Section: Reviews

Review: ORB Lighting Desk from Zero 88

Back in April 2009, Zero 88 announced the release of their flag ship lighting desk, the ORB. Ever since then, the ORB desk has been slowly making its way into the U.S. market. It was first shown state-side at LDI in Orlando, Florida last fall. That’s where I was first introduced to the ORB. Since [...]

Review: A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Second Edition

Towards the end of 2009, Steve Shelley, noted lighting designer and drafting template guru, released the second edition to his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting (published by Focal Press). Soon after the release of Mr. Shelley’s book, Focal Press was kind enough to send me a copy of the book to review.
Hands down this [...]

Review: Concert Lighting, Third Edition

A while back, Focal Press announced one of their latest books, Concert Lighting, Third Edition: Techniques, Art & Business by James L. Moody. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy from the publisher to write a review of the book.  It has taken some time for me to read through the book.  Not because [...]

Review: Lex Products Slim Dimmer

Back in October, I mentioned that Lex Products announced and released a new portable dimmer, the 1.8kw Slim Dimmer. I recently had a chance to do a review of the Slim Dimmer. But before I get into the meat of the review, lets take a look at some of the details and specifications of [...]

Review: Setwear Cold Weather Gloves

With Winter in full swing, it is time to be prepared for the winter wonder land working conditions outside.  If you are from the north half of the states, you have already experienced the bitterness of Jack Frost nipping at your finger tips. Working in the cold can do quite a number on your hands.  [...]

Review: Shurtape P-661 Glow Gaff Tape

Not to long ago, I noticed an interesting tweet from @ProAdv or better known as Production Advantage, about Shurtapes latest product, P-661 Glowing Gaff Tape. Not long after my re-tweeting, I get an offer from ProAdv about doing a review of the Glowing Gaff Tape.  Production Advantage was kind enough to send me a 1″ [...]

Review: Rosco Strobist Gel Collection

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about an interesting product from Rosco Labs, the Rosco Strobist Collection Kit. While this does not have to do directly with Entertainment lighting, it is still worth a mention as a designer we must document our work for our records and our portfolio. Rosco Labs was kind enough [...]

Review: Wybron’s iPhone App, Moiré Gobo Library

We bring you a review from one of our good friends and contributing writers here on iSquint, Larry Zoll from Zoll Design. Larry has spent some time using the Wybron’s latest iPhone app the Moiré Gobo Library app and has provided us with a detailed review.
Wybron’s Moiré Gobo Library app for the iPhone provides an [...]

Review: Compulite Dlite Compact Lighting Console

We are looking at the Dlite Compact Lighting Console from Compulite.  The fellas at Creative Stage Lighting, the US distributors of the Compulite consoles, was kind enough to send us a demo unit to review for our readers.
The Dlite series of consoles is geared towards medium sized venues with limited budgets, but some advanced feature [...]

Review: ETC Element Lighting Console

At USITT this year, Electronic Theatre Controls announced the birth of their latest addition to the EOS line of lighting consoles, the Element. Since that announcement, we have been reporting updates on the progress and anticipated ship dates. To further update the progress of the Element, ETC has already begun to take orders through their [...]

Review: Zinman Software ML Finder iPhone App

Just last week, we wrote about Zinman Softwares latest iPhone App, ML Finder.  Michael was kind enough to send us a copy to write a review.  First, lets look at what Zinman Software says about ML Finder Pro.
ML Finder PRO is a complete list of parameters and channel assignments for over 500 lights, LEDs and [...]

Review: Pathport Touring Edition Node

Last year, right before LDI, we did a pre show announcement about Pathway Connectivity preparing to announce their latest DMX node called the Parthport Touring Edition.  After a couple months of refinement and beta testing and getting the bugs worked out, Pathway has begun to ship the Touring Edition Node.  The folks at Pathway Connectivity [...]