Tungsten?

[megalith6]

Hi,

i need to do some indoor shooting with the Nizo 801

but what light bulbs do i need, please? the word 'tungsten' springs to mind - but, if so, which tungsten bulb and from which manufacturer?

spent about an hour googling this and have surfaced with only confusion - many photographic stockists in the UK do not even recognise the word 'tungsten' in their search data bases? [img]confused.gif[/img]

thanks,

R

[megalith6]

... the situation out there is very strange: i have been using Philips [single'L'] Argaphoto-B P2/1 240V/500W, which is never quoted as 'tungsten'; yet the 'replacement' for this lamp is a Luxram bulb, quoted as "tungston halogen"

???

[megalith6]

thought: just realised the 'T' in Kodak Ektachrome 64T is for 'tungsten' - surely there must be a bulb out there somewhere for this new film stock?

:-o

[Alex]

Basically, most tungsten lights are around 3200 to 3400 color temperature. So film stocks that say they are T type of film stocks will work with most lights.

The most common light that won't work as well are fluorescent lights which have a color temperature of approximately between 4600K to 5500K color temperature.

Daylight film stock is usually equated with around 5600K color temperature. HMI lights are used by higher end productions when they need additional light for daylight shooting. Lower budgeted solutions include white foam core 4 feet by 4 feet and bounce reflected light towards their subject to fill in hard or soft shadows.

There are vapor lights as well that their own unique color temperature. As the sun sets in the sky the color temperature of the sun begins to match that of tungsten light, so during magic hour you can easily shoot with tungsten film and no daylight filter if you choose to.

[megalith6]

thanks Alex,

well, i weighed in with Philips 500W Photo bulbs in the end, which kept the light meter happy, so i can report back on the quality of the light when my film comes back to me (oh the anticipation! [img]wink.gif[/img]

bests

Ric