[AT] restoring tractor lights

[Cecil E Monson]

  	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.
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> Mike
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>>	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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Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment

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