Don Bloom |
October 1st, 2009 10:18 AM |
a light outdoors has to be 2 things. One it has t be powerful. Emphasize POWERFUL. It also has to be close.
When I was stringing news I used an Anton Bauer Ultralight with a 75W bulb and a filter and if I wasn't within 6 feet (or less) it was pretty much useless.
Today for my event work I pretty much a LP Micro which indoors with a diffusion and 1/4 CTO filter is only good for about 8 to 10 feet. Of course that light is only a 25W LED. Works fine for what I do but outdoors, nuttin'! :-)
So it depends on what you're shooting more thananything else. I can't really think of any on camera type light that's going to throw much more than 8 feet or so outdoors. Even a 100W Frezzi will be limited.
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