HOT Light help..

[Dennismc]

Ok heres the story, wanted to try out studio lighting, been pricing stuff, reading reviews etc. Originally was going to go strobes, but saw today at wolf, a Smith Victor 2 light budget set up for 99.99 bucks, figured what the heck for that price the stands are worth it., It came with 2 250watt photo flood bulbs.

First bulb went out after about 2 mins of use, drove all the way back and got a replacement, out of their display model box cause they dont stock the bulbs.

Back home, set them back up, and decided to play around with the lighting and see if I cant get a good pic, well the other bulb blew after 5 mins of use, 5 pictures total!

Now reading reviews most of these bulbs are rated to 60 hours, which I know is pushing it, but two after less then 5 mins each? Are there any decent bulbs that I can pickup for this, screwbase, or should I just chalk it up to nature of the type and wait and add the strobe heads to the stands?

Really glad I didnt but the three light kit now.

[cphoniball]

You should just return the lights... hot lights are generally a pain to work with in photography, especially if you want to do anything with actual people. Read up on strobist and get a few manual hot shoe flashes if you can't swing the studio strobes.

[Dennismc]

Originally Posted by cphoniball

You should just return the lights... hot lights are generally a pain to work with in photography, especially if you want to do anything with actual people. Read up on strobist and get a few manual hot shoe flashes if you can't swing the studio strobes.

Thats what I am thinking, I am going to keep the kit, for 99.99 bucks, the stands are worth it.

There is a three strobe kit I was looking at for 300 bucks, going to go on Friday and pick it up. Will order a couple replacement bulbs for this just to have on hand I think as well