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Hi! We are making more content to provide better output data about each light head with each beam intensifier and each reflector! Its quite a lot to do all the outputs but we'll get them ASAP.
I'm glad to see Dedo's getting into the color game and am excited to check out these new units. I would have preferred though that the demo wall was unlit with that white light pattern so we could see the true color saturation and color quality.
Hi Karel - I hope others can chime in on this, since my response might be elementary. If you have experience with polarizers on camera lenses, then may notice how they effect surface glaring. Adding polarizers to the light can also effect glaring on surfaces. Polarizing by reflecting light has a unique look by nature. If you want less/more glare, you can learn to effect that with the reflectors on a medium to small scale (depending on angle of reflection). I will circle back with a link to a video about polarizing at the light source. Very cool stuff!
@@dedolightcalifornia3763 That is very interesting. I'm familair with polarisers, and had a problem with one recently (don't tell any one! LOL) when darkening a sky - the blue sky was polarised when looking in one direction and the polariser gave the desired dramatic effect, but getting a matching reverse angle became problematic. But back to polarisers on fixtures. I always thought the polarisation of glare was generated at the reflective surface. So it's there in the illuminating light? And the surface acts as a kind-of filter scattering the various polarisations in different directions? This really surprises me.
Hello Paul - Actually, you are going to find some differences. The #4 Lightstream reflector remains silver. Lightstream dovetail locks are designed a bit differently. Lightstream has a #5 reflector which turn the beam into an anamorphic shape. Lightstream has a couple more sizes and styles to choose from, including the "LITE" series. Currently, the Lightstream system is more affordable. You should try both out.
@@dedolightcalifornia3763 Hello ! Actually, I've tried both. Sorry. No comparaison possible. The light bridge is not cheap is true, quite expensive, but it's the best. It's like compare ARRI with others. No comparaison. Sorry again. Best regards. Paul
@@paulg.sportiello2371 Well, different strokes for different folks always does apply! I promote that everyone tries and uses both. I'm very happy to show people how to use them, demo them, have success with them and support them. I demo our lights with beam intensifiers for Light Bridge users all the time, and they seem to be extremely happy with the results, as well as with the Lightstream reflectors which they add to their arsenals thereafter. Please, try an Arri with a beam intensifier on your Light Bridge reflectors! Then try ours. Try everything. Without shame, we support the entire system of reflected light, and we're happy to be here to answer all questions, and yes...comparisons. Stay safe out there.
lol Paul you do realize that these panels are just polished aluminum or sand-blasted aluminum with different levels of abrasion...right? Thinking there is THAT much of a difference between brands is nonsense. You are fanboying Light Bridge and I'm glad someone is offering a competitive product at a lower price. These likely cost $50 to make or less.
Please. Is there any chance you could demo with a 30mm projection lens and slide - for the use of projecting an image background behind an interviewee, additionally addressing cornerstone correction. Many thanks in advance.
Hello! - please reach out to me directly and I will be happy to stream a demo of the 30mm lens on either the DLED3 size, or Classic size light heads. info@dedolightcaliforina.com. This way I can answer specific question for you while taking read readings from your desired distance (and color).
@@dedolightcalifornia3763 HI. I just got back home and tried emailing you at that address but my email was undelivered. Check to see if you got it. It's from Clive.
@@Avidcomp wanted to make sure you'd received the email to connect with us at. you can also find us through our contact page at www.dedolightcalifornia.com
Hello! Keep an eye out at the dedo weigert film site for deals which they are calling their "Garage Sale". Don't let the title fool you as you might find some items there worth pondering. Thanks!
In theory. Would it be possible to use this intensifying modifier in conjunction with a simply umbrella attachment to create a much larger soft source rapidly without sacrificing too much on the output?
Hello Matthew - apologies for the late reply here. I've found that this approach doesn't produce the soft light effect you'd hope it would, unless you are far enough away from the diffuser to fully cover it. Since the beam is so narrow, you'd have to move the light further away from the diffuser, and it would no longer be a soft box "attachment". What you should try is using a #3 or #4 reflector closer to your subject. It will still be a different "soft " look since Lightstream qualities are more of a hard light, but by spreading the light more you can get softer qualities.
Brilliant stuff! I use to assist a photographer that had a set of Dedo 4's I believe, but he always opted for flash. Last week I shot using the DLH 400D with some C-Reflectors. Mounted at the base of a C-stand pointing up, the amount of different ways we could light the subject in a tiny room really opened my mind to what's possible with these things. The way the strip of light is handled and controlled in this video is really exciting.
Hey Rich - Sorry for the late reply! Yes, that setup seems to be a good way to start reflecting light. The amazing thing is being able to stretch the light in a small space to cheat light coming from a much further distance, and from a bigger source!
Great video. At last some one who is explaining and showing some of the many, especially the more obscure and hard to find, great Dedolight products. Now I just have to find a place in Europe that sells a "Large Silver Eflect Reflector Kit" like you guys in the USA do ! Two things I would say. It would have been nice to see how the different sizes work as you only used the large, which did look amazing butif the small was similar I would always get small when possible. Also you should send this video and some of the other great videos you have done to Nofilmschool and some of the online film making websites. One technical question please. If I rolled up the large Eflect to fit in my location bag would it damage or break it over time or would that be possible ?
Hey Marcus! You should be able to find the Eflect in EU - where are you based? Totally agree about the small reflector. It is good in smaller settings like a small splash of effect, or a tabletop setting. The size of the grid is different from the large grid large reflectors, so that scales down the scope of the effect as well, but has the same style of results. I would NOT roll them up as extreme bending would compromise adhesion on each mirror. While it is pliable, the material must remain rigid to hold your design. Hope that helps.
@@dedolightcalifornia3763 Thank you kindly for your reply. I will store them flat. I would use it for fashion photography so I would need the large then. I am in England but I already searched the two main Dedolight dealers here and no one seems to sell the "Large Silver Eflect Reflector Kit" like you do. I can only find gold and silver kits and the kit with all the large reflectors, both gold and silver and gels and arm etc is quite expensive if all I want is the large silvers, the mount and a bag, like you sell.
@@marcusavanti902 Understood! You're right, different locations around the world take different approaches to selling dedolight gear. My humble opinion - if you get what your desired effect is from a single reflector - professionally speaking (makes your work better) - it's worth the expense of a standard manufacturer's set.
@@dedolightcalifornia3763 £800 is unfortunately out of my price range (I need a new camera and lenses, limited funds). Your way of selling invidual parts and a greater range of kits etc allows people with small budgets to buy things, even if over time. I hope the European sellers learn from your progressive approach.
Hey pg - thanks for the comments. I think you'll find that compared to other lighting reflecting systems this is actually reasonable. But, totally understand your comment - the budget point isn't for everyone! It takes time to find and test these materials to offer them to the professional lighting industry.
Hey Eddy - thanks for checking out the demo video. I understand the comment, for sure! Yes, you can buy a thousand different models of lights for the price. Hell you can buy multiple lights depending on who makes them and what they are. You'll also throw them away, or buy more after they are dead (no professional LED source will last 50,000 hrs). You'll replace lamps, or these days send your light back to the manufacturer to replace a diode set good luck with getting that back in a reasonable amount of time). But - with the potential to turn these reflectors into four light source to be used at the same time, from a single source, without gen power, or heat...well, consider the savings this system can offer over the lifetime of its use. MOST IMPORTANT however - None of the lights you could replace with them will make the type of light these reflect. That part of it might have to be seen in use to believe. Hope that helps, absolutely respectfully!
Hey Dave - sorry for late reply here. We recommend having a talk with anyone who will listen at the rental houses and ask them to stock these for rental. You can send them directly to us and I will give them a streaming demo and go over the system with them. Send them to our web store www.dedolightcalifornia.com, or email us at info@dedolightcalifornia.com to learn more about it. Good luck.
When you're ready, we're here. Also, there are some nee things on the horizon for Lightstream which you should keep an eye out for! Some amazing tabletop products.
Sorry for late reply! We have a 1x1m reflector which has two sides - Standard 1m reflectors are built on a #4 reflector, and then we adhere the other side with any of the other surfaces of your choice. Then there are specialty 1m reflectors which are double sided with an of the surfaces of your choice. A standard 1m reflector comes with a #1 and #4. www.dedolightcalifornia.com/collections/lightstream-reflectors/products/dlr1-100x100cm-40-lightstream-reflector-1
