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Lighting with LEDs

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Lighting with LEDs

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- Hi, my name is Rich Harrington. Welcome to this episode of Video Gear Weekly. We have a special guest today, Director of Photography, Jim Ball. Jim, how are you doing? - Good, thanks for having me. - Excellent. Jim, what sort of impact has LED lighting had on your cinematography? - These days, lightweight, high output and just more versatility overall. - We're actually on a set right now under LED lighting. My studio is not gigantic and in the old days of studios, the lights would have to be 20, 30 feet up under the ceiling. Otherwise, you felt like you were melting. There's so much heat put off and now, these are completely cool. - That's a big plus. The comfortable temperature that these lights operate at is a big plus especially when you're dealing with people that aren't used to being in front of lights. It can also effect their performance. These lights that burn cool provide that comfort and get that whole heat problem out of the way. - That also leads to safety benefits with…

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