Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BEA6FA.B5422B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Personally, I think that the 20-pound Kit outlined by Jon Falk in his = article "Location Lighting a la Carta", Shutterbug ,Oct. 94 issue (pp = 66-68) fits your needs. Here's the gist of it with some additions of my own.=20 1 Dyna-Lite power pack (500w/s or 1000w/s) 2 Dyna-Lite 2040 blower cooled flash heads 1 Enertec NE1 bare bulb flash head (optional) 1Dyna-Lite 120 VAC power pack cable 2 Dyna-Lite flash power cables 1 Dyna-Lite 14-ft. flash head extension cable 2 Paramount 15-ft HH-to-PC synch cable 1 spare modeling lamp=20 2 Photek 38" stow-away compact umbrella or 1-recessed front 36 x 48"soft = box(w half size fiberglass rods) 1 38" collapsible round reflector (white/soft gold) 2-3 Bogen #3373 7-ft compact light stands 1 Minolta IVF flash meter 1 Morris Midi slave Flash 1 Lowel Scissor-mount 1 Lowel Tota-clamp 1 small roll gaffer-tape 1 NPC Polaroid back 1 Lightware case Optional: 20 degrees grid or/and 4 way barndoor + Rosco filters(85B, = 80A, CC40G, CC40M, 81EF, Ambard bastard)=20 =20 Dyna-lite is popular at rental houses, so you have the opportunity to = test it and see if you like it before committing to anything. You may also want to buy Jon Falk's book Adventures in Location Lighting = (out of print) and/or check his Web page http:www.underdog-battery.com/ However, good lighting is more than equipment. Arnold Zann does some = extraordinary corporate work with a single Vivitar 283 or just = available light. It may pay to take a seminar with one of them. =20 Regards, Robert - ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BEA6FA.B5422B80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML = PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Personally, I think that the = <U>20-pound</U> Kit=20 outlined by Jon Falk in his article "Location Lighting a la = Carta",=20 <U>Shutterbug</U> ,Oct. 94 issue (pp 66-68) fits your = needs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Here's the gist of it with some = additions of my=20 own.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Dyna-Lite power pack (500w/s or=20 1000w/s)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>2 Dyna-Lite 2040 blower cooled flash = heads</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>1 Enertec NE1 = bare bulb=20 flash head (optional)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1Dyna-Lite 120 VAC power pack = cable</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>2 Dyna-Lite flash power = cables</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Dyna-Lite 14-ft. flash head = extension=20 cable</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>2 = Paramount 15-ft=20 HH-to-PC synch cable</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1 spare modeling lamp</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>2 Photek 38" stow-away compact = umbrella or=20 1-recessed front 36 x 48"soft box(w half size fiberglass = rods)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 38" collapsible round = reflector=20 (white/soft gold)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>2-3 Bogen #3373 7-ft compact = light=20 stands</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Minolta IVF flash = meter</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Morris Midi slave = Flash</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Lowel Scissor-mount</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Lowel Tota-clamp</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 small roll = gaffer-tape</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>1 NPC Polaroid = back</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>1 Lightware case</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Optional: 20 degrees grid or/and 4 = way barndoor=20 + Rosco filters(85B, 80A, CC40G, CC40M, 81EF, Ambard bastard) = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dyna-lite is popular at rental houses, so you have = the <FONT=20 color=3D#000000>opportunity </FONT>to test it and see if you like it = before=20 committing to anything.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>You may also = want to buy Jon=20 Falk's book <U>Adventures in Location Lighting</U> (out of print) and/or = check=20 his Web page http:www.underdog-battery.com/</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>However, good lighting is more than=20 equipment. Arnold Zann does some extraordinary corporate = work with a=20 single Vivitar 283 or just available light. It may pay to take a = seminar=20 with one of them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Robert</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01BEA6FA.B5422B80--