DeSisti Introduces 90w & 120w LED-onardo and 40W LED Magis Fixtures
At the NAB Show in Vegss this year, DeSisti introduced their three newest products, the LED Leonardo 40W, 90w and the 120W Fresnel fixtures. DeSisti is stating that the fixtures are equivalent to a 500W, 650W and 1200W tungsten fixtures out put, respectively. LED retrofit kits are also available for the Tungsten Leonardo 1kW and [...]
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New From NAB – LED Replacement Lamps for Kino Flos, LED Flo
I have been hearing from friends that attended the NAB Show this year that the hidden jewel of the show was shown at the Film Gear booth. Film Gear was showing off a new LED replacement lamp for Kino Flo fixtures. Kino Flo is well known in the TV and Film industry for their fluorescent [...]
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Elation Releases TVL2000 White LED Mixing Fixture
Back at LDI, I got a sneak peak at Elation’s newest LED product for the TV and Film market, the TVL2000. Don’t let the name frighten you, TVL2000 sounds like some killer robot from the Simpsons or Futurama, but no, it’s not, it’s just LED! Elation designed the TVL2000 to be the “ultimate LED broadcast [...]
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Need 2 Million Lumens in a Single Source?
This is no joke. From this single CSR lamp from GE, you are able to get 2,100,00 lumens. Now pick your jaw up off your desk. GE recently announced the availability of their latest CSR lamp, the CSR24000DE. It is a 24,000w, double ended CSR lamp for the film and video market. The new lamp [...]
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New Film/Video Resource on the iPhone: Doddle
If you are in the Film, Video or TV industry, you may want to check out a new service out there, Doddleme.com. Doddle is a new resource tool for anyone within the industry. From the website or from the Doddle iPhone app you can find vendors, crew, talent, locations and film offices around the country [...]
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Upcoming Release, Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook, Four Edition
Focal Press is preparing to release their latest book on lighting, Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook, Fourth Edition. The title may throw you off a bit. The book is actually geared towards the film & Video guys. Here’s a brief on the book. The Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: [...]
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Matthews Studio Introduces New Grip Equipment – NAB2010
I stopped the Matthews Studio Equipment booth at NAB. Matthews always has some new and neat grip equipment to solve any gaffers problems. This year was no disappointment. My favorite sales rep Pam Hoffman showed me around the booth and all the cool new stuff. The first one being the Hot Flags. Matthews has a [...]
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DeSisti Lighting Introduces DE LED Fixture at NAB 2010
DeSisti Lighting announced their latest product at NAB last week, the DE LED fixture. While it is still a prototype, DeSisti showed off their idea of what a TV Studio LED should be. Frank Kosuda from DeSisti Lighting was kind enough to give a quick over view of the first LEDs from DeSisti. To learn [...]
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NAB 2010 – Done and Gone
That’s it, that is all she wrote for NAB 2010 in Las Vegas. The show floor closed down about five hours ago and things moved quick to get exhibitors out of the hall. Some people were done in an hour, others will be there through the weekend with such massive booths to break down. My [...]
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NAB 2010 – Day Two with Photos
Day two of NAB 2010 is done and gone. The day started off pretty awesome for me. I was invited to take a back stage tour of KA at the MGM Grand. Let me tell you, what an AWESOME experience! Seeing backstage at a Las Vegas Circqu show is unbelievable with KA especially. The amount [...]
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Day One from NAB 2010
Day one of NAB is in the bag, to bad I missed a good portion of it. I spent most of yesterday traveling to Las Vegas for the NAB Show. I did how ever get a chance to get over to the show for the last two hours. After making a delivery for Nila and [...]
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LitePanels Introduces Sola LED Fresnel Series at #NABShow
I’ve got to take this one right from the Press Release: Litepanels, A Vitec Group company, brings the Fresnel into the 21st century with the new Sola series. Offering beam control of 70° to 10°, the revolutionary new Solas provide the controllability and single-shadow properties inherent in a Fresnel light, but utilize just a fraction [...]
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