Incandescent Light Bulbs/Globes

[israelwillprevail]

I know these are banned in Oz, but can they be imported into Australia from sellers in the UK? I hate these silly fluro ones and they don't use any less energy either, sorry. Old school and all that. 😄

Thanks

[crypsynight]

The colour is a bit distorted, so you need to check it in the image editor and/or use a Fluorescent setting (not Auto White Balance) on the camera.

Right, off to fnd my manual, as i wasn't aware of a fluoro setting, and do use the White Balance setting. (FinePix S8000). In desperation a couple of times I've gone begging to my Dad (Canon EOS 7D) - but have to get him to take them as i can't lift his camera...but he cant envision what I want them to turn out like.

I get so frustrated sometimes trying to get the colouring right.

I try to use natural sunlight, but then need a cloudy day or I get shadows.

If indoors, certain colours don't come out correctly - reds look almost nuclear pink in colour, pale pinks on white backing make the white backing grey, whilst the pale pink appears almost clear, and one particular shade of dark blue always comes out looking bright blue. Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro have been a life saver for me, but still - they cant work miracles....

Very frustrating never knowing whether to blame the lighting, my camera, my monitor, or my incompetence.....

Thanks for your brilliant advice here Coops, you've answered so many questions we've had - especially about the LED's (and probably why the ones we encased in the caravan melted...:-D)

[go-tazz]

Thanks Coops,that answers a lot of questions,:-D

I've bookmarked the thread as others I know have asked the same/similar questions.

That is the sort of info others want to know about but either don't know where to look or it isn't available,(I have googled it a few times and couldn't find this type of neccessary info).

I did find the brightness of some of those globes wall below par and now know why.

The couple of 9 W > 45 W globes I have will just go into lights where the brightness wont matter,:-D

[the3coopers]

Right, off to fnd my manual, as i wasn't aware of a fluoro setting, and do use the White Balance setting. (FinePix S8000).

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If indoors, certain colours don't come out correctly - reds look almost nuclear pink in colour, pale pinks on white backing make the white backing grey, whilst the pale pink appears almost clear, and one particular shade of dark blue always comes out looking bright blue.

Put the camera in P (manual mode) and then set the Colour Temperature / White Balance correctly to suit the light source....

http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/manuals/pdf/index/s/finepix_s8000fd_manual_01.pdf

See Page 79 of the manual.

If you put it in Custom mode, you aim at pure white and it automatically fixes it. Alternatively choose Fluoro 1,2 or 3 or incandescent as applicable.

I hope that helps 🙂

[i-once-was-bump]

I use 20w "tornado day light" thingies (I see I can't use bulbs or globes) and these light up immediately and give great light. For really fine craft work or colour matching when mixing dyes or fibres I use an Ott Light but have no idea what sort of light thingie it has.

I am really happy since changing to the tornados and have always been very happy with the Ott Light.

[zanadoo_56]

I've still got mostly incandescents in my house, plus I've one halogen and one LED.  So far I've found that the halogens don't last as long, so for the price of them frankly I don't think they are as good as the old globes.

The LED globe doesn't throw as much light as its supposed incandescent equiv, but I'm interested to see how long it lasts.

I have a large box of incandescents which hopefully will last me many many years.  Yes, they give out heat, but I had one globe that was only ever turned on for short periods and it lasted 10 years.  I replaced it with a halogen that lasted less than two.  Pretty clear to me which was the most efficient.

Fluoros are not supposed to be put out with the household rubbish due to their mercury content, according to the EPA.  Great.  Not all councils have provision to hand it globes....and who would anyway...what, one at a time?

Aside from that my biggest issue with the fluoros excluding from the dodgy quality of some of them, is that I simply can't change them when they go.  You have to grasp them by their base, not the glass as it will shatter, and I simply can't reach into them to do that.  With the older incandescents and modern 'clones' I have one of those 'globe grabber' thingies on the end of an old broom handle and with that I can grasp the globe, twist it off then twist the new one on.  It works a treat.

[crypsynight]

Thanks heaps Coops - your info has been a great help to me..and probably others as well.

Much appreciated. 😉

[bradypartridge]

If you go to Gumtree and do a search for Mercury-Free Light Globes, you never know what you might find. 😉

[dotcomdotayu]

I wanted to jump in before Deja does 😛

DEAD THREAD!

[davewil1964]

Bulbs are things you plant in the ground and (hopefully) get flowers or vegetables from. Globes are things you paint pictures of the world on. LAMPS are what you get light from.

Nevertherless - DEAD THREAD

[*new2vintage]

I wanted to jump in before Deja does 😛

DEAD THREAD!

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