Spotlight Diffusion

[kiilljoy]

I like R119. I tried R101 for my last show with spots and it spread the beam too much for me. The R119 seemed to soften the edge without making the size of the spot much different. R101 seemed to double the size of the beam on stage.

[joeboo46]

Try the Freezer Bag first before you buy any gel I bet with the short throw it will look great if it's not enough try adding another layer of freezer bag. I use two layers of freezer bags in my frost frame everyday and and i'm on different lights every night with the show i'm on right now. It usually looks best with a shorter throw. I'd be willing to bet I've actually had it in the same fixture you have at some point in time it's hard to remember now though. It'll give you that little bit of "smoosh" on the edge i think you are looking for. Good Luck!

[Spader]

How would the bag not melt? There isn't a fan on the gel assembly, and the tungsten lamp is pretty hot.

I dunno if I would trust it.

[SteveB]

Originally Posted by Spader

How would the bag not melt? There isn't a fan on the gel assembly, and the tungsten lamp is pretty hot.

I dunno if I would trust it.

Last I looked, the Q1000 had a fan mounted below the front of the unit, blowing cooling air on the gel changer.

SB

[Spader]

Originally Posted by SteveB

Last I looked, the Q1000 had a fan mounted below the front of the unit, blowing cooling air on the gel changer.

SB

It does not. And I would rather spend $6 on the diffusion than try the bag and risk covering the lens in melted plastic...
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[joeboo46]

If you insist that the bag is going to melt then most likely the purchased gel would melt too it's truly your choice. Try R132 will give you less diffusion than R119.

[SteveB]

Originally Posted by Spader

It does not. And I would rather spend $6 on the diffusion than try the bag and risk covering the lens in melted plastic...
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Perhaps you have a model that's not a Q1000 ?, which according to my memory of having used these for years, as well as the Altman doc's, has 2 fans, including a large blower with a 1" tube that cools the gel frame assembly. Possibly the fan(s) on your's have been removed

SB

[Spader]

Originally Posted by SteveB

Perhaps you have a model that's not a Q1000 ?, which according to my memory of having used these for years, as well as the Altman doc's, has 2 fans, including a large blower with a 1" tube that cools the gel frame assembly. Possibly the fan(s) on your's have been removed

SB

Oh! Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. Ours do not have that tube (which up until now I had thought would be for support, keeping the weight of it off of that back fan), nor do I know what happened to it. Perhaps our dealer sent us faulty spotlights...again...we've already replaced one, but for a minor reason (the bolts keeping the gel assembly in place had odd sizes and wouldn't thread properly).
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