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Re: Contemplating new lights
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:06 pm
by whines
Charles Jenkinson wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:54 am I'm currently looking into pars with hex LED capability (RGBAW-UV)
I am a huge fan of the Monoprice Hex PARs, been using them for years.
https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id= ... 1&format=2
Compact, minimal fan noise, and bright.
Re: Contemplating new lights
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:18 am
by CoronaOperator
Grant Bunter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:47 am
Being an old incandescent kinda guy since the 80's, if I need to light up faces on stage, I still tend do that the old way with Par 56 and (usually) a Lee brushed silk (228) because it only diffuses in one direction, or opal frost (410), nowadays via a DMX 4 channel dimmer.
Very handy to know I could go all LED with a suitable solution when it comes to face washing!
That zircon warm amber 6 looks interesting too...
Because leds are not a point source but made up of many 4 in 1 leds spread across the face, you might not need any kind of diffusion.
I bought 3 different shades of filters and only the amber 2 was deep enough to turn my white leds (idk, maybe around 5-6k color temp) into a warm halogen shade. The lighter ones are for gentle correction to say get a 3000k warm light into a 2700k warmer light.
Once the gels are in place I can't tell them apart from a par 56 and I know the secret.
Re: Contemplating new lights
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:06 am
by Charles Jenkinson
Looks nice. I'm in UK though.
I have spent a little time searching for similar hex LED products using 'hex LED 6in1 par can UK China' as the search term. The reason being that I'm not convinced most who are chucking out this product aren't manufacturing in china. And I just managed to find this:
http://www.habiblighting.com/article-st ... 1-641.html
Looks like a remarkably familiar light fixture housing shape to me.
Rasha have a warehouse in Manchester, just down the road, and I've had a reply back from the lady in China - she is not balking (so far) at selling me product direct retail. Just need to find out what stock they have, and price - I've found some spare money - not much though.
Re: Contemplating new lights
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:04 pm
by bottomdweller
... and price - I've found some spare money - not much though.
https://www.amazon.com/Uplights-Lightin ... 07DLRDBQZ/
I have the previous model from this seller, much like these.
They have a bunch of settings and can be set to cycle through them.
I got them to wash the stage and use them one color each. No fuss. $60 for four.
These are also fun. They come with a IR remote which works just fine in near range.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074RKPSDK/
https://www.amazon.com/Eyourlife-Portab ... B01H6XLKGG
I might have bought these, had they been available when I needed them:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DNNQ6HZ/