cheap pro gels

MattMyster

MattMyster

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Can anyone tell me if these would be useable on paid shoots with my 3 colortran mini pro's light kit? Looking for some cheap pro gel's, came across these...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lowel-IP72-...829?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5aec649abd - Frosts

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lighting-GE...378?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460be94faa - Gels

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VIDEO-PACK-...280?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35aff8ce80 - Gels

Which would you recommend? If you would suggest others not listed here, could you include link/price please?

Thanks.

Cheers!
 
The frosts aren't going to do very much other than cut the amount of light you're getting from your light and make it harder to control. If you want softer light, you're much better off bouncing or pushing through larger frames of diffusion.

Can't speak for the second ones, but from the picture they look like they're not ones that you'll need very frequently. Any time I'm buying party gels like those, I'll look through a swatchbook for the exact ones I want and only buy those.

The LEE ones should be good, although I rarely find myself using full minus green.
 
The bottom link you provided was for a swatch book. These are free at any professional lighting outlet.
 
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