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  Lighting for On-the-street Interviews.

  Posted by Craig L. on October 2, 2005 at 3:21 am

  Howdy! I do a lot of on-the-street interviews and I haven’t used an on- camera light, but the lighting is always so varied, (under trees, in direct sun, beside a building) that I would like to add some consistency with an on-camera light. Any suggestions? I was considering a Lite-Panel?

  Thanks!

  Judge S.

  John Sharaf replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Sharaf

  October 2, 2005 at 3:42 pm

  Judge,

  The Lite Panel is a great light; being that it’s daylight color balance, yet easily gelled for tungsten and that it has a very handy dimmer control, but there are definately situations, mostly day exterior when it is not powerful enough. In those cases I prefer the AB Ultralite HMI. I must admit that I probably have four or five different on-camera lights which I use in different situations, but again the newest one (Lite Panel) is usually my first call!

  JS
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  Craig L.

  October 2, 2005 at 4:29 pm

  Thanks for the reply! So since my main use is going to be on-the-street interviews, then the lite panel might not be the best for me?

  Thanks!

  Judge
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  John Sharaf

  October 2, 2005 at 4:36 pm

  Judge,

  I think that’s true; you should look into the Anton Bauer HMI Ultralite; it’s a nice system with interchangable tungsten source and there is even a small Chimera accessory that “takes the curse off” the bright spotty on-camera look. All this stuff can be had for less money than the basic Lite Panel.

  JS

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