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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Lamp intensity vs. lifetime (was Re: 486 CPU KOOLERS FOR SALE)
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 17:36:19 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
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- References: <Bx93z4.n2B@cs.dal.ca> <1992Nov16.164101.20150@bnr.ca> <1992Nov17.210740.1216@adobe.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.210740.1216@adobe.com> pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.164101.20150@bnr.ca> mwandel@bnr.ca (Markus Wandel) writes:
- >>What about photographic floodlights? These things have expected lifetimes
- >>of just 2-8 hours. I thought if I ever use the lamps and bulbs that I have
- >
- >Why would you want to use those when you can now get 1.5 kilowatt
- >halogen floodlights?
-
- Because they produce slightly bluer light (3400'K instead of 3200' or 2800'),
- and they produce a much more diffuse light. Halogen lamps can be modelled
- pretty much as point sources, but the photofloods (especially with a large
- reflector) are much more diffuse.
-
- The reason for the short life on photofloods (and halogens intended for
- photographic use) is that they run hotter, to get a higher color temperature.
- Long life and industrial bulbs run cooler than standard bulbs (and often
- have a temperature even below 2800'K).
- --scott
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