paulears
Veteran
The white glass versions of the sodium lamps are much better than the streetlighting yellow ones, and unless you have particular colour rendition issues can often do a good job with some tweaking afterwards - but if you have specific colours you need to record, such as fabrics, paintings and other critical subjects, the missing parts of the spectrum do really odd things. They also flicker quite badly if you need to use higher shutter speeds, so anyone considering faster frame rate HD may have a problem.
I've actually got some of those =- bought for site lighting, and they are rubbish. I cannot think of another word. The little handle at the top gets so hot it's useless at moving the lamp housing - which repeatedly drops down. The stands don't go up to my shoulders, so you can't get light above the heads of your subjects where you need them. The stands, and all of it really, are very thin tubing, and just having the things stored in the shed outside has dented them and the yellow paint is flaking off. The plastic parts are that sort of brittle hard stuff and two mouldings have cracked already, and they've been used just once! They can be sold cheaply because the materials they are made from are cheap too!
I've actually got some of those =- bought for site lighting, and they are rubbish. I cannot think of another word. The little handle at the top gets so hot it's useless at moving the lamp housing - which repeatedly drops down. The stands don't go up to my shoulders, so you can't get light above the heads of your subjects where you need them. The stands, and all of it really, are very thin tubing, and just having the things stored in the shed outside has dented them and the yellow paint is flaking off. The plastic parts are that sort of brittle hard stuff and two mouldings have cracked already, and they've been used just once! They can be sold cheaply because the materials they are made from are cheap too!
Last edited:
