The Lighting Nerds is a bi-monthly podcast that talks about the technology used in entertainment lighting, lighting industry news, hosts interviews with people in the field, and generally banter about lighting.
Woah, two eps in the space of a month? Stop the presses! Hold the phone! Pet the hedgehog! Wat? In this episode, Alexander is back:
Industry news:
New fixtures / gear
GLP JDC1s now feature “Aggressive mode”, which increases the brightness 180% when the RGB LEDs are not in use
World’s first 50-watt 7-color: emitter
New short-arc lamps: Osram SharXS Brilliant Series. 1000, 1200, 1500. They have a CRI of 92, which is pretty high. I’d love to see TM-30-15 specifications on these.
Fun question: when was the last time you saw a jacketed arc lamp? Like, a decade?
LightConverse is now L8. Alex riffs on how he feels about LightConverse.
Tea Time: Alex’s thoughts about the Reputation Tour: redux