On 01/06/2010 19:21, Tony Duell wrote:
I've not tried a photographic colour temperature
meter with CFLs. Does it
give any meaningful reuslts at all?
I haven't either, but I'd not trust the result because unless it's a CFL
made specially to have a "daylight" spectrum, the result won't tell you
much. Just like normal striplights.
From what
I've read, it doesn't apply to instrument lamps (so the
frontpanel bulbs
for classic computers are OK), car bulbs, torch
(flashlight) bulbs, projector bulbs (I hope!), and thigns like that.
I wodner if it applies to photofloods?
Dunno. I don't think so, because although it applies to the 150W ES
bulbs I use for my monolight modelling lamps :-( I can still get
higher-power photofloods that fit.
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