I have dimmable flourescent cove lighting in my kitchen with daylight
bulbs. I hadn't known that one could dim fluorescents until I built
this house 10 years ago. When talking to the guy at the lighting store
I was grousing about having to choose incandescent lighting if I wanted
it to be dimmable. He said no problem and ordered special ballasts from
a company in Boston. The controls are the ordinary dimmer switches
you'd use with incandescent lights.
I've often thought that this arrangment with daylight bulbs would make a
good set of studio lights.
Chuck Norcutt
Jeff Keller wrote:
> If you are doing a lot of product photography the barrel distortion of the
> 14-45 might be a miinor source of frustration. I would recommend the 14-54
> over the 14-45.
>
> Depending upon what product you are photographing, flourescent lights might
> work well. Color accuracy likely won't be perfect but setting up the
> lighting would be easier. Check out some of the lights Adorama and B&H sell.
> Although not cheap they don't have to be ridiculously expensive. There was a
> web site where a photographer described how he had tested flourescent lights
> and found that those with an electronic ballast that he bought from a
> hardware store worked very well for his studio. I believe he tracked down
> some better than normal tubes.
>
> -jeff
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