High speed video lighting

irish bloke

Folks,

I'm looking for some advice on lighting for high speed video footage.

I'm videoing at 240fps with a shutter speed of 1/2000.
I'm currently using a casio ex-fh100

At these settings indoors, the footage is almost pitch black.
I will be filming about 1-2 meters away from object.

I can get my hands on a 300w halogen light, but have no idea if this will work or not.

Would appreciate all recommendations and don't want to spend a small fortune either.

Thanks

Bodhan

I'm sure you have a builders center near you, go there and hire some plug in halogens just make sure you get the household adapter.

If it works then you can buy them the next time they come up in Aldi or Lidl

irish bloke

Thanks Bodhan,

Any idea how much I would need (wattage).

As said I can get my hands on a 300watt portable halogen, do you think would be enough?

Bodhan

irish bloke wrote: »

Thanks Bodhan,

Any idea how much I would need (wattage).

As said I can get my hands on a 300watt portable halogen, do you think would be enough?

Depends on the type of motion. If its a drop of water type motion you'll need lots more. If it's a football to someones face you'll need less.
For high speed video there's never enough light.
The right camera works too, if you have a spare 10k like these guys http://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys

m83

A spare 10k? More like 100-150k!