Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 19, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 check these out http://www.lumileds.com/products/line.cfm?lineid=1 opens a lot of steadicam fill light possibilities... i think i hired a wicked light the other day using them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Livingston Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Hello Thomas, There are a few companies that are using these LEDs in their products. Most however are using an LED out of Japan that is less expensive. There are many different levels of lights available from Luxeon. Small - 1 lumen out, Mid-level - 20-40 Lumens out and High - 120 Lumens out. Most companies are using the 1 Lumen LED and putting 140 of them in a light. For the light I produce (ML-155), I am using their brightest LED (approx. 120 Lumens). The cost is approximately the same once enough LEDs are stacked up, but the packaging is much smaller. A few ops have purchased the lights I produce and are now using them. The cool thing about LED lighting on Steadicam is the very-low current draw. A well designed light can pull less than 700ma. That is less than a monitor. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 20, 2004 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 very interested. I ve been building ringlights for a while.. mostly out of daylight balanced cold cathode tubes (my mates a glassblower/neon sign maker). but these have nt been producing the juice the one i used the other day was the gekko one http://www.gekkotechnology.com/menu.html really got me out of a lot of trouble. email me details of your one please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members joe mcnally Posted August 20, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Hi Thomas did you power it off the sled ? Was it on a dimmer ? Did you take pics ? Cheers Joe Mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 21, 2004 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 powered perfectly off the sled... 4pin xlr in one shot was a 1minute 30 second long shot through a crowd where i had it turned up to maximum + diffusion.. my pag lockon 20 Nicad lasted 4 takes it had a dimmer... and a set of switches so u can turn segments off.. making the image less flat there was a panasonic DVX100 camera onsight and there s some stills off that... progressive scan.. wicked little thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 21, 2004 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 i had the genio attached to the bars permanently powered by hirose. ring light on the whole time and a wedge plate on the bottom of the camera... hidef zoom. meant every change from legs to handhelf to steadicam i did nt need to play with anything... just click click click.. wicked setup.. focus puller pulled wireless all day (15 ish hours) gave me more time to chat to the 90 beautiful extras.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members joe mcnally Posted August 21, 2004 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Thanks Thomas very informative. Who are the act ? Will we see the finished piece soon ? Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 21, 2004 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 mistri she s presently unsigned so i dunno if anything will happen......promo s it will look good though.. the director was a compositor effects bod.... only time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinThwaites Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Hi Thomas I'll probably get hung drawn an quartered for this because it sounds like a commercial but James' lights are brilliant (literally B) ) and we are getting good responses from anyone who needs an on-camera light (not just news). The Kisslight is also an excellent design and really well thought out including filter trays etc. and light too. We will have both at IBC for those interested. Robin Thwaites OpTex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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