Sekonic L478D and DR

The new day of light meters has come upon us. For the new age of cinematography, for the HDSLR to the Red and Alexa cameras, the Sekonic Litemaster Pro L-478DR has it all. I remember working on a shoot about a year or so ago with my Sekonic I bought over 5 years ago, saying to my camera op “ I don’t know if what I am getting on my meter is going to be accurate to what we are shooting, I guess the meter is going to be reference for me.” Ok I know what you guys are saying, “ The light meter does way more then you think,” and I totally understand. But when you are perfectionist and also a gadget geek, with using all my gadgets to be a perfectionist... then you will understand. So lets get back to the Pro L-478DR, I thought it was an iPhone attachment and app. But realizing its the new age of light meters, it got me interested. The Sekonic Lightmaster Pro L-478D and the L-478DR the most innovative and advanced  features available to any light meter today. With the touch screen interface you can navigate easily threw menu settings such as F-stop, ISO, Shutter, even selecting what light is on a gel. Just like navigating with an iPhone or Android touch screen. For the motion picture industry this is the most full featured meter today. You can choose your shutter angle and frame ratios for special effects as well the meter is designed for todays camera with selecting 23.976 f/s instead of 24 f/s and so on. The L-478D and DR has a new features that lets you get exact light levels, by going in and selecting the light and what gel it has on. The best part to this meter is that you can program the dynamic range from the camera you are using and also mimics the latitude range on the camera. With only a $300 to $400 range this is a great price for this meter. I Just ordered the Pro L-478D and will have updates on to how it really works. 

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Here is a great video if you don't know how a light meter works, or how helpful a light meter will improve your shots. 

Kino Flo LED Celeb 200

            Kino Flo LED Celeb 200 is the new talk of Kino lighting systems. And don’t let the 200 get to you. This beauty of a light pushes out a 750w light and with being dimmable to 1% to 100% with out flicker and no color shifting is very impressive.  But that’s not the best part of the Kino LED Celeb 200.
              With the normal Kino lighting, you have to always change out the bulbs to get the color temp to where you want it, as well keeping the bulbs in stock is another challenge after the new guy on set drops and breaks the bulbs. But not with the Kino Celeb, you can go from 2700K to 5500k and anywhere in between with just one of the five preset buttons or turning the knob. As well as the light levels do not change when selecting kelvin settings. Not to mention you can scroll to pretty much any color temp you want from 2700K to 5500K.
              





Celeb 200 is lightweight fixture that operates on universal AC power, 100VAC-240VAC, and needs only one amp to produce more lumens than a 750W tungsten soft light.  The Celeb 200 LED can also be powered by 24VDC battery. So for all you guys that do a lot of car mounts, the Celeb 200 is perfect. The Celeb 200 also comes with a built-in reflector, removable gel frame and a 90 deg honeycomb louver. The molded accessory holders hold the gel frame and louver and also allow for a 4-point rope hang. The 3000ish price tag is a great price and anticipating the daily rental rate to be about $125/day. One thing I can say about Kino is that they listened to their costumers and went up and beyond and created one amazing light. Can’t wait to see more LED’s from Kino.