tmhawk
Member
Hello Penturners and Photographers,
In a previous thread several people said they used CFL (Compact Flourescent Light Bulbs)for their photography. And that the best ones were 5,000 K to 6,000 K, well I just spent about an hour and checked every package at Lowes and found one package that was marked. It was marked 3,500 K. Everything else had Lumens, no K. The 5-6 K lights are closer to daylight so they'd be good. Can you tell me where to find bulbs that are marked. Oh yes, I checked every Halogen box and no Kelvin there either. I think they've caught on to us and now want us to buy bulbs from camera stores for a 500% mark up LOL. (But we are crafty people and we will outsmart them, I hope.)
Thanks,
Tony
In a previous thread several people said they used CFL (Compact Flourescent Light Bulbs)for their photography. And that the best ones were 5,000 K to 6,000 K, well I just spent about an hour and checked every package at Lowes and found one package that was marked. It was marked 3,500 K. Everything else had Lumens, no K. The 5-6 K lights are closer to daylight so they'd be good. Can you tell me where to find bulbs that are marked. Oh yes, I checked every Halogen box and no Kelvin there either. I think they've caught on to us and now want us to buy bulbs from camera stores for a 500% mark up LOL. (But we are crafty people and we will outsmart them, I hope.)
Thanks,
Tony