Rosco’s brand new Silk™ 210 LED fixture is specifically designed for image capture professionals that demand extremely color-accurate, high-quality, soft light. Utilizing proprietary, state-of-the-art, tungsten & daylight balanced emitters, the Silk 210 produces a high volume of broad-spectrum white light. With TLCI, CRI and R9 metrics in the high 90's, the Silk 210 is capable of producing 2400 Lux @1M, a color temperature range of 2800K - 6500K, and an enticingly soft light output that gently embraces its subjects.
We were thrilled to find out that one of the first productions to use our new Silk 210 involved lighting designer Martin Labrecque who reported that he wanted to use them to light a Montréal radio show called La soirée est (encore) jeune. We've witnessed some magical lighting design from Labrecque thanks to his work on Cirque Du Soleil - but lighting for radio? This was a project we had to learn more about.
It turns out that the producers needed to re-broadcast the show on ARTV. However, in our discussion with Martin about the project, we found out a little bit more about why Labrecque chose Silk to light up the show. "Guillaume Lesperance, the show's producer, called and told me: 'We have to do the set up every Saturday because it’s in a bar. So, the set up must be very fast, we will only have one technician, there is no lighting board, the electric power is very limited (because we’re in a bar) and we have a very small budget, how can you help us?"
"For me, the Rosco Silk was the only option I had." Seeing that they only had one technician and no lighting board, the Silk 210's easy-to-use, on-board controls were perfect. The unit's low power consumption (maximum = 120 watts!) met their power requirements, and the fixture was well within their budget!
Once Martin arrived on-location, he learned about two other lighting challenges the space posed. "Thank goodness the Silks are small - the ceiling is only a 10’ high! Plus, they had huge windows behind the talent. The Silks were not only bright enough to balance with the window exposure, but I could set the color temperature exactly where I wanted."