2007.05.10: Fresnel spot lamp fluorescent conversion

I snapped a couple of test shots of my compact fluorescent lamp conversion of an old 6" fresnel theatrical spot lamp. I started the conversion I finally tired of looking at these lamps hanging out in the studio literally covered in spider webs. I managed to hack together a conversion of a 240V 750W theatrical Fresnel w/ a 6” lens into a fluorescent light source the equivalent of about a 100W tungsten. I’m still experimenting with it and I’m hoping to acquire larger fresnels and convert them to fluorescent as these light sources may not be powerful enough for stage lighting but are certainly powerful enough to light one or two people with soft, specular, zoomable light at short distances and give the photographer the ability to use colour temperatures significantly colder or warmer than strobes for motion blurred accents in photos.