Running the printer from a battery?

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This discussion as I've seen it so far, has a fundamental
flaw in it. The flaw is the *lights.* An application like this
wants double lights: modeling lights to see light and
shadow on the subject; and flash lamps for making the
picture. The modeling lights are turned on and off as
needed; and the flash lamps, well, they flash. Thru test
shots the photographer finds how to get things right;
and when work time comes he does it as planned.

Simple.

And no 1500-watts lamp setups needed. A day's work
can run off batteries from Sears Roebuck, and it is
independent of if power is available or not. In my
view, *that* is how this discussion should be going.

Cheers -- Martha Adams [comp.p.p 2007 Nov 6]
 
This discussion as I've seen it so far, has a fundamental
flaw in it. The flaw is the *lights.* An application like this
wants double lights: modeling lights to see light and
shadow on the subject; and flash lamps for making the
picture. The modeling lights are turned on and off as
needed; and the flash lamps, well, they flash. Thru test
shots the photographer finds how to get things right;
and when work time comes he does it as planned.

Simple.

And no 1500-watts lamp setups needed. A day's work
can run off batteries from Sears Roebuck, and it is
independent of if power is available or not. In my
view, *that* is how this discussion should be going.
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Apparently, I have not explained this very well at all.

I have never said I use 1500 watt lights. I was referring to the
battery pack I am interested in being a 1500 watt system.

My lights are 4 daylight balanced flourescent bulbs at 23 watts each.
They stay on full time when I am photographing since I am working
inside an enclosed canopy. Otherwise, it is rather dark to work in,
affecting my ability to focus, and also causing the cats to dilate
their eyes.

The actual lighting for the photo is a flash, not a wired flash, but a
battery operated flash. It has no bearing on the battery power system
that I am interested in.
 
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