[AT] restoring tractor lights

[Mike Sloane]

The digital cameras are automatic, but I bet if you took the images 
outdoors in the same sunlight, you would clearly see any differences, as 
the camera would be using the sunlight as its guide, not the (relatively 
dim 6) volt lights.

Mike

Cecil E Monson wrote:

>      I could probably get off at a distance with the K-1000, which
> has a built in light meter and use that but not the digital cameras. The
> digital cameras have automatic settings that adjust for the light where
> the K-1000 is a manual meter.
> 
> Cecil
> 
> msloane at att.net wrote:
> 
>> You do have an effective light meter, Cecil: capture an image of the 
>> various lights from a fixed distance using one of your digital cameras 
>> with the flash "off". You should be able to tell which ones are 
>> brighter and dimmer by looking at the unretouched images.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>>     I agree with the fact that aluminum foil does not work. I have taken
>>> it out of several old lights I have here where someone tried it. All 
>>> you have
>>> to do is look at it and you know it wasn't much good. I have an idea the
>>> "reflective" paint I ordered from Eastwood is as good as the chrome 
>>> tape, Carl.
>>> I'm going to give it a try and see what happens.  What a person 
>>> should have
>>> is a meter that measures light when screwing around with this stuff. 
>>> It is
>>> impossible to tell by eye what the difference is in the amount of 
>>> light. I
>>> used to have a good setup when I worked in the lab at Sylvania but no 
>>> more.
>>>
>>> Cecil
>>> -- 
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