Showing posts with label glowing. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

LIGHT Graphene, light emitting electrochemical cell, LEC, LED, Parabolic

Something I've come across in my search for great lighting for photography is something called LEC, short for light emitting electrochemical cell, made mostly from the material graphene. This is one I consider one to watch, so I signed up for news for this light source and its developments as well as LED's, and parabolic.

One sight in my alerts was where they talked about glowing walls made from this material light source.

I think this light source could have wide spread applications, possibly creating so many surfaces with
various light tones adding a pleasing glow to the world.
I am now getting regular news on graphene, light emitting electrochemical cell, LEC, also LED related topics related to photography. Hopefully they are low cost enough and work well. I'm interested in it especially for its photography applications, as well as home use.

I would love to see more pictures of LEC's in use and places to buy them soon.
I'm wondering if LEC's can get as bright as LED's and have daylight balanced color temperature of light screens around 5600K? Preferably adjustable in brightness and possibly with color changing gels or electronics of some sort?

Hopefully they are low cost enough and work well. I'm interested in it especially for its photography
applications, as well as home use.

As for LED's, they seem very pricey. A one foot square panel, the kind used to shoot some movies and TV shows like the Desperate Housewives and Three and a Half Men, cost about $2,500. The bicolor, adjustable ones cost more.
I have been looking around online and other searching for adjustable daylight balanced LEDs at a lower than cost than $2,500 for a square foot, but comparable in features.

One other source of direct focused soft light is Parabolic, the ones from alienbees I found really impressive for the quality and price. The one that won the 2010 Professional Photographer Hot One Awards. The PLM - Parabolic Light Modification System won for the "Light Modifier" category. They are less expensive than others mentioned. Actually pretty reasonable.