Noise you mean?

How long do you need with a strobe?

10 minutes?

Try using a flash guns instead of a Christmas tree light.

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Owamanga!

The OP mentioned strobes which you said with film were different than
digital, they are not. You said that CCDs can't handle bright light well...I
am not a technician, but a photographer who uses Canon DLSRs w a CMOS chip.
Does this mean all those guys using Nikon are wrong because they use strobes
w their CCD Nikon bodies? "WB latitude is more limited in digital" makes no
sense because there is no WB in film. There are however daylight and
tungsten ballanced films. I can w a turn of a thumb wheel switch on a
digital SLR change between the two. Yep, you do get noise in longer
exposures, but exposures that long would be worthless in
portraiture....people tend to be on the move. Also, if this is such a big
worry why didn't you list it in the first place?  And please, before you
take the "Oh he is just another digital advocate" get over it, I advocate
photography in all its forms, but I even more so, advocate the sharing of
correct information. I shot professionally for 13 years on film before
switching, some of my best work is on film.

Be safe,
D
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