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Apr 08, 2007 20:51 |  #1

i'm using 2 home made lights fron large very shiny coffee cans each with 1 spiral flouresent equal to 200 watt output. is this enough anymore and it seems to be overboard.i cant get my shutter speed up over 1/50 in p mode


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Apr 08, 2007 21:50 |  #2

Flouresent light rated at 200W is not much. What ISO and lens you are using?

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Apr 08, 2007 22:22 |  #3

If you want to use continuous lighting for photographs of humans, you'll need seriously more power for practical use. You'll want 1000 watts or better, and you'll want to get it close to your subject.

To put this in quantitative terms, this thread compares continuous light with studio strobes and nuclear fusion.

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