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[Matt Pacini]

I thouhg of doing this a while back, but discarded the idea, because I thought it would be too difficult to find a ballast (or whatever it uses) that would recharge fast enough, and that it might distract the actors, but wouldn't one of these lights, like they use in photocopy machines be amazingly bright?
If you could have one flashing while the frame is being exposed, I would think it would be adequate for shooting interiors with K-490 even.
Too hairbrained?
What do you guys think?

Matt Pacini

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[#Pedro]

Would be like a techno-light in a dico! Poor actor! Perhaps with sun glasses...
I think, common halogen lights are better, as the eye of the actors will become more familiar with the amount of light as with a nervous flickering. The brightness of halogen is comparable with bright sunlight, a rather common thing.
Only my opinion - Pedro

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[Matt Pacini]

I agree, the flicker would be really obnoxious.
I was really thinking more of a way to brightly light exterior backgrounds at night, or as a backlight, etc.
Definitely not for fill or key light.
But if there were a low-wattage way to really light up the backgrounds (I'm thinking for my mountain forest night scenes), without lugging 200 pounds of lights & stands, etc., then it would be very cool!
I would do it, under those circuimstances.

Matt Pacini

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