ricardo de gracia Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 any warnings or advices or tricks on shooting several sequences on a discotheque inlcuding LASER LIGHTS coming straight to the lenses in some cases??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted December 17, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted December 17, 2018 Don’t let the lasers hit the lens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy J Tomlinson Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Don’t let the lasers hit the lens. David, the Question is if he was serious about this? I can't believe someone seriously asking for advice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted December 17, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted December 17, 2018 Its a valid question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted December 17, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted December 17, 2018 Laser lights can blow out the image pretty heavily. I've had issues with them on digital, but with film they don't look bad at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Someone on a still photo forum said it messed up their sensor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaron Berman Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Depending on the strength of the laser and the pattern the laser is tracing, it will kill the sensor very quickly. Especially slow scans of short lines (narrow fans) or what they call "hot beams" which are just dots of full-strength laser where it turns on in one spot, turns off, moves and turns back on again in another spot. We did a follow doc in clubs, often no control over lasers and toasted a few C300. When you get "scanned" it looks like a hair, editors start kicking back to the AC's for hair or dust on the sensor. But it's not recoverable, it's a burn on some part of the sensor assembly. A lot of clubs use 1w or greater lasers (even some up to 5-10w indoors which is insane if they're scanning the crowd) - which will set fire to dark paper if held in one position. So yes, David's advice is sound - don't let it hit the lens! (Also consider what it will do to your eyes if you get scanned). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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