What temperature bulb to use with those cheap halogen work lights, please?

[bladerunner6]

I am thinking of getting some of those cheap halogen work lights. I also was looking at LED lights

Among my thoughts for LED lights were these:

http://www.menards.com/main/p-2398315-c-7546.htm

http://www.menards.com/main/p-2404411-c-7914.htm

Also, I was thinking of these halogen with different bulbs:

http://www.menards.com/main/p-2305264-c-7914.htm

http://www.menards.com/main/p-2305284-c-7546.htm

Any thoughts on any of these and what sort of bulb I might use with them to give a better temperature of light for photo work?


Thanks.

 

[Designer]

Do you intend to mix the lighting? IMO, halogen and LED will not play nice together. Just pick one type of lighting so that you can set/adjust the white balance.

 

[bladerunner6]

Do you intend to mix the lighting? IMO, halogen and LED will not play nice together. Just pick one type of lighting so that you can set/adjust the white balance.

I wasn't planning on mixing lighting.

I was planning on shooting with EITHER the LED or using the halogen with a more photo friendly bulb.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[Designer]

I forgot to ask what kind of photo work? If you are shooting still life, then continuous lighting will be fine. If you are want to photograph people, then you'll want flash.

 

[bladerunner6]

I forgot to ask what kind of photo work? If you are shooting still life, then continuous lighting will be fine. If you are want to photograph people, then you'll want flash.

I am just planning on still life.

 

[tirediron]

Generally speaking photo bulbs, flashes, etc are as close to 5500K as possible. I would skip the LEDs altogether; they put out very little light. The halogen units will work for still life, but you will need to make some sort of reflector to 'contain' the light to some degree.

 

[bladerunner6]

Generally speaking photo bulbs, flashes, etc are as close to 5500K as possible. I would skip the LEDs altogether; they put out very little light. The halogen units will work for still life, but you will need to make some sort of reflector to 'contain' the light to some degree.

Now I noticed this at 5000K:
http://www.menards.com/main/p-2305260-c-7914.htm

 

[Designer]

Hmmm... 1050 lumens. For $69.97. For that kind of money, you might as well begin looking at some inexpensive studio flash. You can get one that is 150ws for $49.95. Has a modeling light, variable output, and good flash color and a lot more light power than the LED work light.

 

[tirediron]

Hmmm... 1050 lumens. For $69.97. For that kind of money, you might as well begin looking at some inexpensive studio flash. You can get one that is 150ws for $49.95. Has a modeling light, variable output, and good flash color and a lot more light power than the LED work light.

Yep, agreed, and that 1050 lumen light, is NOT much light (as far as a camera is concerned).

 

[bladerunner6]

Hmmm... 1050 lumens. For $69.97. For that kind of money, you might as well begin looking at some inexpensive studio flash. You can get one that is 150ws for $49.95. Has a modeling light, variable output, and good flash color and a lot more light power than the LED work light.

Good point, but I do have lots of rebate money coming from Menards.
But I could always use that for something else.

Any links to a light for $49.95 then?

Thanks.

 

[Designer]

Oh, I see that it's 120ws, not 150, sorry.

Flashpoint Budget Studio Monolight Flash, 120 Watt Seconds BF-120W

Plenty more to pick from though.

Check out other sites as well, and don't forget to look for used equipment if your budget is tight.

 

[KmH]

Fortunately, DSLR cameras let us set a custom white balance.
So as long as all the lights we use are the same color temperature we don't need to worry about 'photo friendly' bulb color temperatures.

Constant lights need to be quite a bit brighter than flash because flash delivers all of it's light in a much shorter period of time.

 

[bladerunner6]

Hmmm... 1050 lumens. For $69.97. For that kind of money, you might as well begin looking at some inexpensive studio flash. You can get one that is 150ws for $49.95. Has a modeling light, variable output, and good flash color and a lot more light power than the LED work light.

I found this one at the store. It is 4400 Lumens at 5700K, for $89.95 in the store. Does this change your advice any? This is a bit over 4X the lumens for 30% more. Plus, I hopefully will get a lot of rebate money in the mail that I can only use at this store.

http://www.menards.com/main/search.html?search=370-3833

 

[Designer]

My advice is still going for flash, either a speedlight or studio flash, but if the rebate check is burning a hole in your pocket, and you don't need anything else, then I guess you will get the LED work lights.

If you decide to sell them at a loss, be sure to let me know, as I use work lights in my remodeling projects.

 

[Mike_E]

If you want cheap and are doing stills then why not a pair of 4' shop lights? Around $45 here in the US.