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In article <C1F6oC.18I@hpchase.rose.hp.com> jahr@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Steve Jahr) writes:
>Iskandar Taib (ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:
>: Hmmm
>: 
>: I think this is backwards. The filament of an incandescent lamp 
>: doesn't have enough time to cool down enough between cycles, so
>: it should glow steadily. A fluorescent lamp, however, relies on
>: the flow of electrons through a mercury vapor through the tube,
>: and this can respond faster to the cycles of AC. 
>: 
>: Whether they flash 60x per second or 120x per second I don't know.
>
>Ok... I've got one and I've tried it.  In TFM the calibration mode is
>claimed to work on incandescent lights.  But it works on both types equally
>well.  The way I figure, it is a pretty sensitive bugger.  But then
>I suppose it has to be to "see" the prop without any backlighting or
>anything.

I just remembered that in my photography days it was emphasized that
one should use a shutter speed of 1/30 sec or less (i.e. 1/15, 1/8 
etc.) when shooting under fluorescent lights because it flashes and 
at a faster shutter speed you might miss a flash. I had a picture 
I took of a fluorescent light where I intentionally moved the camera-
you could see 4-5 distinct images of the fluorescent light tube.

The funniest mistake (not a typo) I've ever seen in a newspaper had
to do with fluorescent light ballasts, which according to the Indiana
Daily Student, were the "weights used to hold down lights on campus".
Got a free CD off that too.. sent it in to Robert Conrad's Weekend 
Radio from Cleveland - they have a "media faux pas" contest every week.




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