Great Links to All Sorts of Things

The set of American Genius 2015
 

Gaffer Links

 

  • Amphenol Plastic Connectors
How to install and repair Amphenol plastic connectors used on LiteMat power supplies:

 https://support.measurand.com/support/solutions/articles/19000035418-rewiring-amphenol-connectors

 

  • Gaffer and Gear
Technical reviews of popular lights and film gear YouTube:

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgN351K45vTrozaadFPXlA/featured

 

  • Astera Lighting App
Tutorials for the Astera App at the Astera Academy.  Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!

https://astera-led.com/academy/ 

 

  •  Find the Delta UV Value From CIE 1931 Coordinates

Here is an interesting site I stumbled across where you can find the delta UV value from CIE 1931 coordinates (x,y):

https://www.waveformlighting.com/tech/calculate-duv-from-cie-1931-xy-coordinates


  •  HMI Pin Configurations For Different Manufacturers

Every gaffer's annoyance;  you have a non-Arri head or ballast and need to know if it is compatible with your cables, etc.  It's an oddly a difficult thing to find out.  The Glenair HMI connector catalog has a chart for HMI pin configurations:

https://www.airelectro.com/downloads/Glenair-HMI-Lighting-Catalog.pdf


  •  Arri HMI Catalog From 2012

There is a universe of old Arri HMIs out there.  This Arri HMI catalog from 2012 has a wealth of information about Arri's HMI lighting; many of these lights are discontinued:

http://grip.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ARRI_2012_lighting_Catalog.pdf

 

  • Sekonic C-800 Color Temp Meter

This is a great YouTube video covering all the basic settings and uses of the Sekonic C-800.

https://youtu.be/8-RukZCabek

 

  • HMI Service

These guys have been awesome servicing my HMI ballasts: 

 http://www.galaxylightingrepair.com/contact.html

 

  • Lee Mired Calculator

Calculate which correction gel you need to adjust a light from one color temp to another.  This page from Lee is a mired calculator.  First, you calculate the  change in mired value you need.  Then you can figure out which gel to use from the mired value of the correction gels.  Lee, Rosco, and others, list the mired values of their correction gels.

 https://www.leefilters.com/lighting/mired-shift-calculator.html

 

 

Fun Links


  • Why I Want To Join the Masons or the Oddfellows

The 1930 DeMoulin Brothers & company catalog of supplies for fraternal organizations has an amazing assortment of amusing and bizarre (and probably dangerous) gags, along with a strange obsessions with goats.

Any gag that involves water, electricity, and an explosive charge, had to be a barrel full of fun.  Belonging to organizations like the Freemasons or the Oddfellows must have been a lot of fun in the 1930s:

 http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/demoulin/index.htm