Originally posted by Parallax There's also the issue of color casts with fluorescents when using shutter speeds over about 1/60th second.
CFLs don't flicker at 60Hz -- they run at a much higher frequency. As for colour cast: you shoot a grey card or a colorchecker card and set the WB in post editing. No colour cast worries.
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Originally posted by Hattifnatt Just make sure it's powerful enough.
You have to be prepared to up your ISO setting and/or use wider apertures than typical with flash.
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Originally posted by Hattifnatt it's a nightmare to carry around. Or at least way less portable than a flash.
Oh yeah; they are very fragile and will break easily. Pretty much studio-only I'd say.
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Originally posted by Hattifnatt I see no advantage of continuous light over flash
CFLs are a pretty economical solution, especially compared to studio strobes, and are great for video work too if you need that. To make the most sense though you need to find inexpensive modifiers too. They work well in umbrella style modifiers, like the Westcott Apollos and the many cheap eBay umbrella softboxes.