Joel Engelhardt
Member
Hey there, I am a long-time reader but first-time poster. Booyah! I contract at a large campus of a local church, and we are planning to re-hang our front light ETC Source Four ellipsoidals.
I am told that our goal color temperature on-stage 5600K. We are planning to use Full CTB gel to achieve this. However, I am also told that I should run ALL Source Four's at 100% intensity. This is supposedly for (2) reasons.
I don't want to burn through lamps like crazy, and I also don't want to go through the hassle of now using neutral density (ND) filters to lower the illuminance on stage!
I am told that our goal color temperature on-stage 5600K. We are planning to use Full CTB gel to achieve this. However, I am also told that I should run ALL Source Four's at 100% intensity. This is supposedly for (2) reasons.
- The lamps last the longest at full intensity, not being dimmed, because that's "how they're designed to operate."
- If the lamps are dimmed below 100%, their color temperature will get much warmer than their rated 3200K, and therefore, 5600K is no longer reachable.
I don't want to burn through lamps like crazy, and I also don't want to go through the hassle of now using neutral density (ND) filters to lower the illuminance on stage!
I have always focused on achieving the correct angles for front lighting, but when it comes to the actual illuminance (footcandles) on-stage, I just set the fixtures to whichever intensity yielded good visibility of the band both in the room and on camera. That could be 40% or 100% or 55%, or whatever I end up recording into the preset on the console. Is this wrong?