Perrone Ford

I have had a Rifa 88 for a long time. I actually bought the 3-lamp adapter when I bought the unit. So I can do the 1K light that comes standard, but what I tend to do more often than not, is to use some 1-into-2 converters so that I can plug in about 6-8 bulbs. I used to do this with CFLs (and you can mix and match the color temps to get what you want) but more recently, I've been using the Cree LED bulbs. They are about 90 CRI so not the best thing out there, but they do all I need. My diffusion has gotten a little brittle over time but not too bad. I'll probably end up replacing it with gridcloth. One advantage of going with the 3-light adapter is that when I used CFLs or LEDs, the fixture stays cool. I can get it very close to the talent with no heat load, and I can break it down immediately with no ill effect.

Yea, that's where I am going to be it seems. Nothing like just putting a meter on it. Kinda makes me mad that Rosco don't just say what it is. I don't particularly care, I'd just like to know in advance if I am going to have to re-bulb.

I am going to be gelling some overhead fluos in a conference/meeting room this week. The room is used for a very particular type of video conference. I was called in to work on it because currently the people on camera are getting blown out by the overhead lighting. For a mockup, I silked the ceiling with what amounted to about 2 layers of gridcloth and that gave a VERY nice look to the light and softened everything wonderfully. But firecode won't allow it because it blocked the sprinklers. So I bought a roll of Rosco Tough Rolux with the idea that I'd use a sheet of plexi in the fixtures with the rolux attached to each sheet. I was just wondering how much light I am probably going to lose this way and the Rosco site was of no help. (and no I am not going to only use overhead lighting. I ordered two dimmable flou fixtures that will be affixed at the front of the room to give some shape to the faces.) Thanks in advance. -P

My business is government, and it seems like government has discovered the power of video. We went HD end to end in mid 2008. But hadn't really gotten a chance to showcase it. Now, since people have seen the HD work, I'm getting more and more. I ended up shooting nearly twice as much in 2009 as 2008. Next year looks even busier. Just got a request to prepare for a bi-weekly podcast for 2010, and I have a multi-part historical series to shoot in 2010 as well. Local PBS is already interested. Creatively, I've been approached about being gaffer for one movie, perhaps 2, as well as assisting post. And I have a couple of spec commercials in the pipeline for 2010 as well.

Correct. There would be no flexibility. However, in many instances, when I've got 15 minutes to set up an interview set, simple and fast is welcome. Pop a light stand up, clamp on a bounce board, put up the softbox, focus and shoot. I can toss the clamp(s) in the bag with the stands and have a "fast kit". I realize that this usage won't win any awards, but I am often under serious time pressure to get interviews done sometimes and this would be a welcome solution despite the lack of flexibility. I guess what I want isn't out there, so I'll just have to find another solution.

Sorry to be so late on this. I don't really care if the clamp fits the Manfrotto stands. I just want it to fit over a baby pin and give me a clamp. A common cardellini won't do this. It HAS a baby pin on it. I need a clamp that accepts a baby pin.

Hi all, I am looking for something that should be relatively simple. I have some Manfrotto stands (light stands) that came with my light duty background support kit. The top of these does not have a standard baby pin, but rather has a smaller pin with screw threads. In that same kit is the following clamp: While I don't need the background support that often, I do use these stands and clamps as a way to hold flags. What I am looking for is a clamp or something similar that can do the same job with a baby pin, so I can use c-stands or other light stands without this screw-top fitting. I haven't been able to find anything similar. Essentially it should just be a basic clamp that has a baby fitting to allow the flag to be vertical. I have clamps that fit in a gobo head, but sometimes I'd be just fine with a clamp right on the head of the stand. Thanks for any help or info with this. -Perrone

While I am *FAR* from a lighting expert and barely qualified to even speak on this subject, I have been doing a bit of research on this over the past year as I begin to extend my range into chromakeying. David, would it be correct to say that given video camera's penchant for green, that doing greenscreen on video would likely produce cleaner keys in most instances? Of course barring circumstances where the subject needs to be wearinng green, or as you say, blondes keying better against blue. As I've heard it, blue was popular on film because the film stocks were more blue sensitive. But shooting outdoors on production, using blue proved problematic, especially when having to shoot against the sky. Again, this is all second hand for me as I've only ever played with keying from other's work. I've never shot it myself.