www.learningdslrvideo.com In this video I compare the quality of Halogen to Fluorescent lighting for video work. I have been using halogen work lights for lighting my studio videos for many years. I have a project coming up where I need good portable lighting and my halogen's are really not that portable. The halogen lights give good results for a small price but they have several issues with them. They use a ton of current, this one set of lights is using about 900 watts. They also are very hot, so hot I never leave them unattended. Needless to say they are also not very professional looking. They don't mix well with daylight because of their lower color temp. There are so many types of lights out there, but which is best for portable use? I see HMI's used on movie sets, but after looking at the pricing I can take that off my list. I also hear good things about Tungsten lights, but after talking to a Westcott rep, Tungsten bulbs only last about 80 hours, I can take them off the list too. I am looking for something that runs cool and doesn't take a ton of power. So what does that leave me with, LED and Florescent. LED's are coming down in price and coming up in quality and I will be review them soon, but for this video I want to compare where I started (Halogen) from to where I might be heading (Florescent). My first question I have is which is better, Halogen or Florescent in terms of quality. My halogen's have a color temp of about 3200K while the Westcott softbox that ...
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