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Shane Hurlbut's Kino Flo Interviews: 'In Order to Be a Great Shooter, You Have to Understand Light'

05.15.13 @ 7:42PM Tags : fluorescent, interview, kinoflo, LEDlighting, light, lighting, lights, plasmalight, shanehurlbut

There are several exciting new lighting revolutions in development these days, namely LED and plasma fixtures. The first such high-output/low-footprint alternative lighting technology — all but perfected for the performance needed in high-end film production — came about twenty-five years ago, with the advent of Kino Flo Lighting Systems. Kino Flo isn’t the only manufacturer pushing alternative lighting solutions with filmmaking in mind, but its name is still nearly synonymous with the technology it helped revolutionize. Check out an excellent interview below from Shane Hurlbut, ASC, with Kino Flo founder and president Frieder Hochheim to hear about how it all began and about how the company plans on lending its namesake to some of those new revolutions in lighting, too. More »

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NAB 2013 Lighting Roundup: New Fixtures from Manfrotto, KinoFlo, Hexolux & More

04.13.13 @ 5:15PM Tags : celeb, cineo, fresnel, hexolux, joker, k5600, kinoflo, led, lighting, manfrotto, mole, nab, nab2013, nila, phosphor

A lot of manufacturers decided to jump in the lighting game this year, while others continue to improv on their existing fixtures. If this year’s NAB is any indication, the future of lighting tech has moved away from Tungsten filament and is now firmly in the hands of LED and Plasma technologies. Read on to get a quick overview on all the new offerings. More »

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Tons of DSLR and filmmaking tools from Cine Gear 2010 (part 3)

06.11.10 @ 5:02PM Tags : cinegear, cinematography, dslr, hoodman, kinoflo, lensbaby, marshall, red

There was a lot of filmmaking gear at Hollywood’s Cine Gear Expo this year (as evidenced by the fact that this is the third and not final post in the series). Included this entry are videos from RED, Kino Flo, Marshall Electronics, Lensbaby, and Hoodman: More »