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Start with a book on studio lighting. To begin with your assumption that
main and fill should be equal is wrong. However there is no reason you can't use lights of equal power simply set up to give you the ratio you want. A book will show you set-ups and power ratios so that you don't have to re-invent 100 years of lighting for yourself. There are a few lighting books on the following page. http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/mani/books/mbooks.html -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Gregory Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "me" wrote: How many watt seconds do I need? I'm using a 35mm film camera. I'll be shooting in my single car basement/garage and a smallish living room. Ambient light from sun is dim, EV4 at 100 ISO for both. I'd like 3 lights, main, fill and hair/bg/kicker. I assume the main and fill should be the same w/s but how many w/s should the other light be? I'm trying to come up with a ratio like 1/2 or 1/4 as many w/s as main. I also want more than 3 power levels. I think this would be more versatile and may be a necessity since I don't have room to move lights further from the subject to reduce power. What do you think? I apologize if this question is vague but I have never purchased studio lights before. Thank you for your help. me A really nice feature, perhaps more important than ws is can you independently adjust output to each of the heads. I have a 1200 ws Power pack but can't independently adjust the lights, other than to move them back or forward or use a louver inside the softbox. 1200 is good and strong for 100 asa. More is better if you can afford it. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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Start with a book on studio lighting. To begin with your assumption that
main and fill should be equal is wrong. However there is no reason you can't use lights of equal power simply set up to give you the ratio you want. A book will show you set-ups and power ratios so that you don't have to re-invent 100 years of lighting for yourself. There are a few lighting books on the following page. http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/mani/books/mbooks.html -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Gregory Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "me" wrote: How many watt seconds do I need? I'm using a 35mm film camera. I'll be shooting in my single car basement/garage and a smallish living room. Ambient light from sun is dim, EV4 at 100 ISO for both. I'd like 3 lights, main, fill and hair/bg/kicker. I assume the main and fill should be the same w/s but how many w/s should the other light be? I'm trying to come up with a ratio like 1/2 or 1/4 as many w/s as main. I also want more than 3 power levels. I think this would be more versatile and may be a necessity since I don't have room to move lights further from the subject to reduce power. What do you think? I apologize if this question is vague but I have never purchased studio lights before. Thank you for your help. me A really nice feature, perhaps more important than ws is can you independently adjust output to each of the heads. I have a 1200 ws Power pack but can't independently adjust the lights, other than to move them back or forward or use a louver inside the softbox. 1200 is good and strong for 100 asa. More is better if you can afford it. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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"Tony" wrote in message
. com... "Gregory Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "me" wrote: How many watt seconds do I need? I'm using a 35mm film camera. I'll be shooting in my single car basement/garage and a smallish living room. Ambient light from sun is dim, EV4 at 100 ISO for both. I'd like 3 lights, main, fill and hair/bg/kicker. I assume the main and fill should be the same w/s but how many w/s should the other light be? I'm trying to come up with a ratio like 1/2 or 1/4 as many w/s as main. I also want more than 3 power levels. I think this would be more versatile and may be a necessity since I don't have room to move lights further from the subject to reduce power. What do you think? I apologize if this question is vague but I have never purchased studio lights before. Thank you for your help. me A really nice feature, perhaps more important than ws is can you independently adjust output to each of the heads. I have a 1200 ws Power pack but can't independently adjust the lights, other than to move them back or forward or use a louver inside the softbox. 1200 is good and strong for 100 asa. More is better if you can afford it. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 Start with a book on studio lighting. To begin with your assumption that main and fill should be equal is wrong. I was referring to rated power not the ratio of main to fill. However there is no reason you can't use lights of equal power simply set up to give you the ratio you want. A book will show you set-ups and power ratios so that you don't have to re-invent 100 years of lighting for yourself. There are a few lighting books on the following page. http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/mani/books/mbooks.html Which of those books would tell me how many w/s to buy (taking into account the size of the rooms I list above)? Thank You, me |
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"Tony" wrote in message
. com... "Gregory Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "me" wrote: How many watt seconds do I need? I'm using a 35mm film camera. I'll be shooting in my single car basement/garage and a smallish living room. Ambient light from sun is dim, EV4 at 100 ISO for both. I'd like 3 lights, main, fill and hair/bg/kicker. I assume the main and fill should be the same w/s but how many w/s should the other light be? I'm trying to come up with a ratio like 1/2 or 1/4 as many w/s as main. I also want more than 3 power levels. I think this would be more versatile and may be a necessity since I don't have room to move lights further from the subject to reduce power. What do you think? I apologize if this question is vague but I have never purchased studio lights before. Thank you for your help. me A really nice feature, perhaps more important than ws is can you independently adjust output to each of the heads. I have a 1200 ws Power pack but can't independently adjust the lights, other than to move them back or forward or use a louver inside the softbox. 1200 is good and strong for 100 asa. More is better if you can afford it. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 Start with a book on studio lighting. To begin with your assumption that main and fill should be equal is wrong. I was referring to rated power not the ratio of main to fill. However there is no reason you can't use lights of equal power simply set up to give you the ratio you want. A book will show you set-ups and power ratios so that you don't have to re-invent 100 years of lighting for yourself. There are a few lighting books on the following page. http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/mani/books/mbooks.html Which of those books would tell me how many w/s to buy (taking into account the size of the rooms I list above)? Thank You, me |
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Take into account the cost of any soft boxes, grids/snoots, brollies, and
barndoors you may need, as well as the flash meter already mentioned. ....I would also suggest a spare sync lead. They are notorious for going wrong, and the only time you'll ever find out is during a shoot. |
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Take into account the cost of any soft boxes, grids/snoots, brollies, and
barndoors you may need, as well as the flash meter already mentioned. ....I would also suggest a spare sync lead. They are notorious for going wrong, and the only time you'll ever find out is during a shoot. |
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In article , me
wrote: How many watt seconds do I need? I'm using a 35mm film camera. I'll be shooting in my single car basement/garage and a smallish living room. Ambient light from sun is dim, EV4 at 100 ISO for both. I'd like 3 lights, main, fill and hair/bg/kicker. I assume the main and fill should be the same w/s but how many w/s should the other light be? I'm trying to come up with a ratio like 1/2 or 1/4 as many w/s as main. I also want more than 3 power levels. I think this would be more versatile and may be a necessity since I don't have room to move lights further from the subject to reduce power. What do you think? I apologize if this question is vague but I have never purchased studio lights before. Thank you for your help. me For portraiture you don't need much more than 50-100 watts per light. |
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In article , me
wrote: How many watt seconds do I need? I'm using a 35mm film camera. I'll be shooting in my single car basement/garage and a smallish living room. Ambient light from sun is dim, EV4 at 100 ISO for both. I'd like 3 lights, main, fill and hair/bg/kicker. I assume the main and fill should be the same w/s but how many w/s should the other light be? I'm trying to come up with a ratio like 1/2 or 1/4 as many w/s as main. I also want more than 3 power levels. I think this would be more versatile and may be a necessity since I don't have room to move lights further from the subject to reduce power. What do you think? I apologize if this question is vague but I have never purchased studio lights before. Thank you for your help. me For portraiture you don't need much more than 50-100 watts per light. |
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In article ,
Gregory Blank wrote: A really nice feature, perhaps more important than ws is can you independently adjust output to each of the heads. I have a 1200 ws Power pack but can't independently adjust the lights, other than to move them back or forward or use a louver inside the softbox. 1200 is good and strong for 100 asa. More is better if you can afford it. Jeez...you don't need to give 'em a sunburn. Shooting portraits of ordinary people at f/16 is not advised. |
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In article ,
Gregory Blank wrote: A really nice feature, perhaps more important than ws is can you independently adjust output to each of the heads. I have a 1200 ws Power pack but can't independently adjust the lights, other than to move them back or forward or use a louver inside the softbox. 1200 is good and strong for 100 asa. More is better if you can afford it. Jeez...you don't need to give 'em a sunburn. Shooting portraits of ordinary people at f/16 is not advised. |
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