James Drake
Well-known member
Hey all,
We did some lighting tests here in Denver with Dave Dugdale to put various flavors of lights (HMI LED TUNGSTEN LED) to the test in a controlled environment and perhaps take away a little bit about the "nature" of each light. There were some obvious things we knew going in... color temperature would be varied, light output would be varied... but we tried to stay scientific to the best of our ability, keep relative exposure on the face more or less the same and see what kind of wrap, shadow, and other characteristics each light brought to the table.
Here's a short video walkthrough of our process:
There's some higher quality stills here if you want to take a look:
http://www.jdfnet.com/hmi-vs-led-vs-tungsten-vs-flo-light-tests/
What I'd really be interested in is what you guys think of this test... is it valuable, or what kind of tweaks and changes do we need to make to make it more insightful? We had a room of 6 or 7 guys talking back and forth for a few hours before we got the test rolling just because of the sheer number of potential variables and pitfalls... Anyway, your thoughts are appreciated.
We did some lighting tests here in Denver with Dave Dugdale to put various flavors of lights (HMI LED TUNGSTEN LED) to the test in a controlled environment and perhaps take away a little bit about the "nature" of each light. There were some obvious things we knew going in... color temperature would be varied, light output would be varied... but we tried to stay scientific to the best of our ability, keep relative exposure on the face more or less the same and see what kind of wrap, shadow, and other characteristics each light brought to the table.
Here's a short video walkthrough of our process:
There's some higher quality stills here if you want to take a look:
http://www.jdfnet.com/hmi-vs-led-vs-tungsten-vs-flo-light-tests/
What I'd really be interested in is what you guys think of this test... is it valuable, or what kind of tweaks and changes do we need to make to make it more insightful? We had a room of 6 or 7 guys talking back and forth for a few hours before we got the test rolling just because of the sheer number of potential variables and pitfalls... Anyway, your thoughts are appreciated.