Dimming will reduce the colour temperature. If lights have hot spots, I suggest reflecting, e.g. off a photo umbrella. tOM On Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 14:47 Roderick <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > You can look at something along these lines: > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2567596971&category=4665 > > > Roderick > > > I understand that the suggested way of adjusting the light level of hot lights > > would be to move the light, use a reflector or diffusion material etc. but I > > was wondering about just using a household dimmer. I bought some old 650 watt > > movie lights and I looked in the local hardware store where it seems all the > > dimmer switches were rated at 600 watts. ----------- tOM Trottier, Ottawa, Canada http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MensaOttawa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canada-Mensans If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
