Thanks to Terry Nixon at Texas Media Systems..plug..
http://www.texasmediasystems.com/
@txmedia
After some insistence, Terry finally plunked down on the Eco Punch and Jab LED lights, so I picked both of them up for the day. The benefits are pretty great, super low power consumption, super high output....crazy high output, they run cool and the light quality is great. The downside, is the size of the Eco Punch light. It's really damn big and was kinda of a pain to load up in the car and get up on the stand, it took two of us, but once is was up on the stand, the yoke was solid and locked into place securely. The build quality on these lights are great, they're built like tanks, so you know they're ready for work. Here's the links to the lights.
http://www.aadyntech.com/light/eco-punch-plus
http://www.aadyntech.com/light/jab-daylight
Our first location using both of these lights was my friends kitchen. I wanted a big, soft, higher key look to the shot, and since the Eco Punch has the output of a 2500 watt HMI, this was easy. We used the Punch as the key, through a 6x6 Scrim Jim with a 1 1/4 stop silk, and used the Eco Jab (575 HMI equivalent) off a bounce for a fill. Here's some BTS shots. I'll post up some screen grabs on Monday, but the shot turned out great. The added bonus, was the lack of heat. We had ten people in a small kitchen, and if we had typical HMI's, we would be sweating our butts off, but we didn't need to worry about any of that.
We also used the Punch to brighten up a dim hallway shot.
This is my new go to for situations that need an HMI. They are just as controllable as a typical HMI, you can barndoor them without any strange multi shadows that happen with most LED lights. These are designed to emulate a single source light.
After going in and checking the footage, I didn't notice any green spikes, and the lights seemed to be very even in color. I've used some cheap LED's in the past, and the green spike was awful, but these Aadyn's had far less.
In looking at this chart, and I'm no expert, you can see a lack of a green spike. Yes, it has a green "bulge" but this isn't as bad as some other LED's out there.
A nice note, the Eco Jab, the 575 HMI, only draws 1.8 amps, meaning I could plug in eight of these lights into a household outlet and not pop a circuit!! I don't think that will every happen, that would be a strange scenario, but it's a nice thing to know.
I'll keep posting updates as we use these lights more.
http://www.texasmediasystems.com/
@txmedia
After some insistence, Terry finally plunked down on the Eco Punch and Jab LED lights, so I picked both of them up for the day. The benefits are pretty great, super low power consumption, super high output....crazy high output, they run cool and the light quality is great. The downside, is the size of the Eco Punch light. It's really damn big and was kinda of a pain to load up in the car and get up on the stand, it took two of us, but once is was up on the stand, the yoke was solid and locked into place securely. The build quality on these lights are great, they're built like tanks, so you know they're ready for work. Here's the links to the lights.
http://www.aadyntech.com/light/eco-punch-plus
http://www.aadyntech.com/light/jab-daylight
Our first location using both of these lights was my friends kitchen. I wanted a big, soft, higher key look to the shot, and since the Eco Punch has the output of a 2500 watt HMI, this was easy. We used the Punch as the key, through a 6x6 Scrim Jim with a 1 1/4 stop silk, and used the Eco Jab (575 HMI equivalent) off a bounce for a fill. Here's some BTS shots. I'll post up some screen grabs on Monday, but the shot turned out great. The added bonus, was the lack of heat. We had ten people in a small kitchen, and if we had typical HMI's, we would be sweating our butts off, but we didn't need to worry about any of that.
We also used the Punch to brighten up a dim hallway shot.
This is my new go to for situations that need an HMI. They are just as controllable as a typical HMI, you can barndoor them without any strange multi shadows that happen with most LED lights. These are designed to emulate a single source light.
After going in and checking the footage, I didn't notice any green spikes, and the lights seemed to be very even in color. I've used some cheap LED's in the past, and the green spike was awful, but these Aadyn's had far less.
In looking at this chart, and I'm no expert, you can see a lack of a green spike. Yes, it has a green "bulge" but this isn't as bad as some other LED's out there.
A nice note, the Eco Jab, the 575 HMI, only draws 1.8 amps, meaning I could plug in eight of these lights into a household outlet and not pop a circuit!! I don't think that will every happen, that would be a strange scenario, but it's a nice thing to know.
I'll keep posting updates as we use these lights more.
