I'm a big fan of soft, shadowless lighting. My ideal light source is diffuse sunlight on a cloudy morning. Next to that is soft, shadowless full spectrum fluorescent lighting. I love the way both male and female models looks under soft light.

But I can't seem to lay my hands on a good movie light. The 'best' lights I've found so far are 80W light bulbs, but they are (1) Quite hard and (2) Consume too much power for the light they produce (NEPA!). Meanwhile, I can't find any daylight-balanced fluorescents anywhere. The fluorescents I can find locally make human skin seem very pale.

What do you suggest? I want a light that is (1) Available in Nigeria (2) Affordable (3) (Potentially) Soft (4) Efficient.

kino flows thats the way to go ma bro , u'll also need flags, and diffusers not neccessarily gels depending on wat u r trying to achieve

Seun let me have your contact details and I will be able to advise you regarding this. I can get you fluorescent lights that can be set to either daylight or Tungsten. We actually have (in Lagos) the largest Fluorescent light in the world (16 tubes- it is a monster) I have been trying to get my clients to go fluorescent because of low heat output and little power usage, but some of them are so old school and they dont wanna know. I always go flourescent and use ARRIs for keying

Wow, I'm actually buying to of those units from www.coollights.biz. It's expensive, but it's cheap compared to those ARRI units you have.

Do you rent them out professionally? If so, how much do you charge? How much did it cost you to get them? My mind is open, so please share!

you'll also need flags,

I understand gels, but what are flags used for? I can't imagine why I would want one.

I only use ARRIs for keying, the main lights are flourescents and they are the a lot cheaper than ARRIs or any other, the largest of the ones you are looking seem to have just 6 tubes. This means more lights and more cable runs. The ones we sell are IKANS and have 6,8,12 and 16 tubes and they also come with on board dimmer control. We dont rent out professionally, we only sell, but we got the 16 tube one purely for demo purposes, but we do give it out to known clients. You can view our lights installation at Soundcity TV studios at Lekki. Our prices are no difrrent from the one you are looking at but the shipping cost is very ouch!!

What are your prices, specifically? Can you post pictures of your lights? I would appreciate this info.

drop me an email with your contact details (would rather discuss that off board )and I will go through the prices with you. The attached pics are the L1600 and S800 they have dimmer control and the 1600 can be viewed at our office off Medical Road Ikeja. They can chnge the bulbs to Tungsten from daylight.

I prefer open prices. I don't want to pay a price that's different from what others are paying.

I will pass on this then, we have a diffrent business model and we dont put up prices on internet boards. I cannot tell you more than that we do the best prices in the industry as far as Nigeria is concerned, we always pre qualify all leads before quoting because we are Value Added Resellers and this is what the Nigeria office is for. You can drop me an email at pbsfax@gmail.com if you want to progess this. Enjoy the rest of the day.

Yeah. I don't do that kind of business either. Transparency is my watch-word.

so just you dont think we are dodgy If you are in Lagos visit our office

LTMX
4th Floor
Novem Plaza
3-9 Olu Koleosho Street
Off Simbiat Abiola Way, Ikeja
Lagos.

we supplied al lthe studio lights, cameras, teleprompters and automated play-out systems at Soundcity TV and the new animated CG system at Channels TV. Various independent producers buy from us. When you say you want lights, how many, where are you lighting? Is it outdoor is it indoors how wide is the place, what is the hight? All these factors determine the sort of lights we sell or recommend. the number of lights you buy will affect the price and discount because you have to factor in shipping and with shipping comes volumetric weight. But assuming I am delievring to you in the UK then I can just give you a box price. That is how it works my friend, so dont go thinking somebody wants to ripp you off. This is my final word. Seasons greetings

We transact face to face business there

http://www.coollights.biz/cl655-cool-lights-watt-fluorescent-video-soft-light-p-32.html

I got two of the above. The seller never asked for anything but my money. I'm satisfied.

@combrazor: Trust me, a seller will never hide his price if it's a good price. Not in Nigeria.

I discovered this when I was trying to buy a laptop. The sellers who 'forget' to list their
prices would invariably try to sell inferior laptops at double the normal prices. It's a rule.

What am I using for keying? Hmmm. I'm using one of the fluorescent lights as a soft key.