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What settings should we use on the dslr's to get rid of the cool tone? The bluish background/faces og subjects? I just got a kit I set my dslr to the fluoresent setting but the background looks blue and the subject looks slightly greenish. Requiring lots of post capture processing/editing...too time consuming! I have a "fluoresent filter" but then my subject looks purple. HELP! LOL

boop82682 3 days ago

@boop82682 These are daylight-balanced, so Daylight. Since different lights have different color temperatures and different cameras have different ideas of what those temperatures should be, the best thing to do is to use something white to set a custom white balance.

8bitdigitaltv 3 days ago

@8bitdigitaltv TY! That was going to be my next set of options to mess with!

boop82682 3 days ago

@boop82682 No problem! Hope it works out well for you!

8bitdigitaltv 1 day ago

Dude this was great. So clear and well put together. I came here searching for an answer to my noob question of "do brollys catch on fire with continuous CFLs" and I think I found it. You basically just saved me $300

mikeperaltamusic 1 week ago

@mikeperaltamusic Sahweet! Glad it was helpful to you! We haven't had any problems with it heat-wise.

8bitdigitaltv 1 week ago

@8bitdigitaltv For sure man, you've helped a lot. I'm about to buy 2 brollys and a couple extra 85W cfls right now. Have you tested 4 CFLs per prolly yet? Right now I use four 85W cfls in an open umbrella and the light is way way low. I had to use ISO 3200 on f/5 and I'm hoping the boost the brollys give will help (less light spill to room, more to subject)

mikeperaltamusic 1 week ago

@mikeperaltamusic Never tried 4 CFLs in a brolly, but they do focus the light more than umbrellas do. You could try silver-lined umbrellas if the white ones aren't pushing enough light. You also might want to bring them in closer to the subject.

8bitdigitaltv 1 week ago

Informative and simple-to-understand video (with no commercials! lol) -thanks. I just bought a nikon d5100 and am planning to have a small studio set up in my basement. I am yet to buy an external flash. This kit (CowboyStudio 1200) sounds interesting for a start up. But are there any better ones that you would recommend (I can probably spend about $250) for a similar set up? Thanks.

pepsundar 2 weeks ago

@pepsundar It all depends on what you want or are doing. For me, I really wanted diversity. I bought this umbrella kit (plus the brolly box) for about $135, parabolic kit for $90, barn door kit for $40, a 16000 lumen bulb for $20, and a 43" 5-in-1 reflector for about $15. I'll have soft light, hard light, and color gels all for about $300. If you don't need that much diversity, you could get a different kit, but I feel like I've got my bases covered with the way I went.

8bitdigitaltv 2 weeks ago

Do you still recommend these? I have them in my cart, but they are out of stock at the moment. Do you have any other recommendations? Maybe some better ones? If you still recommend these, I'll definitely just wait for them to go into stock!

wwjoshdew 1 month ago

@wwjoshdew Buy.com has them for the same price and free shipping (added to info), never bought from them though. I updated the comments to include links to comparable parts that are in stock on Amazon. It'd end up being about $150 (free shipping) by the time it's all said and done. We're gonna try adding a pressurized sodium bulb to the PBL kit and see how that works (won't be daylight balanced anymore, but hopefully will be cool enough for umbrellas/brollies)...just need $20 to buy one, lol!

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