Anyone used a Chauvet CH-175?

[geekd]

I'm a bit of a niche user. I am a musician, and I mostly shoot live bands, and band related stuff. When I say live bands, I mean obnoxious punk bands in sleazy dive bars. Plus, I'm on a budget. This means that anything that can get dual use band/video, is a plus. For audio (microphones, audio recording) this is easy. A good mic is a good mic, and it will last forever..

I was wondering if anyone has used one of these for video: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Chauvet-CH175-Color-Bank-Pro?sku=803080

It's basically 12 white 50 W bulbs in a strip. There's gel holders on each bulb, and it has chase programs as well as full on.

For live band performance, I'd fill the gel holders and maybe use a chase, but probably do full on.

I was wondering if I could use this as a main video light, with no gels and full on. I would be using it for "behind the music" type interviews, and of course it would be the key light.

At $99 for 12 50W bulbs, and dual use, it seems like a good deal. From a live music performance standpoint, it looks great. A lot of the places I shoot bands at have really bad lighting, and adding this can help a lot.

Is there anything I need to look out for as far as using it for a video light?

Thanks,

geekd

 

[geekd]

I did a little more research and the bulbs are:

JCDR 110V :
Tungsten Halogen
Color Temp. K 2800
Dichroic Opne Faced Halogen Lamp

I have no idea what that all means.

I know the picture looks like the bulbs are colored, but I'm pretty sure they are white bulbs and there are gels inserted in each slot in the pic.

 

[chocblu]

Well at colour temp 2800 its gonna be more warm than tungsten, which could be a problem. It depends on how much your mixing different light sources, and how uniform you wnat your colour temperature. my 2c

 

[j]

That would make an interesting key light. perhaps if you put some thick diffusion on, it would make for a good strip light. Essentially a 4' single bulb kino.