Chimera 24x32 DAYLIGHT

[Spartacus]

But immediately, help me figure out a strap and ballast pack arrangement and we're ready.

Been thinking about it, but don´t really come up with an inovative solution...
Maybe two lasing straps or mini ratchet straps (hope these are the english terms...) on the back of the ballast and on each of the short sides (front and end) will do the job...?
They should be directly fixed to the ballast, not simply rapped around of course and should have a quick connector like this:
http://www.globetrotter.de/de/shop/...7001&GTID=3bf8afe73ea12d0eb439472278ee7318a33
Just more heavy duty...

How hot do the ballasts run?
Maybe putting the ballast into a bag like this would work:
http://www.globetrotter.de/de/shop/detail.php?mod_nr=zr_34311&k_id=1500&hot=0
The heat could vent off through the net, and the bag could have all kinds of rings and straps to hang/mount it anywhere...

 

[Cool Lights]

The ballasts aren't cool for sure but you can touch them. I don't think the bag thing is a good idea though. You want their aluminum surface exposed to air really well to allow it to adequately heat sink for the ballast. I'll dream about it tonight and see what comes up in the morning. It's 1:41am here so time to retire!

 

[Oynk]

Not really off topic but sort of a broad question.

Why do people still shoot tungsten?

I did some tests tonight with my new A1. I put some fluorescents in light fixtures and a couple of ikea china balls. the light looked great and was very bright. it costs nearly nothing, was low wattage and low heat and had a great clean white look.

Maybe it is just my preference but what is the appeal of tungsten? It seems to me I always spend so much effort and time trying to dim down my lowel kit. It feels like it is meant for film and not video.

I keep wondering what 'the catch' is going to be. As I said before, I was planning on using some gelled LEDs (vidled) for color splash and rim lighting. Am I missing something?

Disclaimer - I am a total amateur when it comes to camera. I am not professing to know anything. I am just genuinely surprised by the good results of CFLs for clean soft (interview) light.

 

[Cool Lights]

Well, if all you ever have is daylight color in all your existing fixtures and you only shoot in controlled conditions where there isn't other lighting its not a problem. Tungsten colored flo's come in handy when you're blending with other kinds of instruments like fresnels which are 3200K (or so) inherently. People shoot in tungsten because they have tungsten fixtures and don't want to replace them for whatever reason. The smart ones will replace all their fresnels with Cool Lights forthcoming HMI fresnels though ;-)

But not everyone agrees that LEDs or CFLs are what they need or all they need and some want or need more power than that afforded by those primarily soft light solutions. An LED panel won't replace an HMI on a shoot outdoors where they're needing two or three 4K HMI's for a long time to come. Also, something simple like putting up a cookie pattern on the wall is still best done with a hard light instrument and LEDs don't afford that kind of focused, hard light yet. I could go on, but as you get more sophisticated and want to do more things you may lament only having an LED panel or just CFLs and at that point you will understand why other color temperatures are important based on whatever other fixtures you buy to add to your kit.