Now i have not seen it yet but a friend who is always making up things has made a cheap soft box.Nothing new here u say !!!!!!!!!

Well he bought his 500 watt halogen building lamps u know the ones that give strange colour light and go red hot .

Well he went to B & Q and got a replacement bulb 250 or 300 watt white light and then made up his frame and sheet the beauty of it the bulb gives out no heat .

Oh well my 2 pence worth.

Ger 

Saw some pics they are good

So all us poor people will be heading for B & Q

Tim

U are right on the button there tripod and I think the 1/30 th of a second .
He told me with the pics he had and then he shopped them.  

I saw similar posts on few forums and I have to say that this idea is not worth it.
Halogen will alaways overheat no matter what kind of bulb you insert. Shutter speed will alaways be about 1/30 s unless you add at least 3 more halogens which will transform you studio in to sauna.
So as you can see it really does not pay.
For a complete beginners I can honestly recommend this http://www.funsports.pl/p,pl,31,lampa+studyjna+sdw45m.html 
it is a simple version of flash light but it can be mounted instead of bulb in lamp.
Cheers

Jan

That site you recommend has amazing prices - the fact that it's all in Polish is little confusing, but from what I see they are selling a 60x90 cm softbox with a universal fitting for just €31.00 (£25.00).

If I can just work out if they ship internationally, I'll be buying direct from them.

Thanks for the tip.