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Westcott 4823 Spiderlite TD5 Large Light Kit | 
 enlarge | Brand: F.J. Westcott Co.
Category: Photography
List Price: $693.70
Buy New: $499.99
You Save: $193.71 (28%)
Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19.1
Dimensions (in): 44 x 12 x 8
MPN: 4823
Model: 4823
UPC: 817967048231
EAN: 0817967048231
ASIN: B000ASTKA8
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Ability for use with either Halogen or Fluorescent Lamps | | • | Fluorescent Lamps = 23 watts @ 5500 Kelvin (E26 Base) | | • | Halogen Lamps = 150 watts @ 3200 Kelvin (E26 Base) | | • | Ability to quickly change not only color temperature, but environment temperature as well. | | • | Three seperate controls allow you to run multiple combinations of lamps together with no shift in color temperature. |
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Product Description
TD5 stands for Tungsten/Daylight - 5 lamps. You can insert up to 5 lamps into this one fixture using a standard E26 or common household base. What this light offers is the ability to run either five -150 watt (3200 Kelvin) Halogen lamps or five - 23 watt (5500 Kelvin) Fluorescent lamps. This unit allows you to quickly change not only your color temperature but your environment temperature as well. There are 3 separate controls on this unit, one which pairs your top and bottom lamp, one which pairs your right and left lamp and one for your center lamp. You can run any combination of lamps all with no shift to color temperature by simply turning on and off multiple switches. This allows the end user to set up lighting ratios when using multiple heads on one set. The body is also constructed of solid metal as well as direct attachment points for a soft box onto the Spiderlite TD5. Both Spiderlite units offer a handle and may be easily turned to change position of a soft box from horizontal to vertical.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Proper Use August 7, 2008
The reason people are getting underexposed images is they are trying to use these light for purposes that are not what they were intended for. If you lights are within 3 to 4 feet from your subject you will have plenty of light for a portrait. Check out what Scott Kelby says about them on youtube.
 Buy strobes instead July 31, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
These lights produce nice daylight balanced light. However, they are VERY dim even with all five bulbs on. This means that even with an ISO of 400, F4.0 and 1/30, you will still get somewhat underexposed, blurry images if you are photographing people. Additionally, the stem for the stand is not balanced on the head. This means that they are very unwieldy and hard to tip up and down. You can get strobes for much less money and they will give you much more versatility. I really wanted to like these lights and am very disappointed in their performance. I really don't understand why they are more expensive than strobes. One would think that the lack of mechanics needed for such a light would keep the cost down.
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