Andre Valune

Great - thanks David! And I'm thinking of Jokers specifically. So you'd just put the scrim in between the lens and the barn doors?

Hi guys - Just a quick question - how do you use scrims with PAR lenses? Do you jam them in between the lens and the light, or on the outer side of the lens, or do you just have to use nets on a separate c-stand to bring down the intensity? Thanks!

Hi guys - When you fly with lighting equipment, do you usually pull out bulbs/UV filters? I've been flying with a pair of Joker 800s and (knock on wood) have been fine with the bulbs so far, but notice that the UV filter has cracked a bit, even though I'm wrapping the lights in foam in additional to the hard flight cases they come in. Am I tempting fate, or is leaving the lights built when flying standard practice?

Great - thanks for the advice!

Have any folks with experience with a 1600W Joker had issues plugging it in to a regular 15Amp outlet, as opposed to a 20Amp outlet? Just trying to figure out what it's actual power draw is and how easy it would be to work with under time pressure in a doc setting.

Witbout having had a chance to compare the outputs and pros and cons of each type of par, lenses and lensed, is there a way to break the preferences down in to specif9c reasons for choosing one over the other?

I know most pars come with the different lens sets to change the width of the beam, but also have been noticing ones coming out lately that have more of an adjustable beam, like K5600's Zoom Beamer and Arri's M18 head. Do people tend towards one over the other as a matter of personal preference, or are there major convenience or light quality factors that push people in either the direction of the lens set or the direction of the zooming head?

Okay great. It does seem like the power load is a big consideration - especially in older houses. I'd be a bit concerned (mostly when shooting documentary work where unfortunately you aren't often given the the time to map out circuits) that it would be easy to start tripping breakers when you enter the 1600W range. I know most pars come with the different lens sets to change the width of the beam, but also have been noticing ones coming out lately that have more of an adjustable beam, like K5600's Zoom Beamer and Arri's M18 head. Do people tend towards one over the other as a matter of personal preference, or are there major convenience or light quality factors that push people in either the direction of the lens set or the direction of the zooming head?

Thanks David! And if the lights were being bounced off beadboard or some other type of bounce material, would the two 800W fixtures hitting one piece of beadboard give the same output as the one 1600W fixture bounced into the same material?

Hi guys - been reading for awhile and found this to be a phenomenal resource, thanks so much for all the time and effort everyone puts in! Had a lighting question -- for generalized shooting and all other things being equal, would you rather have two 800 Watt Pars, or one 1600 Watt Par? Not only for lighting interviews, etc., but also being able to establish a decent window light (as key) in a room by pushing it through a window. And the lights in question here would be Jokers. Many thanks!