Lighting kits

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They have a sheet of glass in front of the bulb, might be UV protection, might just be an optical flat. The only initial annoying thing about the Briteks, to me, is that the glass is fastened with like four phillips-head screws. When it comes time to change bulbs, you can't just pop a bulb out and put a new one in, you have to actually unscrew the glass first. Even the Lowel allows quick access to the bulb. Oh well, it's a very minor thing, just curious.

I don't know if there are accessory fresnel lenses that would work with these or not, but it's possible you could mount something in the scrim holder, I guess...
 
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It might make for an interesting weekend project, not that I don't already have enough of those.

Barry, can you give me a couple of dimensions (inches or mm)?
- center to center of two opposing screwheads
- overall interior width of the scrim holder
- interior depth of the scrim holder

Modern short focus fresnels are made of a polycarbonate, so they are easy enough to drill. We already know that there is a focusing mechanism and that has to be lamp and reflector moving together since the glass is fixed. And if they used machine screws instead of the wood-type screws, then they could be replaced with knurled finger screws.

This has possibilities. Now where did I put the Professional Lighting Sourcebook.....
 
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The lamp and reflector don't move together. The lamp moves, the reflector doesn't...

The gear's all packed up for a shoot. I could maybe get to it on Wednesday, so if anyone else wants to answer and help Rogue Crew out, please do...
 
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So which of the kits do you guys advise?

I was thinking of buying one of the Lowel kits, but since I read this post, I just got sort of confused.

So, which kit do you guys advise? In terms of Britek kits and Lowel kits.

All the best

Fidel.
 
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Only go with Lowel if you need tiny sized lights. The Briteks spank the Lowels as far as usability and price.
 
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Those Dayphotos would be nice, if they existed. They were discontinued by Britek, so you can't buy them anymore.

I'd say a reasonable kit would include two Britek 250's and two or three Britek 600's, all with barn doors, two with softboxes, all with stands. You could handle quite a few circumstances with a kit like that.
 
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Which stands do you use from them? Im getting ready to order some light but wasnt sure if i needed the top o' da line stands for the 650s.
 
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I can't speak for the other stands they offer, but I went with the heavy duty stands (the $36 variety) and they are built like tanks. I could easily beat 6 or 7 dozen people to death with them without worry. For the extra couple dollars, I think that was the right way to go.
 
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[quote author=araujofh link=board=lighting;num=1084814927;start=60#68 date=07/30/04 at 01:54:54]Is there an equivalent to the Dayphoto?[/quote]
There are many other HMI systems out there... but "equivalent" as far as equivalent in price? Not by a country mile. Most other HMI systems are four to eight times as expensive as the Dayphoto system was.

Still don't know why they discontinued it, either the product wasn't up to snuff or their marketing totally missed the boat. A $750 HMI with stand & softbox? I'd buy a dozen of 'em! :)
 
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[quote author=Barry_Green link=board=lighting;num=1084814927;start=60#71 date=07/30/04 at 10:23:41]
There are many other HMI systems out there... but "equivalent" as far as equivalent in price? Not by a country mile. Most other HMI systems are four to eight times as expensive as the Dayphoto system was.
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Not really in price. I was talking about the same effect. But, HMIs are expensive. So, I guess I'll go just with the ones you have advised, since I don't think I am going to be using HMIs at the moment.

[quote author=Barry_Green link=board=lighting;num=1084814927;start=60#71 date=07/30/04 at 10:23:41]
Still don't know why they discontinued it, either the product wasn't up to snuff or their marketing totally missed the boat. A $750 HMI with stand & softbox? I'd buy a dozen of 'em! :)
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Yes, they are very cheap. It is a shame.

Thanks for the suggestion.

All the best

Fidel.
 
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yeah they are jewels to find on ebay everyonce in a blue moon.. it looks like Britek totally overhauled thier product line though so perhaps there will be a new system soon ??? ???
 
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Those are Briteks, but they're not the ones we've been raving about. Those are just open-face units, whereas what we've been talking about are the BriFocus focusable lights.
 
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