Sweet Beams: dedolight parallel beam intensifier

dedolight Eflect is providing tools which haven’t existed before. Two new surfaces have been released: Tropical Blue and Tropical Orange. Tropical Orange generate blues, greens and aqua and you can increase the green by minimizing the angle of reflector to light, or you can increase the blues by increasing the angle. Tropical Blue reflects auburn reds, yellows and gold and is unique in the results which can be achieved. Cosmic looking results are possible. dedolight Eflect are bendable, warpable, multi-mirror reflectors available in various sizes. The large size is 18 x 18 inches, the...

Billy Williams BSC OBE, the esteemed British cinematographer who shared an Oscar for shooting Gandhi and also was nominated for his work on the Glenda Jackson-starring Women in Love and Henry Fonda‘s final film, On Golden Pond, has died. He was 96. Williams’ death was announced in British Cinematographer magazine. Watch movie above, recorded in 2013, featuring Two cinematographers: Billy Williams and Stuart Harris. A conversation between 2 cinematographers about the development and changes in lighting technology.  Billy Williams Billy Williams has been nominated 3 times for ...

So you open a bag of incredible capability and versatility which you can expand if you want by something that is also unheard of: an asymmetric projection device. Now I love to create background projections like we have right here now. And we can do that with gobos, we can do it with effect filters, or we can even do it with printouts of any kind of image on a gel to create any kind of background. But often those projections don’t come towards the front of our talent and show on its face. So you have to put the lighting instrument at an angle and light, let’s say from a 45 degre...

This video shows what can be done when creativity and the the right tools come together. Demonstrated are many different setups showing the dedolight system in use, for product shots and tabletop work. Thanks to Francois Aubry, filmmaker, screenwriter, special effects artist and educator, for providing this video.

Thanks to James Mathers from Digital Cinema Society for this interview with Dedo Weigert at NAB 2025. In this interview Dedo talks about the dedolight DPB70 and the unique capabilities this light brings to the cinematographer; the relationship between a point light source and dedolight optics; and the magic dedolight parallel beam intensifiers which can add between 300% and 800% boost in output, depending which focusing dedolight is used.

Visit dedolight at NAB April 6-9 Las Vegas North Hall, booth N1261 dedolight DPB70 1.2K HMI parallel beam light 35% discount Limited stock Limited time offer “One light to rule them all…” For further details email: info@dedoweigertfilm.de The dedolight DPB70 is the largest and most powerful of the parallel beam lights, mainly directed at the use in Lightstream Drama applications. Beam projectors have been known in our industry, but this one is different, as much as it offers a very defined beam, and at the same time a homogenous light distribution all across the beam.&nb...

Visit dedolight at NAB April 6-9, 2025 Las Vegas North Hall, booth N1261 dedolight NEO Light head & Ballast: 25% discount Limited stock Limited time offer For further details email: info@dedoweigertfilm.de Perfect deep, smooth linear or exponential dimming from zero light to FULL POWER; optional high-speed flicker-free mode; DMX control; simple intuitive menu; works with dedolight focusing lights from 20 - 90 watts. dedolight NEO light heads are fully compatible with the complete range of dedolight accessories and front end attachments, along with the legendary dedolight clean beam, pe...