traviswears
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Anyone have experience using these? How do they compare to other LED panels?
A friend has recommended them and I'm doing research.
A friend has recommended them and I'm doing research.
Area 48 / Cineo
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Matt Gottshalk
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They are both excellent.
The Cineo Maverick is quite a bit smaller but has ridiculous output for the size.
The Area 48 soft has a nice soft key as well, is larger, and is built like a tank.
The Cineo Maverick is quite a bit smaller but has ridiculous output for the size.
The Area 48 soft has a nice soft key as well, is larger, and is built like a tank.
I've used the Cineo HS fixtures, and I think they're great. The only problem for me is that the low end dimming cuts out at about 10%. That means you can't get a good fade up from 0.
Christian Hibbard, LD for Jimmy Kimmel Live, recommended the Area 48s to me as an alternative to the Cineo. I haven't seen them in person, but he has. He said if he were lighting the Kimmel stage from scratch again, he would go for the Area 48 in stead of the Cineo HS, both for cost and the low-end dimming.
Christian Hibbard, LD for Jimmy Kimmel Live, recommended the Area 48s to me as an alternative to the Cineo. I haven't seen them in person, but he has. He said if he were lighting the Kimmel stage from scratch again, he would go for the Area 48 in stead of the Cineo HS, both for cost and the low-end dimming.
traviswears
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Thanks, the Maverick definitely interests me as a potential location/travel light. The Area 48 looks nice as well but looks a bit bulkier for travel. I'm currently searching for reviews, videos of the Maverick in action.
traviswears
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The Cineo HS is more than I'm looking for at the moment. I want a light that can be used on location or travel in a flight-case for interviews. The Cineo Maverick is probably closer to what I have in mind at the moment. That is great info though! Thanks so much for sharing! Wish there were a few video reviews comparing the lights side-by-side.
Grug
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Both do a great job, the HS has tremendous output, the Area48 is halfway between the output of the HS and LS. I opted for the Area48 simply for the output and battery operability. I adore it, have two of them now and might add a third or fourth as well. They're super-fast to setup, MUCH easier to control than Kinos (you can reign in spill much more easily), much quicker to change colour temperature on, have better colour rendering than Kinos (in both daylight and tungsten), and perhaps best of all - have 0-100% dimming with ZERO colour shift.
It's hard to put into words just how much easier perfect dimming makes life. I use it all the time at 1-6% in order to provide invisible fill. Love those fixture to death.
The Snapgrid and Snapbox for the Area48s also add a tonne of versatility to them. They're pricey fixtures, but worth every single penny.
It's hard to put into words just how much easier perfect dimming makes life. I use it all the time at 1-6% in order to provide invisible fill. Love those fixture to death.
The Snapgrid and Snapbox for the Area48s also add a tonne of versatility to them. They're pricey fixtures, but worth every single penny.
Eric Coughlin
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Do the Area 48 and the Cineo Maverick match well enough to use the Area 48 as a key light and the Maverick as a fill light?
Mitch Gross
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Yes.
paulcurtis
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+1 for the Area 48. A wonderful source that i use all the time, never had an issue with it and the light quality is sublime (and i'm not fan of LEDs in general)
I'm *very* surprised there aren't lots of copycats, the tech doesn't seem that hard either.
cheers
Paul
I'm *very* surprised there aren't lots of copycats, the tech doesn't seem that hard either.
cheers
Paul
Remote phosphor is a different, more advanced technology and Chinese companies might have not caught up yet. But it will happen, for sure
legrevedotcom
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Those guys are from Copenhagen.... and they are pretty renowned around here. I wish I could afford their lights, because they do make quality products!
paulcurtis
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Remote phosphor is a different, more advanced technology and Chinese companies might have not caught up yet. But it will happen, for sure
The issue is the panels themselves, the rest of the light seems pretty simple. There are manufacturers of phosphor panels out there and you can buy from them but i'm guessing both B&B and Cineo have some how 'developed' or had specialistic panels made - it's easy to get very high CRI panels at tungsten temperatures but the closer to daylight the lower the CRI normally.
cheers
Paul