Dedolight SLR7R-4 Lightstream Reflector 7x10cm Kit

Dedolight SLR7R-4 Lightstream Reflector 7x10cm Kit

Complete kit with 4 reflectors in 7x10 cm size #1, #2, #3, #4 and extra mounting accessories.

The design of these reflectors is highly efficient and means that 95-98% of the beamed light to the reflector can be effectively reflected.

When used with Dedolight lights and Parallel Beam adaptors the quality of the light and shadows become uniquley realistic.

Included are four different reflector types, each featuring a different reflecting surface.

Reflector #1 is the closest to a very hard reflector, but it is not a mirror. It serves the purpose of redirecting the light without changing the beam size and the beam character. The attempt here is to cause a minimum amount of stray light and diffusion. This surface structure provides reflection with an exit angle of about 4°.

Reflector #2 shows less light intensity at the object, although the total amount of reflected light remains pretty much identical with 95-98%, but due to the wider exit angle of 12°, it makes it more suitable when we want to arrive in the next reflection from the secondary reflector with a larger surface.

Reflector #3 appears to be much gentler, although the same amount of light gets reflected, but it is spread over an angle of 50°.

Reflector #4 produces the most gentle reflection, it covers an angle of 95°, and therefore lower values of light level reach the subject. It is an ideal tool as a base light and for ambient lighting.

Reflector #4 also brings the virtual light source much closer to the reflector surface, at only 4cm behind the reflector.

When comparing Lightstream reflector #4 with commonly used styrofoam, reflector #4 gives comparable values of light intensity reaching the subject.

Therefore, in technical reference we have to assume that the theory and practical function of the virtual light source, as generated by reflector type #1, may drastically change the influence of the square law, minimizing the differences in exposure value, when our talent is moving.

This effect is minimized when we use reflectors #3 and #4, or a styrofoam.

We become closer to the assumption that the reflector surface itself becomes a light source, and therefore the consideration regarding the effect of the square law is now with the reflector surface as the light source and not the actual light fixture whose light is being reflected.