9 Light sources

 

 

 

You can use light creatively yet know little about the nature of the light sources themselves. However, you will be able to use them much more effectively if you appreciate their potentials and limitations.

A variety of luminants

A number of different light sources or luminants are used in film and television lighting:

Regular tungsten lamps;

Overrun tungsten lamps;

Internal reflector lamps;

Tungsten-halogen lamps;

Gas discharge/metal-halide ...

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