For the real tech lovers:
The recent DIYPhotography.net post on the very cool DIY Alex Spiderlight also pointed to my earlier battle of the bulbs shootout post, to illustrate some bulb options and comparisons for Alex Campagna’s creation. There have been technical questions raised about the spectrum of light delivered by the various bulbs and their ability to faithfully record color. …

To date I’ve been using standard 75 watt household bulbs in the clamp lights used in the DIY lighting videos. But there are tons of bulb choices out there (tungsten, halogen, fluorescent), and I’ve been getting questions about how they compare. Well, that’s something that’s hard to describe and, after all, we’re visual people. So let’s fire ‘em up and …