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Dimming a softbox
Hey folks,
I have a Photoflex Starlite softbox which is proving next to useless for 99% of the time I need it due it simply being too powerful.
What solutions are there to dim one of these softboxes without causing the colour temperature to drop?
Thanks in advance!
D
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4 Replies
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I’m not sure what kind of lamp housing you are using with your soft box. Solutions: lamp with smaller (less wattage) lamp(s); add wire scrims in front of the bulb housing if possible; add ND sheets to the front of the unit.
Rick Wise
Cinematographer
San Francisco Bay Area
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All of Rick’s suggestions are good ones.
The easiest would be to use a different lamp. I wouldn’t use the “real” Starlite globe. If I recall they are 500w or 1000w clear glass bare bulbs. I believe they have a regular Edison screw-in base so it would be super easy to put a lower-wattage tungsten or CFL lamp in it.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Thanks both!
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And if you don’t have any of those, there’s always the square-cubed law…. though, the farther back you pull it, the more chances you need extra flagging to hold back any spill.
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