What sized crowds are you looking to fill?
Esoteric: Yeah I have been Researching a lot about the differences and I wanna get a word from someone that has used both. Is it a big difference because we use conventional blinders which are powered by a weak dimmer box that is held in the truss, but its not much powerful so we cant really leave it on for long or else the fuze goes out. Now that LED lighting is going BIG we want to switch to led blinders but want a good view of how they punch the crowd. Thanks BTW
I'll chime in as an audience member and not as an LD on this one--
As an audience member who values their eyesight- Please do NOT choose LEDs for audience blinders unless you plan to HEAVILY frost the beam. LEDs quite frankly SUCK when they hit your eyes. I came close to walking out of a few concerts where the LED movers panned the audience and harshly shown in my eyes. It's distracting, painful, and annoying. That ISN"T what you want the audience to be thinking about or experiencing. You want them focused on the show, and hopefully enjoying the show, not blinking, rubbing their eyes, and cussing out whichever @#$% designer chose to shoot LEDs at them like I was doing the entire time.
The only think I can see hating about LED blinders is the lack of amber drift. I love how a Molefay (or Par can) looks as it's ramping up or left at a glowing state between uses (probably more of a preheat function than anything, but it looks cool). I also like how slowly they fade out.
LEDs act more like a strobe light and if that's your thing, awesome.
I'll chime in as an audience member and not as an LD on this one--
As an audience member who values their eyesight- Please do NOT choose LEDs for audience blinders unless you plan to HEAVILY frost the beam. LEDs quite frankly SUCK when they hit your eyes. I came close to walking out of a few concerts where the LED movers panned the audience and harshly shown in my eyes. It's distracting, painful, and annoying. That ISN"T what you want the audience to be thinking about or experiencing. You want them focused on the show, and hopefully enjoying the show, not blinking, rubbing their eyes, and cussing out whichever @#$% designer chose to shoot LEDs at them like I was doing the entire time.
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