bclighting
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Since I am a professional lighting guy at a local lighting and production company I get to see, demo, and use many different products from many different manufacturers. While not all of the products are that great, I do get to see what various features of certain lights work and what ones don't. Our company doesn't go into much when it comes to LED video lighting so I have begun building my own personal inventory. Since my budget is much less I don't have the option of getting high end LEDs like Cinemills or Mole Richardson, maybe someday. I recently picked up a CL LED600 to play around with and see how I liked it. Overall I like the fixture and I have come up with a few things that I would like to modify or add to the light. I know Richard stated at NAB he was working on a new version so here are some things that got me thinking.
1 - An open gel frame. The plastic filters are nice but not really stackable in the holders. When you have the barndoor in there is only room for one filter. I could really use a standard gel frame so I can put together my own combination of color and put it in there.
1B - Deeper gel frame ears. There really isn't much room for anything when you have the barndoor or softbox ring on.
2 - A remote dimmer switch. I am actually about to open the fixture up to see if there is anyway I can remove the dimmer switch and put it in its own box. I would then add a connector (XLR or LEMO) to the bottom of the fixture so I could have the dimmer at the ground when the light is up on a stand.
3 - A more balanced yoke. I would love to see a yoke added to the middle of the head so when you tilt the head it stays balanced over the attachment point.
So those are my ideas. I figured the gel frame and the remote dimmer would be easy adds and I would love to do to the fixture that I have. I curious if anyone else has any thoughts or ideas as well.
1 - An open gel frame. The plastic filters are nice but not really stackable in the holders. When you have the barndoor in there is only room for one filter. I could really use a standard gel frame so I can put together my own combination of color and put it in there.
1B - Deeper gel frame ears. There really isn't much room for anything when you have the barndoor or softbox ring on.
2 - A remote dimmer switch. I am actually about to open the fixture up to see if there is anyway I can remove the dimmer switch and put it in its own box. I would then add a connector (XLR or LEMO) to the bottom of the fixture so I could have the dimmer at the ground when the light is up on a stand.
3 - A more balanced yoke. I would love to see a yoke added to the middle of the head so when you tilt the head it stays balanced over the attachment point.
So those are my ideas. I figured the gel frame and the remote dimmer would be easy adds and I would love to do to the fixture that I have. I curious if anyone else has any thoughts or ideas as well.
