I have a kino diva 400 as a key, and a spider light 6 bulb softbox as a fill for a green screen studio. The spider has a green cast to it in comparison to the kino. I bought a set of new lamps for both hoping that it was due to color shifted old bulbs, but have the same results. I've diffused the diva to try and blend better, I've considered trying to gel inside the softbox but there's no room since the bulbs are the large CFLs. I don't really want to gel the kino but I will if I need to until the budget rolls over for a better solution. Anyone have luck matching these two? For now I'm just doing the best I can to adjust with Colorista.
Kino diva / spider softbox color mismatch
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legrevedotcom
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Cant you make a cylinder of minus green and slide it over the cfl? Or are cfls still too hot to have contact with gel?
David W. Jones
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^^^^ Yes ^^^^^
Why don't you attach something alone the lines of a 1/8 or 1/4 minus green gel?
Why don't you attach something alone the lines of a 1/8 or 1/4 minus green gel?
David W. Jones
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That would be even better.
I was just trying to save them some coin.
I was just trying to save them some coin.
Thanks for the replies. The bulbs I'm using are a new set brand bulbs rated at 5500K and I think 95 CRI. There's 6 bulbs splaying out, so I don't think wrapping each bulb would be ideal. I'm considering purchasing larger sheets of 1/8 and 1/4 minus green, but after doing some reading I'm first going to try some 1/8 and 1/4 green gels on the Diva along with the diffuser for the Diva. Apparently Divas don't have the same color reliability as 4 Banks. They have a reputation for leaning toward Magenta, especially when dimmed. I'm not dimming, but just the same I suppose Divas have some issues the same as twisty bulbs since they're both CFLs.
Does anyone know why T5 bulbs never really took off in video lighting?
Does anyone know why T5 bulbs never really took off in video lighting?