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Old 12th September 2011, 11:20 PM   #1
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Managed a decent picture of my glowing beast so I thought I'd share it!
Taken with my Olympus 1030sw in night mode + macro. Shadows enhanced in iPhoto.

Has anyone else got some red hot pictures of tubes in action?
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Old 13th September 2011, 01:02 AM   #2
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My main guitar amp:
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SED Winged C 6550C running at 70% dissipation with a 663V plate supply and 330V screen supply into a 5k load. 4 second exposure, no photoshop trickery.

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Very cool.. I should be inspired.. (soon)
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Old 13th September 2011, 02:18 PM   #4
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Has anyone else got some red hot pictures of tubes in action?
Yes ---> Post pics of your glowing tubes
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Old 14th September 2011, 08:54 PM   #5
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Oo! they look fantastic - can a mod merge this thread into the other one?
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