BB&S products - Area 48 Color, Compact Beamlight

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rob norton

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I just saw these:

Area 48 Color - http://brothers-sons.dk/area-48-color/

Compact Beamlight - http://brothers-sons.dk/products/bbs-cbl-1-compact-beamlight/

Beamlight article - https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/bbs-intros-compact-beamlight-family-at-ibc-2018/

IBC video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84We_VDih6k

I own a remote phosphor Area 48 panel. The build quality is amazing. It'll probably come with a pretty high price tag, they may be a little late to the RGB game?

The beamlight looks awesome - it's time for LED hard lights to shine (lol).
 
Love the build quality of the OG Area 48 but curious about price. They're going to have a tough time competing with the Gemimi and Skypanel if it's anywhere near that price as this is only 150w.
 
Seems a 40W fixed color temperature hard light is better suited to architectural installs, & news sets (two uses BBS promotes), rather than typical cinematography sets. Can’t see Gaffers, & most Rental Houses, stocking these.
 
Bern Caughey said:
Seems a 40W fixed color temperature hard light is better suited to architectural installs, & news sets (two uses BBS promotes), rather than typical cinematography sets. Can’t see Gaffers, & most Rental Houses, stocking these.
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There are four different color temp options.

I can see them being used for flares, plus it doesn't draw attention to itself they could easily be seen in shot e.g. par cans on a stage. But I agree they may have a fairly specific application.

I'd love to see some effective barn doors as well.
 
I hope they've improved the control interface on the RGB units (they'll need it!). That's the one weak point of the standard Area48s.
 
Grug said:
I hope they've improved the control interface on the RGB units (they'll need it!). That's the one weak point of the standard Area48s.
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Haha yeah. My screen has been upside down for over a year now. An on/off switch would be nice too. They take too long to fire up as well.
 
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