MrBoomal Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Took the lens barrels of my s4's today to clean them. Whilst they were off thought I would turn one up just to see what it looked like. Blimey, the spread of them is extraordinary. At a distance of about 25 feet it throws out a 39 foot circle of lovely soft light. Has anyone ever used them like this in a show. Apart from the issue of the uncovered lamp which could easily be rectified with some mesh I can't see any problem. The spread is wider and about the same brightness as a 1.2kw cantata. Have I just discovered nirvana or has eveyone else been doing this for years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I guess the main issue is cost. at 250 quid each not many people have lots of source fours just lying around that they can use to do this. You could just use any fresnel to achieve the same effect. (I just made a random guess as to the price of a s4 :blink:) just my 00.002c Andy J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Congo Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I used to do the same with some lekos when faced with low ceilings, cheap to hire very wide very bright and the shutters offered some very effective barn dooring Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tij5987 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Used in this way on current tour of 42nd street for the backlight on the cloths for the shadows' scenes... These are floor mounted so not really an issue lamp wise. TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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