Tiny Fluorescent Love
Technology provides once again for the modern stop-motion world!
Dig these tiny lights made by FLO-CO - A company right here in the USA (just north of L.A. in fact)
The Pencil
These extremely bright tungsten, daylight and colored fluorescent lamps have the diameter of a pencil and are available in 8", 12", 16", and 20" lengths. Ideal for lighting tight areas. Powered by a remote AC or DC ballast.
The Toothpick
This unit is a high output fluorescent lamp approximately the diameter of a toothpick.
It has an external ballast with both dimming controls and a candle-flicker effect built in.
U.V. 32K and 55K lamps are available in 1.5" to 8.5" lengths. Ballast can be run with either 12VDC adapter (or even batteries!)
Wow these are soooooooo cool!
Back on 'Gary & Mike' we used Kino-Flows which were the size of the Pencil lights but they cost at least 15 times what these guys charge if you are willing to solder them together yourself !
And the 'Toothpicks' are so small you can mount them as a source light in your props. This lamp has two 1.5 inch lamps surrounded by diffusion gel:
Dig these tiny lights made by FLO-CO - A company right here in the USA (just north of L.A. in fact)
The Pencil
These extremely bright tungsten, daylight and colored fluorescent lamps have the diameter of a pencil and are available in 8", 12", 16", and 20" lengths. Ideal for lighting tight areas. Powered by a remote AC or DC ballast.
The Toothpick
This unit is a high output fluorescent lamp approximately the diameter of a toothpick.
It has an external ballast with both dimming controls and a candle-flicker effect built in.
U.V. 32K and 55K lamps are available in 1.5" to 8.5" lengths. Ballast can be run with either 12VDC adapter (or even batteries!)
Wow these are soooooooo cool!
Back on 'Gary & Mike' we used Kino-Flows which were the size of the Pencil lights but they cost at least 15 times what these guys charge if you are willing to solder them together yourself !
And the 'Toothpicks' are so small you can mount them as a source light in your props. This lamp has two 1.5 inch lamps surrounded by diffusion gel:
posted by Tennessee Reid at 6:19 AM
4 Comments:
Sooo cool! I gotta' add a few of those to the arsenal someday- what are they going for?
I always used to say... If they can send a man to the moon, why can't they make a toothpick sized fluorescent light that is color balanced, dimmable, moderatly priced and sold right here in the good old USA!
Well now they have - Darn there is another saying I can't use anymore.
Those are pretty damm cool, thanks for sharing Tennesee.
Mark
*.* My goodness,they don't have those here. Amazing how such small an item can really brighten up your day,eh? ;)
Nothing quite like practical lighting. Thanks for the illuminations..har har
Beautiful little still with the lamp/window/blinds. So many little details and textures!
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