what's the difference?

[Radman]

At the Playhouse some cycs are Berkly/Colortran, some Lekos are Strand Century. At school we actually have some original pure Century fresnels. I really want to go on a shopping spree, but were on tight budget. We spend what is leftover from what we earn. I'm spending aprox. $300 on MY FAIR LADY. I'm going out on a limb and buying a tophat, a barndoor, and tieline on top of expendables. Enough said.

I think it's too bad the new SL is flimsy, they look so nice.

I didn't know NSI owned Colortran. The more you know...

[Les]

It really is too bad about the flimsy SL. They are some good looking instruments. I feel like they could really become a staple in the theatrical lighting industry, like the S-4, if they just reexamine some of their construction techniques. I think their design concept is good, but the places where they strayed from other manufacturers is where the problems start. Their lamps seem to seat just fine... No problems there. The instruments' optical systems seem pretty awesome... Have you seen their reflectors!!! The pattern/accessory gate seems sufficient, and the yoke seems to hold the instrument well...
This is where the problems are... Now, most manufacturers opt to attach the lamp holder assy. with a brass screw or something of the like. O, the SL's, you turn them right or left to 'click' them on or off... Lefty loosie, righty tighty... Sometimes they freeze. It may just be the lamp holders, or it could be the fixture, I don't know; but it is very unpredictable. When these things stick, it can be hard on the lamp to get them on or off... Not to mention throwing it off your target. So those need to be looked at.
The other problem is how they decided to allow the instrument to rotate a full 360 degrees. This is a great idea but needs refinement. The instrument is held in a diecast ring which is attached to the yoke. So the yoke sort of cradles the instrument. So the instrument really isn't attached to the yoke at all. But there is some kind of weird stuff that they use a bushings/bearings that goes in between the yoke/fixture. It looks like chunks of rosin or something... I don't know, but this stuff falls out every once in a while. I would love to see some ball bearings in there. The other problem is with the retaining screw. It is found on this ring and screws through it, putting pressure in the instrument itself. I don't know what it is, but on some lights this screw does not lock the instrument in place, and it is free to rotate. Another annoyance is some weird oil-like substance that appears around this mechanism on some lights. Now it doesn't drip, and isn't neccessarily wet to the touch, but it does look like someone sprayed it with WD-40. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't LEKOS not supposed to LEAK?

[r0cko815]

Originally Posted by mbenonis1

I'll ask techybabe to take a look at the thread again next time I talk to her.

Uhh...mBenonis1, ur not the lighting techie here, that would be me and techiebabe, we know what were doin, just stick to ur sound that ur doing, me and techiebabe got lighting under control

[BenGranucci]

ummm...There's more than one lighting TECHNICIAN here (sorry...I hate the word "techie" with a passion). Perhaps you should be more open minded to those who wish to diversify into many departments (that or you don't know who you're talking about) Second, mBenonis1 isn't professing a deep knowledge of lighting, just an intention to pass along some info.

<<reaches for fire extinguisher to put out FLAMES>>

[digitaltec]

You guys are a bunch of HS tech's fighting over who is a lighting tech. ha ha ha, that has to be the funniest thing I have seen on this forum.

Everyone is intitled to their views and opinions. This is a public forum. If you have a question or comment, post it. We dont need to sit here and say im right and your wrong. Not everyone is on the same skill level. If your a lighting tech then cool. But we dont have to push people away because you have to be controlling. Rocko & techiebabe might be good tech's but they are not the only ones. There is also nothing wrong with sound people asking lighting questions, etc. This is a LEARNING forum. We need minds for molding , not fighting. Eveyone has different experince and uses differnt equipment. Let's just keep it cool guys and girls.

[Radman]

Rockooooo's moooderrrrrn liiiiiife...(rocko's modern life)!