jallen0 wrote:By loud are you talking about the fans?
I am. There's an option for 'auto fan' which I presume powers them on when needed but I figure I'm at home playing with them so for a bit of longevity they can be on full blast. That said I'll do some tests about how long it takes them to kick in at certain environmental temps. Would be a pain to have them kick in midway through an interview
I suspect over time they'll kick in faster (dust / heat damage etc.)
Initial impressions - colour range and accuracy really is brilliant. Even more so when you consider the value. They're also much much brighter than I'd expected. Beam angle is nice and broad and fairly consistent throughout the range - the falloff that there is from the centre is nicely graduated. Basically I can stick it a few inches behind a 4x4 and fill the frame with a solid output corner to corner. Certainly couldn't do that with my 300/120D IIs. I've got a DOP Choice 40 degree snap grid I've tried with it which works as you'd expect.
It's lovely, soft and large even without a 4x4 - just did some very quick - 'shine a light at it and see what happens' tests with a black, matte flask against a duvetyne background. All images are a single Nova, no grid or modifiers on the key side with a bit of fill (18X24 artificial silk on the far side) at times. Just bumped the blacks and highlights quickly in Resolve, stills from a UMP G1, f22, 800 iso
(Currently reading light: science and magic and enjoying learning about reflections - I've shot people all my life but covid has made me rethink having some kind of remote studio for products so I'm playing catch up!)