WHAT'S NEW AT VISUAL DEPARTURES LTD.

First annouced at NAB 2009, the Dedolight LEDZILLA uses a single, high-power LED to give you amazing output levels in combination with the trademark Dedolight double aspheric optics. Unlike most LED lights, the LEDZILLA is focusable from 4° to 56°, with smooth light distribution in all focusing positions.

The unit includes a wide angle flip-up diffuser for 70° angle, smoothly covering the widest zoom and widening the beam more horizontally than vertically (1:1.66) — after all, we don't shoot round pictures! The diffuser lets you achieve a clean, sharp, single-edge barn door shadow or a very gentle light and shadow transition.

An adjustable support arm allows it to be positioned above and forward. Color quality is maintained across the entire dimming range, from full blast down to zero. The dichroic flip-down filter converts from daylight to tungsten quickly.

Click to read the full Dedolight LEDZILLA spec sheet or view the LEDZILLA price schedule.


THE STROBIST COLLECTION
A selection of 1.5"x3.25" correction and effect lighting filters for speedlight flash units.
Part# 1100STROBKIT

Rosco, the worldwide leader in color filters has assembled the essential collection of filters for use with your on-board flash. Rosco has been manufacturing color filters since 1910 and their Cinegel range of color filters has earned two Academy Awards™. Working with David Hobby, the founder of www.strobist.com, The Strobist Collection contains the Cinegel filters photographers need, properly sized (1.5"x3.25") to fit most shoe-mount strobes. There are 20 different colors inside with multiple pieces of each color for a total of 55 pieces of filter.

Strobist Kit Contents:

  • 5 each:
    • 3202 Full CTB – Cooling Filter
    • 3204 ½ CTB – Cooling Filter
    • 3208 ¼ CTB – Cooling Filter
    • 3408 Sun 85 CTO – Warming Filter (Converts 5500° Flash to 3200° Tungsten)
    • 3408 Sun ½ CTO – Warming Filter
    • 3409 Sun ¼ CTO – Warming Filter
    • Roscolux #08 Pale Gold – Warming Filter (With a small amount of pink for skin tones)
    • 3304 Tough Plusgreen – Adds green to flash to match coolwhite fluorescent bulbs
  • 2 each:
    • 3415 N.15 Neutral Density
    • 3403 N.6 Neutral Density
    • 3404 N.9 Neutral Density
  • 1 each:
    • Roscolux #12 Straw (Yellow)
    • Roscolux #23 Orange
    • Roscolux #26 Light Red
    • Roscolux #33 No Color Pink
    • Roscolux #39 Skelton Exotic Sangria (Magenta)
    • Roscolux #358 Rose Indigo (Purple)
    • Roscolux #80 Primary Blue
    • Roscolux #375 Cerulean Blue (Cyan)
    • Roscolux #90 Dark Yellow Green




Rosco's LitePad is an absolutely remarkable new product….a daylight-balanced flat-panel LED light source that has wide applications not only for still photography, video and film, but many additional uses in architecture and display. Less than ½" thick, generating virtually no heat, and able to run off of alternative 12-volt sources (battery or vehicle accessory outlet), LitePad is made in a range of square and rectangular sizes from 3"x3" to 24"x24". Custom sizes up to four feet by eight feet are also available.

We even did some tests using LitePad as a shooting surface, Have a look at the two sample pictures that show what you can do with small still-life subjects and how that photograph was put together. We'll be happy to send you a product brochure with pricing…..just call us or email.





 
   


In the last few years, Dedolight has come out with a range of soft-light heads and matching soft boxes that are unmatched in their evenness of light. One model in particular has been getting a lot of attention: the DLH1x150.

It's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, uses a 150-watt clear bulb that should last 1000 hours, and mounts in a very small soft box. Normally it's connected to an in-line dimmable power supply (DT24-1U), BUT by changing the bulb to a 100-watt, 12-volt lamp, and using the appropriate accessory cord, it can run from a battery belt or a vehicle's accessory outlet. It's fantastic as a "run-and-gun" light in film and video and as a way of lighting up the interior of a car or plane; it's also wonderful for shooting food set-ups on location…..a beautiful piece of engineering, and remember that the light output of a Dedolight head is much more efficient than a bigger and hotter fresnel or open-source light fixture. We'll be happy to tell you more if you're interested.