@@Aputure-Tim_S_KangRandomly tuned in for a product review and ended up glued for an hour to the presentation on UV/Missing End of the Spectrum! At some point, you mention being unsure about how to market these but, honestly, a condensed 2-min version of your talk should be it.
I always find your talks incredibly fascinating Tim! Can you tell me what the consequence of having two blue spikes or blue and indigo spikes is as it relates to what the observer or in our case the camera sees? Put another way, do spikes in the light spectrum emitted impact the way that we or the camera interpret the color of an object?
So, if we’re using bicolor LED lights, what is going to be the difference between setting the camera and lights to 3200K or setting the camera and lights to 5600K? When we were using tungstens, apart form the quality of light, was there a difference between using tungstens and setting our camera’s to 3200K or using daylight and setting the camera to 5600K?
Great explanation from Tim, thanks for this. One of my questions would be around the increase on the other end of the spectrum. With the addition of the red emitters. Is that mainly affected when the light is in Black Body mode? So, the perception humans have (as the daylight explanation with the white t-shirt) when it comes to tungsten, also affected by the BLAIR colour science? Would love to hear more on the tungsten side.
Curious about mixing traditional bi-color with Blair? I figure it would simply dilute the quality of the Blair effect, curious if there is something else that could be a negative?
This is great for Aputure as a company also - can go from having 3 lines - daylight/bicolor/color - to 2 lines - tunable BLAIR bicolor (which also provide quite a few colors🤩🥳)/tunable color.
So this new Blair -1200x is not going to match perfect with the recent aputure 600cii that is coming out ? Do you think They are going to come out with a new Blair engine 600c type light since they are going a whole new color spectrum?
@@creativegreatsvisuals the 600c is full color… vs bicolor but I think it will match close enough at 2500-10,000k both will have g/m for fine tuning - the spectrum at 5600k will be a tad better on the storm I suspect but I doubt it will prove an issue on set 99% of the time
Wooooww yes i am a nerd. 😂 I'm adding this light on my list. I know for a fact it'll bring my movies to another level. I want to see more results using this light. Like short film or horror.
When did you pivot your inventory to the new guard of lighting such as Aputure and Nanlite? There was a point in history where gaffers didn't want any of these brands.
I think it was around 2015/16 or so when we started with Astra panels then a year or so later the Arri S60s... but it really took off when the COB lights entered the market... i was def an early adopter... and pulled most of my tungsten off the truck about 3-4 years ago, and sold the last of my smaller HMI 2-3 years ago. I had one crew guy take a few years off from the business and when he came back he said he didn't know one light on my truck anymore... the only tungsten i still use on semi-regular basis is prob ETC source fours, Dedo 650, and practicals...
I'm going to ask the dumbest question on here. But since I ordered one and would like to also label my reflectors, you think P-Touch labels on the reflectors will stay on and not melt?
I have them on my evokes and they don’t melt, but I’m going to change placement on these… wasn’t thinking 😂 on the evoke near front of reflector not near Bowen mount side
On the keynote they mentioned the blair engine being introduced into the new storm units - will that compete with the current 600CII or is it specifically for the smaller units? Any Aputure Reps here?
I have one question. What C stand would you prefer for this particular light? I would be scared to get the wrong one. 🙏 please send me the link if you can.
@@jayrey7 this is a large light and requires a larger junior sized stand not a c-stand or baby sized stand - best for this is a Matthews or American grip 3 riser combo stand, or you can look at less expensive brands like kupo.
[Aputure] The existing 1200d reflectors on this 1200x will result in color fringing on the edges of the beam. I would recommend against trying to use the 1200d reflectors and instead strongly suggest getting the 1200x reflectors designed to be used with this light.
42:18, not exactly true- daylight not always +g, and definitely not by the same amount. Factors affecting daylight color bias- 1) Time of day, 2) Longitude/Latitude, raking angle of sun, environmental contaminants in the air. Been taking spectral readings for decades, you are welcome to fight me on this one.
I'll ask Tim, but my feeling here is here is referring generally to CIE Daylight, generally speaking to what we refer to as daylight say 5600K (vs when we say tungsten @ 3200K) so looking spectrally at say mid day sun in various parts of the world, we are somewhere around 5000-6000K with a touch of plus green. Sure extreme times of day or certain atmospheric conditions can shift these readings, but under similar mid day sun, in similar weather conditions etc, i think this holds true. @Aputure-Tim_S_Kang
Great interview. It's rare I learn a lot on these types of things. Today I did. Thank you.
I'm ready for the rest of the series! I need all my lights to get updated! Great video!
Appreciate the interview with Tim for this release! What a major leap forward for LED technology they've concocted over at Aputure!!
this is absolutely fascinating John and Tim
This is soooo awesome! I just purchased mine from B&H! Can't wait to get it!!!! Thank you John for sharing!
This was incredibly informative. Thank you for the time and effort you put into it. I learned a lot.
I really like the effort you put into the deep dive and nerding out for us!
This was *incredible!* - Thank you👏🏾.
Thank you John and Tim! Your presentation was fantastic. I look forward to working with the 1200X soon.
thanks john! anyone that has further tech questions, feel free to ask me here as well.
Is your masterclass deck preso posted or soon to be available? Looking to deep dive! Great chat BTW.
@@natecarrollfilms not anywhere, but if john wants, i can put it on GS. It was what I presented at BIRTV. Thanks for sitting through my tired drawl!
@@Aputure-Tim_S_KangRandomly tuned in for a product review and ended up glued for an hour to the presentation on UV/Missing End of the Spectrum!
At some point, you mention being unsure about how to market these but, honestly, a condensed 2-min version of your talk should be it.
I always find your talks incredibly fascinating Tim! Can you tell me what the consequence of having two blue spikes or blue and indigo spikes is as it relates to what the observer or in our case the camera sees? Put another way, do spikes in the light spectrum emitted impact the way that we or the camera interpret the color of an object?
So, if we’re using bicolor LED lights, what is going to be the difference between setting the camera and lights to 3200K or setting the camera and lights to 5600K?
When we were using tungstens, apart form the quality of light, was there a difference between using tungstens and setting our camera’s to 3200K or using daylight and setting the camera to 5600K?
What a great video, so informative. Love your videos! In depth and the sharing of knowledge is always refreshing
@@gregkubitschek6575 thanks, appreciated.
Great explanation from Tim, thanks for this. One of my questions would be around the increase on the other end of the spectrum. With the addition of the red emitters. Is that mainly affected when the light is in Black Body mode? So, the perception humans have (as the daylight explanation with the white t-shirt) when it comes to tungsten, also affected by the BLAIR colour science? Would love to hear more on the tungsten side.
This look incredible. Great video
Great chat. Hope they also comes out with a 600w fixture for smaller scaler projects
damn this is crazy, super exciting for the future
Thanks, i'm a qualified nerd now!
Thanks, John!
Curious about mixing traditional bi-color with Blair? I figure it would simply dilute the quality of the Blair effect, curious if there is something else that could be a negative?
Nice science lesson !
This is great for Aputure as a company also - can go from having 3 lines - daylight/bicolor/color - to 2 lines - tunable BLAIR bicolor (which also provide quite a few colors🤩🥳)/tunable color.
agreed.
So this new Blair -1200x is not going to match perfect with the recent aputure 600cii that is coming out ? Do you think They are going to come out with a new Blair engine 600c type light since they are going a whole new color spectrum?
@@creativegreatsvisuals the 600c is full color… vs bicolor but I think it will match close enough at 2500-10,000k both will have g/m for fine tuning - the spectrum at 5600k will be a tad better on the storm I suspect but I doubt it will prove an issue on set 99% of the time
Wooooww yes i am a nerd. 😂 I'm adding this light on my list. I know for a fact it'll bring my movies to another level. I want to see more results using this light. Like short film or horror.
When did you pivot your inventory to the new guard of lighting such as Aputure and Nanlite? There was a point in history where gaffers didn't want any of these brands.
I think it was around 2015/16 or so when we started with Astra panels then a year or so later the Arri S60s... but it really took off when the COB lights entered the market... i was def an early adopter... and pulled most of my tungsten off the truck about 3-4 years ago, and sold the last of my smaller HMI 2-3 years ago. I had one crew guy take a few years off from the business and when he came back he said he didn't know one light on my truck anymore... the only tungsten i still use on semi-regular basis is prob ETC source fours, Dedo 650, and practicals...
I'm going to ask the dumbest question on here. But since I ordered one and would like to also label my reflectors, you think P-Touch labels on the reflectors will stay on and not melt?
I have them on my evokes and they don’t melt, but I’m going to change placement on these… wasn’t thinking 😂 on the evoke near front of reflector not near Bowen mount side
Thanks,
I wonder how these compare to the Prolychts, curious on improvements from that
Also where do we find that powerpoint/pdf he was showing?
@Aputure-Tim_S_Kang?
On the keynote they mentioned the blair engine being introduced into the new storm units - will that compete with the current 600CII or is it specifically for the smaller units? Any Aputure Reps here?
There aren't plans to compete with the 600Cmk2.
I have one question. What C stand would you prefer for this particular light? I would be scared to get the wrong one. 🙏 please send me the link if you can.
@@jayrey7 this is a large light and requires a larger junior sized stand not a c-stand or baby sized stand - best for this is a Matthews or American grip 3 riser combo stand, or you can look at less expensive brands like kupo.
@GaffersSalon awesome thank you sooo much. Will do. I'm already manifesting this light. 🙏 Again thank you. I'll get the Matthew one.
Do you know if we can use our existing 1200D reflectors with this light? Or is it worth buying the extra $210 reflector kit?
@@12yfilms I would assume not, but will have to ask Aputure… my guess is they will work but maybe not as optically aligned or efficient ?
[Aputure] The existing 1200d reflectors on this 1200x will result in color fringing on the edges of the beam. I would recommend against trying to use the 1200d reflectors and instead strongly suggest getting the 1200x reflectors designed to be used with this light.
@@shadowshapers Sounds great thank you!
@@GaffersSalon Will do! Thank you again!
The 1200d reflectors are not optimized for the 1200x.
42:18, not exactly true- daylight not always +g, and definitely not by the same amount. Factors affecting daylight color bias- 1) Time of day, 2) Longitude/Latitude, raking angle of sun, environmental contaminants in the air. Been taking spectral readings for decades, you are welcome to fight me on this one.
I'll ask Tim, but my feeling here is here is referring generally to CIE Daylight, generally speaking to what we refer to as daylight say 5600K (vs when we say tungsten @ 3200K) so looking spectrally at say mid day sun in various parts of the world, we are somewhere around 5000-6000K with a touch of plus green. Sure extreme times of day or certain atmospheric conditions can shift these readings, but under similar mid day sun, in similar weather conditions etc, i think this holds true. @Aputure-Tim_S_Kang
Man i want this light soooo bad. Lol 😂 But damn $3000 for one freaking light.
Honestly that’s a great price… prob best light they’ve made in quite sometime. It’s outstanding.
@GaffersSalon Yes indeed. I agree. It's on my list for sure. I know it'll be worth it when it arrives on my door step. 🙏