• Cinematography

  how to compare lights

  Posted by Gerardo Flores on June 25, 2011 at 6:18 pm

  There is any possibility to compare continuos lighting with photographic ligths
  I got some of this lights

  https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/50346-REG/Speedotron_22218_M90Q_UV_Lamphead.html

  and I thinking to get some continuos light Ep. but the only point of reference that I have are this speedotron lights … It is the same amount of lights from the same 1200w sources???
  i mean the light I get on the arri 1200W in the maximum will be the same as I get from
  the speedotron???
  any ideas????

  some led light use the LUX as a units to know the amount of lights that the equipment produce…
  how can I know how many LUX this arri or speedotron lights produce???

  Best regrards

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  Alan Lloyd replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Alan Lloyd

  July 1, 2011 at 1:42 pm

  Strobes and continuous lights do not compare directly, for one reason. Strobes put out a very large amount of light for a very short time. Unless you could find a strobe that would synchronize exactly with your camera’s frame rate (and not induce seizures in anyone in the room) there just is no direct comparison.

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