Modeling Lamp Replacement

Hello everyone...I have recently acquired an old pair of Morris AC

Slave Specialist from the auction site. This link is the

manufacturer's specs on the slaves...

 

http://www.themorriscompany.com/studio/acslavespecialist.html

 

Neither of these slaves came with its modeling light which is rated

at 60W and available for $10.95 each. My question is can I use a

cheaper replacement from some place like Home Depot? If I can, what

bulbs would work best?

 

Also, I am very new to lighting and am on a very limited budget. I

have these two slaves, a minolta 5400HS, and a minolta 3600HSS D. I

hope to be able to use these together to do some small table top

photography at first and maybe move onto portaiture. Given the

specs of these two slaves as found from the link above, will these

be powerful enough to allow me to do this?

 

Thanks in advance for all of your help...

From the picture, it looks like it takes a standard screw in bulb. If so any 60 W flood should do.

BVA

Hi- I have several of these heads, and a std 60W work fine. You might try one of the 60W reflector bulbs available. As a side note, I have been able to make the power cord for the Morris specialist (also marketed under several other brands, including Adorama) by using a Radio Shack RC(radio controlled car) plug. Fit great into the flash head,wired to a household cord)

I have three similar strobes ("SP" brand), and have found identical reflector lamps at Home Depot or Lowe's for $7. However, I like to use brighter lamps, because the original-equipment lamp is less than the 60w capacity of the modeling-lamp sockets.

 

When using umbrellas: I often use generic-brand $8 flourescent non-reflector lamps that use approximately 35w of power, because they put out a lot of light. I use a "200w equivalent" lamp in my key-light umbrella, and a "100w equivalent" lamp in my fill umbrella if its strobe is set at half power. I choose lamps that are narrow, to avoid blocking much of the strobe output. When I need even brighter lights, I mount a small quartz-hotlight reflector onto each umbrella shaft along with the strobe.

 

(Flourescents should not be used in a socket that has a variable-power attentuator switch that isn't specifically designed for flourescent lamps.)

 

"Brandon's Dad"