Photography: Lighting

[89AKurt]

Vintage 500 W bulb.  Looking through my dad's part of the estate, set up one of 4 Smith-Victor lights he had for taking pictures of guns, lots of pictures. ? This is just a test with one shot (like the good old days with film), seems to work great, but have to turn off right away, starts smoking!  Today's cool lighting makes this obsolete.  Unless you wanted a Phoenix in July model.

Edited November 22, 2023 by 89AKurt
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[Russell C]

Would the lights in your neighborhood dim momentarily if you turned on all 4 at once? ?

[Bills72sj]

Wow! That sounds like a heater disguised as a lamp.

[espo]

Begs the question, "How long would it take to drain the batteries in your new Electric Car to run this light?" 

[Brian Austin]

I still have some old photo bulbs, along with the light stands.  The problem is, I constantly tripped over the legs of the stands, and the reflectors got HOT.

I use cooler lights nowadays, but since the bulbs still work I haven't had the heart to toss them.

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 11/22/2023 at 12:16 AM, Bills72sj said:

Wow! That sounds like a heater disguised as a lamp.

Yup, that's just what incandescent bulbs are.

Only 5-10% of the energy consumed by old-style resistance bulbs becomes light. The rest is shed as heat.

[Xingu]

I have a similar setup. I have different bulbs that I would use. I think i have a 750w bulb somewhere. They get extremely hot, was a good way to limit how long I stayed in the studio (spare room).

[89AKurt]

On 11/22/2023 at 11:55 AM, espo said:

Begs the question, "How long would it take to drain the batteries in your new Electric Car to run this light?" 

How dare you tempt me! ?

[89AKurt]

On 11/27/2023 at 9:38 PM, Brian Austin said:

I still have some old photo bulbs, along with the light stands.  The problem is, I constantly tripped over the legs of the stands, and the reflectors got HOT.

I use cooler lights nowadays, but since the bulbs still work I haven't had the heart to toss them.

Can I interest you in some totally obsolete half a century ago slide mounts?  Real Glass! ?  Why do I have to be the one to toss all that? ?

[89AKurt]

On 11/28/2023 at 8:07 AM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Yup, that's just what incandescent bulbs are.

Only 5-10% of the energy consumed by old-style resistance bulbs becomes light. The rest is shed as heat.

I cook something in your honor. ?

[89AKurt]

There are 2 diffusers too.  Dad had one surge protector with everything, easy to shut everything on/off.

[Brian Austin]

On 12/27/2023 at 11:45 PM, 89AKurt said:

Can I interest you in some totally obsolete half a century ago slide mounts?  Real Glass! ?  Why do I have to be the one to toss all that? ?

 

I still have all my old darkroom stuff, a ton of obsolete cameras, and I think a bunch of slide mounts as well.  Don't know what I'm going to do with it all.

[89AKurt]

On 12/29/2023 at 12:23 PM, Brian Austin said:

I still have all my old darkroom stuff, a ton of obsolete cameras, and I think a bunch of slide mounts as well.  Don't know what I'm going to do with it all.

I found these cameras (older brother was throwing away everything, I had to dumpster dive to rescue many family heirlooms ?) aren't worth much, but they are too cool to just toss. Match books, I looked up some Fred Harvey - Grand Canyon on eBay, people want around $10, but these cameras are about $30.  Go figure.  I have a dust collector "pot shelf" to put them on.

[Brian Austin]

Yeah, I have some like those.  I also have some old Polaroid cameras as well.  In my college days I got use out of my larger folding cameras by loading print paper in where the film would sit, one shot at a time in a "dark bag".  Afterward I contact printed the negative with another piece of print paper. Not convenient at all, but I did get some interesting shots. 

Edited January 1, 2024 by Brian Austin