That is true. The last time we made a flourescent fixture to use as a light source we mounted 16 8 foot full sprectrum tubes to 4x8 sheet of plywood. it was an ugly thing, but the light was beautiful. r PhotoRoy6@aol.com wrote: > > I have found the full spectrum lights to not be as bright as standard > flourescent bulbs. And when I am painting walls I pull out my old movie light > stand and put 4 100 watts tungsten bulbs in it and it is much bright than > the flurescents of any type. > > In a message dated 8/16/02 8:38:58 PM EST, robert@earnestphoto.com writes: > > > Charles, > > > > Full Spectrum Flourescent Tubes are readily available. Just call around > > the local lighting stores. > > I use them in standard flourescent fixtures not only to shoot with but > > as the basis for home made large scale colour corrected lightboxes in > > the studio. > > The tubes are expensive but seem to last forever. > > > > best,
