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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 197600" data-attributes="member: 12496">I'm sorry to be the one to have to say it.&nbsp; Inexpensive to try, and it should work OK for inanimate tabletop work (where slow shutter speeds work), but it will be pretty dim lights for portraits of people.&nbsp; It says 200 watts equivalent.&nbsp; Back in the day when we used 500 watt photoflood bulbs, we had to use f/2.8 and too-slow shutter speed, still up very close.&nbsp; Modern digital cameras today can use high ISO, but it won't be anything like flash.To appreciate the difference, it should be very instructive if you can rig up a quick test using a regular 150 watt bulb in a cheap clampon reflector, to evaluate how well f/2.8 and 1/60 second ISO 400 can capture a picture at only 3 feet. Flash will be a day and night difference.Stop and contemplate some of the obvious details.&nbsp; Look at the picture.&nbsp; Most of this bulbs light will come out sideways, totally missing the umbrella altogether, just filling the room with stray spill.&nbsp; It will be a disappointing solution for portraits of people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 197600, member: 12496"] I'm sorry to be the one to have to say it. Inexpensive to try, and it should work OK for inanimate tabletop work (where slow shutter speeds work), but it will be pretty dim lights for portraits of people. It says 200 watts equivalent. Back in the day when we used 500 watt photoflood bulbs, we had to use f/2.8 and too-slow shutter speed, still up very close. Modern digital cameras today can use high ISO, but it won't be anything like flash. To appreciate the difference, it should be very instructive if you can rig up a quick test using a regular 150 watt bulb in a cheap clampon reflector, to evaluate how well f/2.8 and 1/60 second ISO 400 can capture a picture at only 3 feet. Flash will be a day and night difference. Stop and contemplate some of the obvious details. Look at the picture. Most of this bulbs light will come out sideways, totally missing the umbrella altogether, just filling the room with stray spill. It will be a disappointing solution for portraits of people. [/QUOTE]

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