could be a nice practical bulb?

you could gel them, but it would be simpler to get a few candles as they'd be brighter.

Seriously though, does anybody at home think a single tungsten 100W lamp was actually bright enough to read? Replacing them with lower light output lamps remonds me of my first visit to Romania when the old Dictator was in power and only one in three outlets had lamps in them - my impression of the country was ... dim! Now we're doing the same - world wide!

When somebody makes a CFL that emits MORE light than the ones they are supposed to replace, I'll get excited!
 
paulears said:
you could gel them, but it would be simpler to get a few candles as they'd be brighter.

Seriously though, does anybody at home think a single tungsten 100W lamp was actually bright enough to read? Replacing them with lower light output lamps remonds me of my first visit to Romania when the old Dictator was in power and only one in three outlets had lamps in them - my impression of the country was ... dim! Now we're doing the same - world wide!

When somebody makes a CFL that emits MORE light than the ones they are supposed to replace, I'll get excited!
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LED are producing more light than Incandescents.

http://earthled.com/evolux-led-light-bulb.html
13 watt = 100 watt equivalent

http://earthled.com/zetalux-led-light-bulb.html
7 watt = 60 watt equivalent


Plus they make dimmable LEDs.


GE is way far behind when it comes to LED tech.
 
Paul, how bright is your home? Honestly, 60-40 watt equivalences do just fine for me.

If you talking movie lights, that's something different.

But since they draw far less power at the same output, that I find advantageous. Not to mention you can use 100 watt equivalents on set, maybe two in a chinaball and nothing burns, plus not worry of blowing a fuse when using other lights.
 
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