#LDI2009 and Week Long Celebration Comes to an End

The week of LDI, I re-launched iSquint with a totally new site design with more features and content as well as a week long celebration to thank you the readers. All week long, I was giving announcing noon time winners starting Monday through Friday and then a grand prize winner on Saturday. As things got a little busy covering the show floor Saturday,and then recovering from the weekend on Sunday, I did not have time to announce the grand prize winner from Saturday till now. The grand Prize winner from the week long celebration is David Henry!

David wins a Lee Master Edition Swatch book and an Apollo Design Designer Gel Book and other goodies from our Re-launch Sponsors.

A special thanks to everyone that left a note on the re-launch article as well as all of the re-launch sponsors.  iSquint.net wouldn’t be here with out you!

I mentioned back in the re-launch article that there was a special surprise for everyone. This coincides with the big announcement at the #LDI09tweetup. If you listened to the first edition of the iSquint Podcast, then you got a preview of the big surprise and announcement. Jimonlight introduced the person behind iSquint.net at the #LDI09tweetup, Justin Lang.

Why reveal who is behind iSquint.net?  It just felt like the time to do it. After a year or more of writing iSquint in the blind, it was time for everyone to know who is behind the site. Want to learn more about myself, read my bio here.

Thanks for reading iSquint.net!

Awesome Laser Video from #LDI2009 by @pkirkup

I just saw a great YouTube video from Peter Kirkup from Cooper Controls via @pkirkup about how lasers are coming back. If you were on the show floor, there was no way you could miss the laser effects going on over heard.  Peter put together a great video compilation with cut aways that are fantastic!

Great job Peter, you really brought back some great memories from the show floor!

More #LDI2009 Show Floor Pictures

While you wait for me to process all the information from this weekend at the 2009 LDI Show in Orlando Florida, I thought you might like to browse the over 200 photos I took over the weekend. I am still working on the videos and interviews from the weekend that will go up shortly.

It was a great time walking the show floor with our friend and fellow blogger, Mr. Jimonlight.  Together we saw an some amazing things that we are going to be covering in the Post Show Podcast that we did together. It was a great time to meet new and old friends on the show floor as well as the #LDI09tweetup on Saturday night. Thanks again to EVERYONE for all the great memories, I had a great time!

To view my photos from the weekend, visit my 2009 LDI Show Flickr set.

So Long, Good Bye #LDI2009, See you at #LDI2010

It is 4pm on the est and that means that the 2009 LDI Show Floor in Orlando Florida has come to a close. It has been an exciting three days with TONS of great things announced and shown off on the floor. I keep getting asked, what was your favorite new thing on the show floor.  Tough tough question, all of the things on the show floor were interesting, more some then others, but over all everything was pretty cool to see.

There is a lot to cover from to the show floor.  Prepare your eyes for some reading over the next week! Not only is there a lot to cover, I have so many photos and videos to put up, I might just be here a while.

Thanks for all the special memories everyone and of course, Live Design!

ESP Vision Goes Mac Native

It was just announced yesterday that ESP Vision is bring their lighting visualization software to the mac platform.  Since this such a new piece of news, ESP Vision has not had time to update their website or send out a press release as of yet.

From the previous release of ESP Vision, you may have noticed the the screen layout changed just a little bit on the windows platform.  That was to prepare the next update and release, the one announce yesterday, of ESP Vision to run on the Mac.

Look for more information and product details on the latest release of ESP Vision in the near future by visiting their website at www.espvision.com.  You can also follow their twitter feed @ESPvision.

Re-Launch Celebration – Last Chance to Enter to Win

It Saturday morning, the second day of LDI and the last day of the week long celebration of the re-launch and re-design of iSquint. All week long I have announced noon time winners that will be getting a nice prize pack with something form almost all of our sponsors. There is still time to enter your name for the grand prize that I am giving away this afternoon. Apollo Design and Lee Filters were kind enough to give me their FULL SIZE swatch books as a grand prize.  These HUGE swatch books are an LD’s dream come true!

If you have not entered, it is easy enough, visit the Re-Launch Article and add a comment to it, it is that simple.  I’ll be announcing the Grand Prize Winner today at noon from from the LDI Show Floor.

ETC Fire and Ice LED – Novella Smith Explains

Yesterday I wrote about ETCs latest LED products, the Fire and Ice Seledor units. I had a chance to sit down with Novella Smith, the LED Market Manager for ETC and one of the original developers of the Seledor line-up of LED fixtures.

ETC not only talked but listened to Lighting designers to  develop the new line up of LED fixtures. Separately, the fixtures produce amazingly intense and super saturated colors not normally found in typical RGB, RGBW or even RGBA LED fixtures.  What is truly impressive is when combining the fixtures to produce a great looking white.

Just like all of the Selador fixture, the Fire and Ice fixtures utilize the 10 t0 90 degree vertical and horizontal lens to spread the beam how ever your heart desires.

Update: #LDI2009 – More Photo Goodness

I just added more photos to the iSquint Flickr 2009 LDI Set.  I saw some pretty cool stuff in the afternoon. We got some close up photos of the new Fire and Ice LED fixtures from ETC.

I also got a closer look and touched the RSC LightLock From Total Structure.  Pretty neat device. It was announced back at PLASA and is being shown here in the US for the first time at LDI.  It’s really neat to move the fixture and watch the LightLock correct and get it back into position!

I also learn of a couple of other things that were announced just this morning that I’ll be writing up here shortly. Thus far, it has been one wickadly long day on the feet, but the foot traffic on the floor seemed up from expectations.  Atleast that is what most of the exhibitors said!

Only two more days of #LDI2009 and there is still plenty to see. Stay tuned, it’s only just begun!

This Just In – The First Episode of the iSquint Podcast

This just in, iSquint.net is proud to release our first podcast, The iSquint.net Podcast. Pretty easy name right?
So what is in this first episode of our podcast?

• We talk about the re-launch and redesign of iSquint.net.
• The Road to LDI 2009, I take a quick look at some of the new things that were announce this morning and go over some of the product announce from before LDI.
• Jimonlight joints me and we talk about the LDI09tweetup happening tomorrow night at the Peabody Hotel.
• I also talk to Jimonlight about the post show podcast that we are doing together.
• And finally, we reveal the worst kept secret in the lighting industry.

Download and listen to our first episode of the iSquint Podcast, you’ll be happy you did!

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More #LDI2009 Photos Added

I just added some more photos from the first pass around the show floor this morning to my LDI 2009 Flickr Set.  Jim and I have seen some neat things is the first pass around the show floor.  Our eyes are still recovering from the amount of lasers, haze and moving light action going on.  Make sure to follow our twitter feeds, @iSquint & @jimonlight for quick updates with images and things to note.

ETC Introduces Fire and Ice LED Fixtures

I just had a chance to talk with Mrs. Smith from ETC about their latest LED product, the Selador Fire and ICE LED fixtures.  ETC has taken the X7 11 fixture and reduce to colors to make two versions of a more intense wash fixture.  With the Fire fixture, you are able to achive deep, brighter reds as the cooler colors have been reduce in number in the fixture.  Additionally, with the Ice fixture, it is the opposite, the red or warmers color LEDs has been reduced to give cooler brighter and more robust blues.

When combining the fixture together and mixing the fixtures, you are able to create a bright white and even more color possibilities.  What is awesome to note about the either the Fire and Ice, the output in lumens is at least DOUBLE that of a Source Four Par with an HPL750 lamp.

Shipping of the fixture is expected to begin the first quarter of 2010.

Please note that the image above is of a Vivid 11 and not the Fire or Ice LED fixture.

#LDI2009 – The Show Floor is OPEN!

That’s right, it is 10am on the Eastern Time Zone and the LDI Show floor is officially open to attendees.  This is an exciting time with TONs of new products getting announced and shown here for the first time. I got a sneak peak of the show floor yesterday and WOW, haze, lasers and lights, oh my! Check out the iSquint LDI 2009 flickr set for some early shots of the show floor.  Look for more photos and of course, new product info here all day long.