Gonna change out my uplights

[SDDJ]

I guess my thoughts on being "too bright" is that they can always be dimmed...but you can't increase the color, or intensity, if the fixture is not capable of delivering it.

I do understand that not all venues, or events, require what I am talking about. A lot of our venues have minimal 12-14ft ceilings... Some are very plain facilities that need that "bounce" of light to transform the room. or the rooms are very dark colored, with a lot of wood that absorbs light. Off the top of my head, I can think of about 6 facilities we play at that have 1 entire wall that is glass / windows...hence, daylight to compete with.

I think all of us probably choose what works for us in the situations that we find ourselves in. All I am saying, is don't jump in the pool with both feet until you know what the depth of the water is.

 

[Scott Harris]

In case anyone missed the puck video - YouTube - Clearing Up Some Differences Between The Puck and The Slim Par 56


Scott

 

[Scott Hanna]

I bought my pucks from Ben. Happy with them so far. They are the best uplighting I've every used.

They are also the only uplighting I've ever used.

 

[Jon Tuck]

Scott was the instruction manual in French?

 

[Alphabet]

Slimpar 64s have arrived

Yeah, I know I should be doing my final prep work for tomorrows gigs, but I wanted to post 2 shots of the Slimpar 64s that I got in today.

The first is a side-by-side comparison of the new Slimpar 64 & an Omnisistem Par 56 LED.

I am using the color for next week's wedding as the comparison - YES, they want 'hot pink'. The Slimpar 64 is on the Right, Omnisistem Par 56 is on the step (actually 3 steps above) - sorry - limited space.

The second picture was to see if I could get a decent amber w/o actually having an amber LED - It's really not that bad, using a controller. I found I could get more variations on the white too - a softer, less blue white & it was plenty bright for 10mm LEDs.

Cheers,

Joe

 

[Steve LeBlanc]

Both lights look good; I'd love to see a three way with a puck in there....

 

[Alphabet]

Both lights look good; I'd love to see a three way with a puck in there....

A three way? Oh - you're talking about the lights....ok.

Well, if Will wants to send me a couple RGBAs.... :triwink:



The Par 64s are going out tonight in about an hour.

 

[SDDJ]

Here are some shots of the up light units we finally decided on... a little more pricey, but getting them from a source for around $250-$275 per light... we're going to use them for uplighting, but also decided to change out our 2 yr old LED par cans on our bigger lighting rigs. These have 36 1 watt luxeon LED's in them, at a 10 degree beam angle... they are bright, can be run manually with some "macros" built in, or DMX, and have throw distance. The other thing I am happy with, as you can see in the pics, these are NOT in a dark room... used during dinner, and if you see in 2 of the pics, the chandeliers are on at regular brightness during the hall's set up before dinner.