I was thinking for a music video I would like to have some pinpoints of light behind the band in one scene, and those little halogen bulbs (like you see in Ikea track lighting) would work great for this. Does anyone know of any good small fixtures to use these? All I can find are ceiling lamps...
I am thinking of possibly converting a static adapter to a vibrating adapter. The static adapter has the ground glass already mounted to short rubber shafts, so all I need to do is attach a small motor, and work out the best speed to run it at.
Does anyone have suggestions as to what type of...
I purchased a few 1000w lamps online to use in some lowel tota's. When I went to install them, I saw on the back of the light that they should use 750w max lamps.
Are these 1000w lamps unusable now, or is that rating on the light a conservative one?
Just picked up a 35mm static adapter with achromat, and I'm having issues with the image being out of focus, and the colors separating around the edge of the image. I thought the achromat would help fix that, but it seems to get worse with the achromat installed. Here is a test video...
I've seen using CFL's with china balls, and I've seen fixtures that are designed to put out a big soft light, but are there any fixtures designed to use CFL's that put out a somewhat directional light?
Also, are there CFL fixtures that have doors, or some other way to shape the light?
I purchased a Steadicam DV which has a few broken parts. The screw which locks the top plate onto the steadicam is broken, and the screw which attaches the camera to the top plate is missing. Does anyone know where I would go to find these parts? I contacted Tiffen, but they said they don't...
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For sale: HF100 Camera with flip hack and wide angle lens.
The camera works fine, I bought it last month from a forum member here, and then ended up getting some extra cash, so I decided to go with the newer model. I used this camera for about 4 hours.
The flip hack was professionally...