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..as far as being a fire hazard. i use compact flouros in them. they dont get nearly as hot as an incadescent bulb, and use less power as well. + you can get them in daylight or tungsten color temps like any other bulb.
 
I've been able to find the daylight ones, but not the tungsten. Any tips on that? I'd love to be able to use a fluoro.
 
I use paper lanterns all the time and have not yet had a issue with fire. I even use halogen lamps in them. Remember paper needs nearly 500 degree to burn so all you might get is some smoldering if the lamp laid against the paper, but with the lantern design thats pretty tough when hanging them. Frankly I'd say there is more of a danger of using those work lights than lanterns. In fact I know of two cases where folks burned down their house using work lights for movies.
 
vjbrennan,

heres a site where you can snag up 5600k (5550k) flouros .. compact and tubes in various size length - strength.. they were developed by the same guy that developed the "kino flo" brand although they do not have all the same strict tolerances and extra coatings . but they work absolutely GREAT http://www.full-spectrum-light.com/s_lightbulbs.cfm

if your looking for tungsten balanced flouros (3200k) in general any soft white flouro bulb will work fine. i get mine cheap at wal mart. they generally have a color temp around 3000k and it really doesnt make a difference cause were only talking a few hundred k, just like about any incadescent bulb looks fine under the 3200k preset but they are closer to 3000 as well.
test one out first to be sure by buying it and putting a white board next to it when its on with the camera set to 3200k . make sure its the only light scource in the room. if the board looks white to the camera.. it probably ok. then do a manual white balance and see if theres a big discernable diofference in the color of the board then. if not than your good to go. a little difference wont really matter. espescially if your going to be mixing the light with other true 3200k balanced light.
 
Thanks, full spectrum is where I found the daylight balanced bulbs. I'm experimenting with some compact soft white fluoros. The CRI is a little low. I can't really get the colors to be true unough. I've thought about some minus green gel, like I use on my fluoro bank, but I havent figured a good way to rig it in the paper lantern yet. I have gelled them in a reflector with some success.
 
You wrap a cone, and insert it around the bulb, through the top and bottom rings where the lamp falls in. Clip them to the ball with Clothespins.
 
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