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The LED Lighting Revolution
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Back in April 2019, the National Association of Broadcasters hosted the annual NAB show in Las Vegas where over 90,000 people from more than 160 countries came to see the latest broadcast technology from around the world. Honouring the highlights of the show were NAB’s 2019 Product of the Year awards, where the newly launched Chroma-Q Space Force onebytwo – a bright, tuneable white LED softlight with a high CRI, TLCI and TM-30 - picked up one of these prestigious awards in the lighting category. |
| Tags: iss139
| ac-ent
| led
| lighting
| chroma-q space
| softlight
| studio force phosphor
| Neil Vann
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Lighting with Gurdip Mahal
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Gurdip Mahal’s credits for lighting design are impressive. Including major Awards shows such as BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Children in Need, as well as The Voice, Top Gear and Crystal Maze, his CV would almost certainly include at least one show with which any one of us is familiar. In addition, he has applied his own particular style to performances by major artists such as U2, Beyonce and Lady Gaga. |
| Tags: iss137
| ac entertainment
| gurdip mahal
| lighting
| stage lights
| light assistant
| Ian Muir
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Dedo DLED3 Microlighting Kit Review
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Having recently had the immense pleasure of getting my hands on the new Minisoftbox adapter ring for the Dedo DLED3 that takes the soft box that fits the standard DLH4 & DLED7. Size matters here! I discovered that there is only about a half stop difference between the DLED7 and the DLED3 output at the surface of the diffusion fabric which is amazing in terms of efficient light output from these delicious and perfectly formed tiny Bi-colour LED lights. |
| Tags: iss132
| dedolight
| dled3
| review
| lighting
| led
| dled7
| dled4
| Jonathan Harrison
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How to shoot the perfect lighting mix
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Advances in high-quality LED lighting over the past couple of decades might be one of the best things that’s ever happened to broadcast and cinema production. Compared to traditional tungsten fixtures, LED lights offer powerful operational and financial benefits from longer life and lower energy bills to brighter, more consistent light and greater control over color temperature. LEDs generate much lower heat and are relatively cool to the touch, meaning they can be used in much smaller rooms and studios without sweating out the talent and crew or damaging property. Plus, compared to traditional tungsten bulbs, LED lights are virtually maintenance-free and can deliver tens of thousands of hours of lamp life. |
| Tags: iss131
| litepanels
| led
| lighting
| 2 person interview lighting
| Alan Ipakchian
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A Pandoras Box to empower the filmmaker
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The setting was Celebro Studios London, home to their fully 4k television studios, where journalists and industry commentators gathered late last November to witness the launch of the revolutionary Rotolight Anova PRO 2. This was no ordinary unveiling though, the launch was streamed live on Facebook and YouTube and hosted by award winning news anchor man Martin Stanford with Wesley Dodd, CEO of Celebro Media Group and Rotolight MD Rod Gammons in the studio. |
| Tags: iss129
| rotolight
| celebro
| anova pro 2
| led
| lighting
| wesley dodd
| rod gammons
| KitPlus
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5 reasons to use a soft box with LED lighting
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LEDs are a highly efficient light source, and putting aside any color spectrum issues, (that have generally been improving) they still have limitations for lighting people. The naked illumination coming off a single emitter, or an array making up a larger fixture, such as a panel, is just not the soft, beautiful glow that we seek for human subjects. |
| Tags: iss127
| led lighting
| softbox
| soft box
| James Mathers
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Supporting creativity and driving better workflows
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For decades videographers and filmmakers have been pushing the boundaries when it comes to creativity all with the aim of delivering a visually spectacular and engaging experience to viewers. For the most part they rely on artistic vision and innate skill, but over the last few years technology has been playing more of a role in enabling that creativity, like cameras, sound and lighting. |
| Tags: iss127
| rotolight
| led lighting
| aeos
| Rod Aaron Gammons
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Advances in LED lighting innovation with Rotolight AEOS
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There's no doubt that lighting plays a critical role in videography, filmmaking and photography. It's the area of content capture that brings added creativity to shoots, whether that's filming a wedding, producing a commercial or making a movie. Much like cameras have evolved over the past few years, lighting has also evolved; from the traditional tungsten, through to the use of LEDs. Of course LEDs have been revolutionised too, now delivering powerful, cost and energy efficient solutions to creatives. |
| Tags: iss126
| location light
| led lighting
| AEOS
| rotolight
| anova
| neo
| Rod Aaron Gammons
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The Benefits of LED Lighting in Broadcast
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The humble LED studio light has come a long way since its introduction. In the early days adoption was low, while scepticism that the quality and functionality of LEDs could rival traditional tungsten lighting was high. There has been a period of adjustment, challenges (particularly around light quality and manufacturing) overcome and the broadcast, media and entertainment industry has gradually grown more accepting of the technology and its benefits.
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| rotolight
| led lighting
| celbro studio
| bbc
| mtv
| trt
| anova pro
| Rod Aaron Gammons
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How to illuminate a better shot
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LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology built for the general lighting market is designed to meet very different criteria than the critical lighting requirements for image capture. While LEDs may be a suitable lighting option for some photography and videography, critical applications, such as feature film, production requires users to understand the limitations, capabilities and advantages of the many types of LED technologies and fixtures available on the market today.
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| Tags: iss122
| led
| lighting
| cct
| rpt
| remote phosor technology
| Chuck Edwards
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Highlighting YouTube Space
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Video, by definition, requires space and light.
However, the right space, with the right light, can make or break a production.
YouTube parent company Google's new London HQ in Pancras Square at King's Cross is certainly the right space. In fact, it's so right they've called it YouTube Space London, a 20,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility for collaboration, learning and production.
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| Tags: iss118
| youtube space
| lighting
| photon beard
| highlight led
| remote phosphor technology
| Peter Daffarn
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The Future of LED Lighting
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From the moment the LED light entered the broadcast, media and entertainment world its key differentiator was its energy efficiency compared to traditional tungsten studio lighting. LEDs use far less energy in the region of 90% less than tungsten lights and produce less heat. In addition, they are far more portable and generally have a longer lifespan; all benefits that are all now well recognised. |
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| led lighting
| rotolight
| anova
| anova pro
| cinesfx
| Rod Aaron Gammons
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Dance hall days are over for professional lighting
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Photon Beard has made lights since before the days of electric power.
"What's that, you say"?
Well, it's true. Photon Beard started in 1882 when the founder, R.R. Beard, invented the automatic gas regulator. Yes, the thing that allows you to barbeque that steak in summer sunshine, or any time of year that you fancy grilled food. In the days before R.R. Beard's invention, a lot of lighting was limelight, which was created when an oxyhydrogen flame was directed at a cylinder of quicklime (calcium oxide). The light was produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence, which is basically a fancy way of saying "lime burns and gets brighter the hotter it gets."
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| photon beard
| lighting
| led
| highlight led
| Peter Daffarn
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How full is your spectrum?
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Colour tuneable (Bi-Colour) LED based lamps are now increasingly commonplace in the world of Film and Broadcast. Their capacity to provide a choice of colour temperatures, usually in the realms of 3200K to 5600K, can be extremely useful. This is particularly beneficial when working in environments where setup time is at a premium, and a light source is required that matches the available ambient light.
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| colour tuneable LED
| lighting
| bi-colour fixture
| spectrum
| Ian Muir
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Review of Kinoflo Celeb 200
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Good quality lighting is at the heart of all great photography, when we use the sun we are at the mercy of the weather and need to take into consideration all the variables from time of day to position of sun to name a few, importantly however we can trust the source to provide a complete spectrum. However when we are shooting with tungsten or with any artificial source we need to be very aware of the properties of these sources (and how closely they match a blackbody radiator) if we want to produce colours faithfully on camera and control colour temperature if we are to be the masters of our craft. |
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| kinoflo
| kino flo
| celeb 200
| lighting
| N/A
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Eye to Eye: Whats new in lighting
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The majority of modern digital video cameras and D-SLRs are capable of delivering high-quality images provided the lighting conditions are good. Attempting to shoot in low light introduces the risk of noise and limited depth of field. Whatever the claimed camera sensitivity, good lighting is as essential today as ever. The following is a short overview of video lighting products introduced in the past 12 months. It reads a bit like a fast-food menu. If you get bored with all the LED stuff, feel free to skip to the concluding paragraph. |
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| arri
| adb
| bebob
| cinelight
| dedolight
| gekko
| kino flo
| litepanels
| nila
| pag
| photon beard
| prg
| lighting
| led
| rotolight
| anova
| N/A
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Lighting Q and A
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Jonathan trained and worked as a Film Cameraman at the BBC Ealing Film Studios and has many of experience behind the camera. He is an award winning lighting cameraman currently shooting on location internationally. Jonathan also has a passion for his craft and has presented HD and Lighting Seminars all over the world using cutting techniques. |
| Tags: lighting
| iss048
| studio lighting
| kinoflo
| parabeam
| vista
| dedolight
| N/A
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