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Lighting - NAB '15 Anything New and Interesting ?

Jean Déraps

Jean Déraps

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Anyone see anything noteworthy concerning new lighting at NAB?


PS: I wanted to post this under NAB 2015 but don't have access privileges to that section.
 
I have to say, a walk around NAB would suggest that the future of lighting is bright (lol) but completely wide open. There seem to be a thousand options. The market seems unsettled but I can only guess this will be good for us going forward.
 
More LED lights and accessories, nothing ground breaking from last year
 
Would be groundbreaking if someone came out with a good LED for a fraction of the cost others have.

Groundbreaking is only another word for very cheap but high tech :tongue_smilie:
 
I don't know how Mole Richardson's newest lights have been totally skipped over, but they've got some fantastic looking new variable colour fixtures, and a 6k equivalent LED space light. Most exciting though (by a fair margin IMO) is their new LED Senior. A 900w LED putting out roughly the equivalent of a 5k tungsten fresnel (in daylight or tungsten). That puts it pretty much on par with a 1.2k HMI Fresnel, but solid-state and with the incredible benefit of 0-100% dimming.

I've heard that the previous run of Mole LED fresnels are a touch iffy on colour quality, but hopefully this latest addition solves that. Really exciting light.

http://mole.com/pdf/moleled/MoleLED_Brochure_2015.pdf#page=13
 
Also on the LED fresnel front, there's the Fiilex Q1000 which is colour tuneable, hits 98 on the TLCI index, and is claimed to have the equivalent output of a 1500-2000w tungsten equivalent.

And the Arri L10-C which similarly sits around the equivalent output of a 2k tungsten fresnel.

I think these are particularly interesting fixtures, because they're starting to offer enough output to be genuinely useful (able to push them through windows and still have some effect), and have the wonderful benefit of being dimmable without colour shift - which means that a single light can serve multiple duties as both a low output and high output source - when you're dealing with a limited lighting budget (or transport space for lights) that can be a godsend.
 
The Arri L10 was bigger than I was expecting. :) I have the L5 and L7 and the jump to 10 just seems larger. Maybe an L9 would have been the size I was expect. LOL

The Q1000 is 98 on TLCI-2012? What color temp does it hit 98? (edit: looks like they claim 98 for three color temps)
 
Mark K. said:
... the Arri L10-C which similarly sits around the equivalent output of a 2k tungsten fresnel. I think these are particularly interesting fixtures, because they're starting to offer enough output to be genuinely useful (able to push them through windows and still have some effect), ... when you're dealing with a limited lighting budget....
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It's the tungsten version of the L10 (the L10-TT) that has output close to that of a 2k tungsten Fresnel. The L10-C (the color tuneable version) has less output because it can’t use as many discreet LED emitters as a single color version. Regardless, it is amazing how powerful they are, and the best part about them is how little power they draw. The L10 is a 400W light that draws little more than 3 amps. This means that with the same amount of power as consumed by a single conventional 2k tungsten light, you can run five L10s and achieve almost five times the light output. It is getting to the point where you can get good production values without having to rent a diesel tow generator. Lately, I have been using Honda putt-putts instead. And, now that you can parallel two EU6500s for 120A output, you don’t need much more given the efficiency of these new LED Fresnels. The fact that an LED light, like the new Mole Senior LED, can put out light comparable to a Tungsten 5k and yet only draw 7.5 amps on putt-putts is a real game changer.

Paul Dean
 
Christoffer Glans said:
Would be groundbreaking if someone came out with a good LED for a fraction of the cost others have.

Groundbreaking is only another word for very cheap but high tech :tongue_smilie:
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Film gear is always going to be expensive because of the R&D and relatively small market share. But cheap lights can be found outside the film biz. I bought some work lights at Costco for around $30. Of course the aren't grip ready and don't dim, but put out 2000 lumens and the light was actually very clean, no magenta of green color spikes, (seems to have a pretty good CRI) point is if you are willing to build or adapt light form other industries then there are cheap options out there.
 
Partner and I were digging the MacTech panels.

She was all over it until the pricing.

Any thoughts?

I might be able to start a few paper routes ;)
 
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