iso f2.8 and a shutter speed of 90 my photos still looked dark.

Is there a difference in brands when it comes to the quality and quanity of light…even when they both claim to be 1000 watt tungsten?

what should i shot at?

By: Plez Hill

Plez Hill — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:28:21 +0000

Yes, please respond to Craig Leonard’s comments above. I am looking at getting a TD 5 or portraits, but I am concerned about the limited lighting. I have a Canon 24-70mm L lens F2.8. Will the TD 5 work as a fill with a 580 EX flash or should I use the TD 5 and TD 3 in combination. What are my alternatives since I am on a limited budget. Thanks.

By: Steve Chamberlain

Steve Chamberlain — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:11:42 +0000

Scott,
On your March 6 post re getting the gritty look in Camera Raw/Bridge, you showed a photo of your band, onto which you applied the “look”. But then you said, “Here’s the problem; the effect in Camera Raw looked “OK” but it just wasn’t really looking right, so instead I ran the Lucis Art plug-in on it, and BAM—it was there! ”

I’ve since purchased Lucis Art, and as you know, it has a number of different effects. Could you tell me which of the specific effects you used, e.g., was it Exposure, and if so, what were you settings?

Thanks.

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By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:03:29 +0000

I’ve had good results with the Spiderlites, but they are hard to work with when photographing children. For portraits and still life, they are great, especially since they give off next to no heat. I bought my bulbs (with the same specs 5500K, 27 watts as the Westcott lights) at http://www.handhelditems.com/5500k-color-corrected-light-fluorescent-lamp-photo-bulb-p-5711.html for $6.99 each.

I haven’t checked the specs for the TD5 to see what the maximum wattage is for the bulbs. I see that http://www.obuynow.com/photobulbs.html has CFL bulbs listed of 40W and 80W power. I’d be interested to hear if anyone has tried these.

By: Craig Leonard

Craig Leonard — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:11:52 +0000

Scott,

I recently got the TD5 along with a reflector.
It seems that it is way too dark to shoot with my Canon EFS 17-85 IS (1:4-5.6) lens. In order to make it work I have to shoot at 5.6, 1/15 which are not “tact” sharp with my kids, tripod or not.
So I am forced to shoot with my 50mm 1.8 lens. I have been shooting with an f stop of 1.8 and a shutter speed of 1/125 at ISO 400. This turns out some pretty good shots but obviously I am very limited in how much I can get in focus.
Any tips on what I can do. I have been shooting with the TD5 a couple feet forward of the subjects on the left side, and the reflector on the right side.
By the way, I loved both of the Digital Photography books.
Thanks,

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:58:18 +0000

Great series of posts on lighting, thanks Scott!! I’m adding this to my favorite links for lighting tips. In fact I just added the blog to my RSS feeds.

I’d encourage anyone reading to also visit http://www.planetneil.com/tangents for a bunch of great lighting tutorials that really reinforce the same things you’ve said here.

Maggie

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:53:54 +0000

Yeah, My question was on the Fluorescent Lights too. I really didn’t see a difference between Westcott bulb and this bulb on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Medium-Standard-Maxlite-Light/dp/B00149L4GU

Is there really a difference between them that makes one $30 more expensive?

By: Svein Wisnaes

Svein Wisnaes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:04:18 +0000

Scott,

There is one thing you did not mention on the downside for flourecent lights - their color spectrum.

As flourecent light is produced in a different way than halogen it has a different color spectrum of the light. Most flourecent tubes/bulbs found on the market today has peaks and/or dips in their color spectrum that makes it really hard to produce a picture without any colorcast. And by looking at the link to B&H it say that model and spec will vary with availability. So are there any chance you will get something you could go and buy in the supermarket yourself?

There are three things to watch for. The watt, if it is daylight and if it has a broad spectrum. So far, I have only seen the first two variables specified on the type of flourecent light that is displayed in your pictures.

If you look for normal flourecent tubes, you can go to a specialist electrical shop and ask for high frequency, daylight temperature, broad spectrum tubes. Chances are they will have to order it from their supplyer.

You might have all this well covered, but thought I would say something anyway I follow your blog and the vidcast and enjoy it a lot!

By: Trenton

Trenton — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:18:44 +0000

This is really off subject, but I’m sure that all of you D3 owners will be very interested in this one.

http://gizmodo.com/366845/5000-nikon-d3-dropped-15-feet-onto-concrete-on-camera

Gizmodo (Gizz-mo-do) is a great site for gadgets of all kind.