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Description of Lights in StudioA

This page contains descriptions and details of the lighting fixtures commonly used in Studio A including:

Desisti Super LED F10
Desisti Super LED F6
Film Gear LED 250
Cineo Trucolor HS Softbox
LightFlo Fluorescent Cyc Lights
Selecons
Mac 300
Mac 250

All these lights are operated by DMX via the ColourSource lighting desk.

Desisti Super LED F10

LED (Light Emitting Diode) Fresnel
Hard light
Tungsten balanced
Barn doors
Frame for use of gels
Useful for washes of light on large areas
Pan, tilt and flood lighting pole operations
For more effective use of gels consider using this light instead of the Desisti F6 as its a more powerful light

Desisti Super LED F6

LED Fresnel
Hard light
Tungsten balanced light
Smaller than Desisti F10 in size and output
Barn doors
Frame fitted for using gels
Pan, tilt and flood lighting pole operations

Film Gear LED 250

LED Fresnel
Hard light
Daylight lamp - can be corrected to Tungsten with a colour temperature orange gel (CTO)
Barn door and Barrel version to provide an adjustable beam angle of 16 to 28 degrees
Frame for using gels
Useful for cutting light with shutter blades on the barrelled version
Positioning adjustments made manually on the fixture. (no pole operation).

Cineo TruColor HS Softbox

LED Soft light source
Tungsten balanced
Light housed in a softbox (also known as a Chimera)
Separate power source supply
Pan and tilt lighting pole operation

LightFlo Fluorescent Cyc Lights

Double bank of fluorescent tube lights
Soft light
Tungsten balanced (although, there is 1 x bank of daylight currently in studio use)
Primarily used to light cyclorama (cyc) and useful for green screen work
Not so good at dimming
Positioning adjustments carried out manually on the fixture (no pole operation)

Selecons

LED
Emitting concave silver mirror useful for lighting walls and cyc
Tungsten balanced
Single and double lamp versions
Can be used on the floor or rigged on the hoists
Coloured changing operations made via lighting desk
Positioning adjustments carried out by hand on the fixture

Mac 300

Automated moving head wash bulb light
Tungsten balanced
Produces a wide variety of colours and effects
Pans / tilts at different speeds and are multi-orientational
Colours and movement operations made via lighting desk
Can be used on the floor or rigged onto the hoists
To avoid bulb damage - switch off and allow to cool down before moving.

Mac 250

Automated moving head spot bulb light
Tungsten balanced
Produces a wide variety of colours and effects
Pans / tilts at different speeds and are multi-orientational
Gobo wheel provides the option to project shapes
Colours and movement operations made via lighting desk.
Can be used on the floor or rigged on the hoists.
To avoid bulb damage - Switch off and allow to cool down before moving

Written by MR

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