with my camera Zoom you would even be able to read tags and even wattage of lamps if the lamp is visible!

Its not the camera, I use a descent camera but since I didn't have a tripod to hold it steady and didn't really try to get a great picture.

No your camera is perfectly fine and no you did not need a tripod.....what you need is a 12X OPTICAL zoom......

Yeah this camera only has 4X however my dads has 18X but at that zoom it is way to blurry

Is ti 18x optical or digital zoom? Digital Zoom is NOT a good feature at all....digital zoom just enlarges pixels.....also someimes if you Zoom you need to press the shutter halfway to focus the lens........it does analyzing the perspective...also highr MP camera can help.....my camera is 12 MP

Yep its 18X digital zoom and granted its not very good, the camera I used here just beats your at 12.1 MP

12.1 sounds like you have a Sony camera? Dude.....12X optical zoom will make a even if you had a lower MP but higher OPTICAL zoom....wow!...that still beats a 16 MP camera with 4x optical zoom because it gives more details from a distance.....

Yep its a Sony Cyber-shot 12.1 MP and 4 times optical zoom.

Then its same....sonly usually does digits numbers to be exact other companies rounds off.....

Hey Niall do you have the original pic before you resized it? If you do I might be able to read the tag. My guess is that it says "Powerlite Devices Manufacturing Co. Limited" but I'm not sure just from looking at the pic.

oh speaking of resizing....resizing lowers the MP

I know it does but I can't upload them here if I don't resize
And I might have the original around some where but I'll have to see.

I finally found out who made this and the model and it's not Powerlite

It's a EPAC Type 220 Posttop!

Interesting, I some how doubt they sell a lot of these lights

How come you doubt that?

I haven't see any of these that are new, plus I think the TwistPak eliminated a lot of these that where mercury, it's a better design anyway.

Yeah I've haven't seen a lot of these myself too, the twistpaks and other posttops are more common that this. I was surprised that they were still made too.