Posting Pictures with an HPS on!!! ... Please turn them off for pics.

**lime73** · 01-03-2012, 01:57 AM

To all members that are using a HPS light and posting pics.

If you want The Best possible advise, from all of Us here at Rollitup, then Please turn them off for pics, or simply take pics Right before lights come on or as soon as they go off. This will insure that We get You the most accurate and Best advise possible.

Hps lights gives really Poor Quality pics, and by doing this, it will insure that we get the Better Quality pics. Especially if you want the most Accurate advise possible then.... Turn them off! It will help Us to better help You!

Thank You and Happy Growing

LIME

**Samwell Seed Well** · 01-03-2012, 02:01 AM

you can always change your fitler to incandescent too . . . . .. . . .members

but ya take pic in regular light if you are using the pics to identify anything important

**bkbbudz** · 01-03-2012, 02:04 AM

I really love when a pic with HPS is posted with the question "Why are my leaves yellow"! LOL!

**Undercover Cop** · 01-03-2012, 03:15 AM

Ive been understanding that the lines across the screens is caused by magnetic ballasts, but with a digital/electronic ballast this prob has been corrected or is not an issue. correct or no?

**lime73** · 01-03-2012, 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by Undercover Cop

Ive been understanding that the lines across the screens is caused by magnetic ballasts, but with a digital/electronic ballast this prob has been corrected or is not an issue. correct or no?

good question. I personally don't like the lines they put out on pics/video's too...Quality clear pics are always best, when your looking for help with plant problems, and if it does produce the lines then...IMO not good pics...always can be better. Clear Quality pics will help us to give the best advise for ones garden.

do you have a dig/elec. ballast? if so post a pic...and we will be able to see whether they effect quality or not.

**dumdedum** · 01-03-2012, 03:34 AM

Yes agree pics with lights off and with the camera flash are alot better.

**cowboylogic** · 01-03-2012, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by Undercover Cop

Ive been understanding that the lines across the screens is caused by magnetic ballasts, but with a digital/electronic ballast this prob has been corrected or is not an issue. correct or no?

Its the difference in hertzs rates between mag and electronic ballasts. Electronic ballasts have a much higher hertz cycle than mag ballasts where the slower cycle rate shows up as lines. The lines created by an electronic ballast move or occur too fast to be captured by average camera shutter speeds......

**Undercover Cop** · 01-03-2012, 03:54 AM

2011-11-22 23.24.35.jpg <-- 400w cheap magnetic ballast (w/ an aluminum Turkey pan reflector!)
2011-12-17 22.55.44.jpg <-- same ballast & bulb w/cool tube w 432w of side lighting, still shows the lines.
both taken with samsung galaxy S 8mp phone/camera

DSC02091.jpg DSC02093.jpg <-- same light setup but taken w/ a sony cybershot 10mp w flash on

DSC02094.jpg