long shot....lighting and 16mm filming

[sanmich]

I know it's a loooooong shot, but I thought I would try it:

From time to time, I shoot a roll of 16mm of my family. Just for the fun and looks of it.
I'm using a Canon scoopic that is just great. easy to use. good enough for my needs, and didn't cost an eye.
Now, the trouble is: the camera is as lightweight and easy to carry around as a bazooka launcher, and I would like to shoot at home when It's more convenient. Tri-X is 160 ISO with Tungsten. The shutter speed is 1/50, and the max aperture is 2.5.
I need more light!
So I bought those led lighting that videographers use, but it looks like it much too weak to really improve the lighting (I'm sure video is better in low light)

Any suggestion?
Thanks!

 

[Tim Gray]

Faster film. Or more lights. Try 500T. Though to be honest, the bit I've filmed on 16mm indoors (with 500T), we had to use a set of fresnels for lighting. 300W and 650W. Not big ones, but not the kind thing you'd throw up for casual filming of the family. I'm sure you could get away with less lighting if your indoor area is brighter than where I was shooting, but ISO 160 and f/2.5 just might be too slow.