Hive 100-C Initial Impressions

MarkFPV: Ah, yes. In a rush, I looked at the Hive branded barrel/lens combo, which is their full sized barrel for the Wasp/Bee 250 units.

I think I personally value the compactness of the 100-c, given its output. But yeah, gobo and zooming are key features I'd want to have with the 100-C.

On a side note, does anyone know if the Wasp 1K is compatible with the full sized Source 4 barrel system? It may seem overkill, but I really want the option to play with shapes that can compete with the sun in day interiors...as opposed to the 100-c, which will be more for low-light interiors and night time exteriors (as far as throwing shapes, that is).
 
abreu-canedo said:
On a side note, does anyone know if the Wasp 1K is compatible with the full sized Source 4 barrel system? It may seem overkill, but I really want the option to play with shapes that can compete with the sun in day interiors...as opposed to the 100-c, which will be more for low-light interiors and night time exteriors (as far as throwing shapes, that is).
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The lamp on the Wasp 1K extends out from the body of the fixture and is surrounded by a wire mess Faraday cage. (It's kinda amazing, really. I suggested they call it the flux-capacitor.) Because of this extension, there is currently no way one can mount a Source-4 barrel in front of it. However I suggested it and they said that it could be done and if enough people asked they would look into it, so I suggest you reach out to Hive directly.
 
Mitch Gross said:
The lamp on the Wasp 1K extends out from the body of the fixture and is surrounded by a wire mess Faraday cage. (It's kinda amazing, really. I suggested they call it the flux-capacitor.) Because of this extension, there is currently no way one can mount a Source-4 barrel in front of it. However I suggested it and they said that it could be done and if enough people asked they would look into it, so I suggest you reach out to Hive directly.
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Thanks, Mitch! Yeah, will do. I love the 1K. It's like a slightly more convenient M18, which is a super popular fixture! Plus, you don't have to be as careful with house circuits as you have to with the M18 HMI. Although I hardly see it on sets...even sets where the M18s are the biggest lights.
 
abreu-canedo said:
Thanks, Mitch! Yeah, will do. I love the 1K. It's like a slightly more convenient M18, which is a super popular fixture! Plus, you don't have to be as careful with house circuits as you have to with the M18 HMI. Although I hardly see it on sets...even sets where the M18s are the biggest lights.
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Rafael, I don't think that's quite fair to say. I haven't seen Hive lights in person but check out Stuart Allman's posts on the cinematography.com forum

He says it's closer to a 1200w Arrisun. While the Hives still have their advantages, competing with an M18 doesn't seem like one of them.
 
rob norton said:
Rafael, I don't think that's quite fair to say. I haven't seen Hive lights in person but check out Stuart Allman's posts on the cinematography.com forum

He says it's closer to a 1200w Arrisun. While the Hives still have their advantages, competing with an M18 doesn't seem like one of them.
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Interesting. Yeah, I've never done a side by side. Thanks for the link!
 
For those considering this light - and it's output - here's a quick set up / test I did yesterday late afternoon in my kitchen out of curiosity to see what I could get using only two 100-C's:
kitchen is approx 17' x 12' - one unit has std 25° reflector on, no lens, with barn doors - shooting thru a quickly made cardboard pattern :-) to create soft pattern on back wall (light is approx 14 ft from that wall). Other unit has 25° std reflector with "wide" lens & barn door'd - for foreground cups only on black marble counter. No other practicals / lights used. Distance between cups & back wall is about 10ft.
Exposed the a6300 for the windows - wb on cam set to 5500k, iso 800, 1/60 @f8 (no profile) with white starbucks cup in shot, (@f6.7 in shot without) & the foreground light was set to 5600k at 90% output, no hue or sat. The light for the back wall was set at 6400k, 100% output and then adjusted hue /sat - a bit more orange - using phone app until output created a bit of that morning sun look on wall. Windows in shot face north (the single) / east (the double) and time of day was late afternoon - so little direct sunlight thru the windows.
Not sure why - but couldn't insert images into this post even after downsizing... so here's a dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fofakb5o4kmz7a3/AAAo-VDn1MXfbMbK3dXODSe-a?dl=0

apologies for the dirty kitchen :grin: but I personally think having s4 optics - would make the unit even more versatile... it is certainly not competing with the wasp or even 800w hmi... but this might give you idea how it could be used...
 
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