Rapid Change and Smaller Size Comes to Video LED Lighting November 24^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

For the past few years, development of all LED lighting has been on a roller coaster ride. A beneficiary has been LED lighting for professional video. It has gotten better, cheaper and smaller — much smaller.

Principles of Powering LED Lighting - Part 2 August 11^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

In Part 1 of this two-part series on powering LED lighting, we looked at switching power supply basics, dimmers and system efficiency. In this concluding article, we examine Power Factors, Energy Efficiency Standards and LED fixture selection.

Principles of Powering LED Lighting - Part 1 July 28^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Engineers and lighting technicians know that LED lighting requires considerably less power than other forms of traditional lighting such as Incandescent, Mercury Vapor, Halogen, or in many cases, Fluorescent lighting. However, just because LEDs require less power does not mean one can power them ten-at-a-time from a single power strip…

Technology is Only Part of What Goes into Building Good LED Lights February 26^th 2016 - 01:50 PM

In early 2001, Patrick Grosswendt was working as a gaffer on Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, a murder mystery that was in production at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England. Like so many creative people working behind the scenes in film production in the pre-digital era, Grosswendt was constantly thinking of how t…

Lighting: the Transition to LEDs. Pt 1 October 6^th 2015 - 01:06 PM

Artists have exploited light as an essential part of art since the days of the old masters. Techniques like chiaroscuro use light to model the subject, to give depth to the two-dimensional rendition. These artists had two forms of light at their disposal, hard light from the sun, and soft…

What’s This Button Do? October 6^th 2015 - 10:00 AM

When computers began replicating and replacing expensive electro-mechanical broadcast TV production and playback systems, the gravy train ended for some and started for others. Affordable digital TV production gear has slashed the ante for producers and is making mountains of television content with high technical integrity available for everyone.

How to Buy an LED Video Light February 9^th 2015 - 01:51 PM

Shopping for LED video lights can be a daunting affair, with literally hundreds of models from dozens of manufacturers at every price point. What is the difference and how can a non-expert tell which ones work well and which ones don’t?

Small LED Lights Test the Portability of Mobile Video December 4^th 2014 - 07:00 AM

The miniaturization of high-quality portable video began about six years ago with the arrival of video capability in DSLR cameras. However, for those who want to do precision lighting in the field, change has come more slowly.

Improved LED Fixtures are Quickly Changing Broadcast and Film Lighting November 3^rd 2014 - 09:00 AM

Ask any television or film lighting designer and you’ll get the same answer. Lighting is currently going a period of rapid technological change and LED fixtures are gaining fast over more traditional lighting — especially tungsten.

Nobel Prize for Physics Goes to Researchers of Blue LEDs October 8^th 2014 - 04:53 PM

Despite the best efforts of scientists in academia and the lighting industry, developing a blue LED remained a challenge for three decades. Three Japanese scientists just received the Nobel prize for succeeding in that effort.