Out of all the amdj and Elation lights that say they have dimming,which truly have real dimming? I mean not just having the shutter slowly move in front of the light path.
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None of the American DJ lights have real dimming and the Elation Active Scan doesn't either. It looks terrible. That is the worst part about that light. You buy this high end expensive light with rotating gobos and everything and it doesn't even have a good dimmer system. 
Perhaps the Elation moving heads have a better shutter system that allow something that looks like a dimmer.
Perhaps the Elation moving heads have a better shutter system that allow something that looks like a dimmer.
dimming is all depends on the light source of the fixture. Example ACCUSPOT 250 is a discharge lamp that can not be dimmed so it mechanical dimmer (Shutter) most higher end fixtures are this way. Some fixtured have only one shutter which is not the best way but it works and some have nicer dimmers that you can not realy tell is dimming. There is no other way to dim a dischage lamp than with a mechanical dimming system. So please know if you want real dimming u need a standard incandescent lamp source and moist of us want a brighter lamp than this can allow.
I saw the band that used s.spot 250s and when the lightguy faded them out it sure looked like real dimming.
You can have something that looks like real dimming, but still not dim the actual lamp. All fixtures with discharge lamps that have a channel for dimming use a shutter. Its just that some are able to block the light out more evenly, causing it to look like real dimming.
One question though, does "mechanical" dimming actually dim the lamp in halogen fixtures or is "mechanical" just a fancy word for shutter?
One question though, does "mechanical" dimming actually dim the lamp in halogen fixtures or is "mechanical" just a fancy word for shutter?
mecdhanical is a dimmer..... only incadecant lamps actually dim. Hight end fixtures use a few mechanical shutters and you would never even know it was not real dimming... U notice most cheaper mechanical dimming because it what i call "half moon dimming" because when u do a slow fade is starts to look like ahalf moon when it dims....
Trust me, S.Spot 250's have 2 mechanical shutters to evenly dim the beam. I have had them jam on me on multiple occasions (bad for stage productions where blackouts are nice). The X. Spots tho happen to have both Mechanical shutters as well as an electrical dim function that dims the lamp as the shutter closes, presumably to save on lamp life. Sadly, those cost more than I do.
Well how much do you cost????.........quote:Originally posted by thevoltmaster:
[qb]Sadly, those cost more than I do. [/qb]
And where have you been for 2 years?
About 0.45 cents a pound. Asleep in the light booth for 2 years :-p