> -----Original Message----- > From: andrew fildes [mailto:afildes@netlink.com.au] > > You don't want to be moving hot lights around too much, esp. big ones > - gets expensive in blown globes - the studio at school goes through > a lot of globes/bulbs because the kids aren't too careful. Paterson > used to make a high/low switch but it wouldn't handle 650W. I thought > household dimmer switches were little rheostats (circular coils) > rather than resistors. I once had some old cinema lighting sliding > dimmers - huge exposed things that would handle huge amounts of > current - but were a tad dangerous for amateurs as they were totally > exposed. Try talking to a local company that does theatre lighting - > they may have a small unit that can handle this or know where you can > source one new or used. Be safe! > AndrewF Well I'll probably just use ND filters since I already have a large roll of it. However, I did find several 600 - 2000 watt dimmers available on eBay and they are all X10 capable which means you can get one dimmer that acts as a controller and program preset lighting patterns. Change lighting ratios by pressing a button. How cool is that? Greg
