modelling lights

[Cambridge]

Hi,
I'm thinking about buying a basic Interfit studio flash kit (150 Mk2) and I read that they use 100 watt modelling lamps. Does anyone out here know if they are conventional tungsten domestic type bulbs or something more sophisticated. The reason being that from next week conventional tungsten bulbs will be difficult / impossible to get hold of thanks to a ruling by our masters in Europe!

 

[Garry Edwards]

I think you'll find that they are a copy of the Halostar, not the same as domestic bulbs, or at least not the same shape.
But 100 watts isn't enough, unless you want to work with the lights out...

 

[Cambridge]

Thanks... if, as the name suggests they are halogen bulbs then there should'nt be a problem. My only concern was the phasing out of conventional 100w tungsten bulbs. I know it might seem as if I've been stuck in a timewarp but I remembers aeons ago that Bowens used to use 150w enlarger bulbs as modelling lamps. There's another thought - what about thsoe folk who still b&w print using trusty old enlargers?

 

[Garry Edwards]

Thanks... if, as the name suggests they are halogen bulbs then there should'nt be a problem. My only concern was the phasing out of conventional 100w tungsten bulbs. I know it might seem as if I've been stuck in a timewarp but I remembers aeons ago that Bowens used to use 150w enlarger bulbs as modelling lamps. There's another thought - what about thsoe folk who still b&w print using trusty old enlargers?

Halostar is a trade name for an efficient type of tungsten lamp that's long and thin - they are not halogen.
Going off topic a bit, from memory Bowens used to use Photoflood lamps as modelling lamps 'back in the day' - highly efficient, over-run tungsten lamps with a running life of around 5 hours. Probably the brightest lamps in the world but not the brightest idea, as they burned out so quickly - but much more efficient than the ordinary household lamps used by most other manufacturers.