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Monday, March 25, 2013

Incandescents Going the Way of the Dodo

Source: DIY Photography - Quote: Have you tried doing any project that requires 100W incandescent bulbs lately? Light a set maybe? or build a huge ring light (DIY Photography) perhaps? If you went to home depot lately and looked for some 100W or even 75W bulbs you are probably out of luck. Those light were a huge hit as a cheap and very available light source. They had a pretty constant light temperature (incandescent, duh:) and they were cheap and available. Cheap enough that you never needed to carry them from place to place and could have just bought some on location. What's The Sitch (Urban Dic.)? But today, the US is in the middle of a lighting paradigm shift (WiKi) aimed at reducing its power consumption, and light bulbs are among the first to take the hit ...
   


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