Peter Anderson Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Any suggested methods for safely making lanterns to distribute ambient light in a scene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Emery Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Just buy some large Chinese lanterns from IKEA. Then get some brass/ceramic fittings and high temp cable. That will allow you to use 275 or even 500w Photofloods. I would leave a air gap at the top. But you can put some 216 diffusion over the gap at the bottom of the lantern. I also I spotted some 105w 5500k energy bulbs on ebay that will provide around 525w of lighting power but produce less heat. ES Screw mount. I've not tried them but I might... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...mMakeTrack=true hope that helps Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Anderson Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 I also I spotted some 105w 5500k energy bulbs on ebay that will provide around 525w of lighting power but produce less heat. ES Screw mount. I've not tried them but I might... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...mMakeTrack=true hope that helps Pete Can I use high wattage domestic bulbs or will thy provide too much heat next to paper lanterns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Sandstrom Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Can I use high wattage domestic bulbs or will thy provide too much heat next to paper lanterns? i use 150w domestic bulbs in ikea lanterns all the time. in the large ones it's absolutely no problem but the smaller ones do get hot. not a problem in my opinion, but there's really no way to completely avoid the fire hazard when you're working with those so be careful. /matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie bonfanti Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 would 150w bulbs record white light on tungsten filmstock or would they be rather orangey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted February 13, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) would 150w bulbs record white light on tungsten filmstock or would they be rather orangey? 150 watt should be pretty much white. Perhaps a tiny bit orange, like 1/4. I always leave them go orange. I like the look. Edited February 13, 2007 by Christopher D. Keth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Rupe Whiteman Posted February 13, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 would 150w bulbs record white light on tungsten filmstock or would they be rather orangey? ... they'd be slightly warm - but domestic bulbs vary a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted February 13, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted February 13, 2007 ... they'd be slightly warm - but domestic bulbs vary a lot... Very true. I usually get phillips bulbs with the clear glass. They change less with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Sandstrom Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) check out this music video i shot. it has plenty of domestic 150w bulbs. :-) i also had redheads outside of the frame to fight the falloff and get some more reach with the same directionality. the color matched up nice, but i did get some weird and rather extreme shifts on the green-magenta scale. i think that's due to kodachrome emulsion having different color balance at different exposure though. http://www.familyplanning.se/ and click lisa lindal, third top. /matt Edited February 13, 2007 by Matt Sandstrom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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