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    Reproducing the Polaroid 'look' with LEDs...?

    Late here, but I''l just post this quickly. Hope I fixed the pics. I've used Flickr this time. This thread is nothing at all to do with the other one wich is about finding a way of lighting a boat interior cheaply. Polaroid has been a hobby horse for a while - I used to take a lot of SX70...
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    Thanks for your comprehensive answers. Very useful. Good to hear from someone who has experience of the precise application. (By that I certainly don't mean to knock the other contributors! Though I wonder if they might wish to challenge anything you say). Color rendition is paramount, and if...
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    Thanks. That's all very useful. I know those 250W bulbs. Most lampshades eventually catch fire! :devil: I would not be surprised if on unionised sets they're banned - like the old pepper lights. Another useful lamp in photography (but they may well be discontinued now too!) are the bulbs used...
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    Reproducing the Polaroid 'look' with LEDs...?

    The older folk among you will remember the unearthly 'look' of the sadly defunct polaroid SX70 film, but here's a reminder: More here: http://polafiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/ukiah.jpg http://polafiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/jacobanne.jpg Some of you may be tempted...
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    What a helpful bunch of guys! Fact is, I'm looking for something very cheap. Otherwise I could just hire in something. The big advantage of owning your own equipment is the flexibility it gives you. The prices of the gear I quoted above are kind of excessive. But they charge that because 1)...
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    p.s. Thanks for all the input! :thumbsup:
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    You think 500 is too low? I was working from the notion that TV studios are about 1000 lux, and I don't expect to have to match or reproduce daylight with these things - that's when bigger lights would have to be used. With fast 500 ASA film at a 1.4 t-stop, you need at least 50 lux for good...
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    TigerhawkT3 Video Lights 1 and 2 (TVL2 fully-variable CC; pics, beamshots, video)

    Putting gel on always loses some light. Another way to warm up a shot is to white balance with a blue gel over the lens, then take the gel off. Saves on gels too.
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    PSU as you might get for a PC? Or is that a more general term? Or indeed something else...? "regulate themselves"? Oh dear. What does this mean? :huh: Hey - are any of these dimmable? Though I thought I could maybe arrange, say, 4 banks of 25 with on/off switches thus giving 4 levels of...
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    Thanks for the reply. Not sure what you mean by level of brightness. I'm aiming at 500 lux. Film needs a lot of light, and these units will have to have a layer of diffusion on or the reflections in the actors' eyes will look a bit weird - you'd see a grid of white dots! - so that would then...
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    Making my own film lights using LEDS?

    Hi, My first post here... :nana: I went to a trade show recently and was impressed by a new range of film lighting that used LEDs. They were small, light, ran cool-ly, and had a large surface area which made the resultant light soft - a bit of a must-have when filming. There's a range here...
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