Gregg MacPherson Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 (edited) @Phil. Shocking. A member of the commonwealth that clearly didn't grow up using redheads from an early age. I've had some of those $15 worklights in the garage/workshop. They seem a bit fiddley, mechanically awkward and unreliable. You could use them easily for certain things in production, but replacing a redhead with that seems unrealistic. Redheads, the barndoors are usefull, the flood/spot can be usefull. Good bulbs give good color. And depending on where you are they can be cheap. I bought one 2 years ago with a Matthews stand for NZD62 (USD50). It needed the internal wiring refreshed (fed some more in from the lead) and was good to go. They sell here now and again for about $100. So I have to say, that if you could buy several stands, flags, lots of good gloves for that they would be some really shitty stands, flags and gloves, may not even exist. So I have to stick up for the humble redhead. And Roger Deakins likes them, so they must be good. Edited November 18, 2014 by Gregg MacPherson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg MacPherson Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 (edited) To be clear I was talking about used Italian redheads. Ianebeam, Ianaro, Desisti. Edited November 19, 2014 by Gregg MacPherson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 To be clear I was talking about used Italian redheads. Ianebeam, Ianaro, Desisti. I prefer irish redheads... unfortunately I'm stuck with Home Depot brunettes. I do recommend a pair of gloves that are rated for 'hot'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg MacPherson Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 In a similar humorous vein, I saw some 800W redhead clones recently that were black. I called them blackheads. A bit mean, as I have no idea what they are like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Lawrence Conley III Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks, I appreciate Where are you located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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