Substituting the light source from daylight to an electronic lighting device.

[wenonot]

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Hello.

Nowadays I'm experimenting with instant(Fuji instax wide) film.

And since my aim is to get evenly exposed results (and since daylight doesn't seem constant enough for the project)
I came to consider electronic (or artificial) lighting devices.

camera's f stop is 237 and the film's iso is 800
on the lightmeter's f64, iso800 settings getting a light device that tells me 1sec (or perhaps lower) seems to be fine.

So where should I go from here?

Any suggestions or comments are welcome.
Thank you.
And Thank you in advance.

(btw if the question does not fit this category please do let me know )

[kier]

I've previously investigated using studio strobes with pinhole, and the data I found was discouraging. Basically what I found was that even the more powerful strobe units would require hundreds of flashes to get the proper lighting. So unless someone else can come up with something I missed, you'll want to go with constant light sources. Probably going to require a fair amount of DIY for light modifiers and such. But the upside is that it's less expensive than strobes.

[wenonot]

Kier,

At first, I was considering both strobe or constant LED lightsources.

(like this one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054EI7BG/...I3DC4AG2A26VNO)

Thanks to your advice I'll start with constant light sources.

And I've never considered going DIY. Your reply gave me an option to think about.

Thank you.

[Jim Jones]

Years ago I used a White Lightning Ultra 1800 for a few 4x5 wide angle pinhole close-ups of a moving subject. The light had to be less than a foot from the subject.

[wenonot]

Jim

This gives me an idea of how strong the light should be.

Very interesting photo by the way.

Thank you.

[dwerg85]

Kier, I actually managed a bunch of portraits using just two speedlights. But I was using FP3000b and my pinhole camera is f107.