Incorrect Information in Update #3

[Jason Rudolph]

I know it's been out for a few days now, but I've been stuck in the tudio all week and missed it. The information given in update #3 is not enntirely correct. Specifically, hardly any venues use sodium vapor lighitng anymore. In fact, if any kind of broadcasts are done from the venue, then there is absolutely no way this would be the lighting in the venue. A majority of venues now use Metal Halide discharge lights as their source, which has a color temperature more in the 5000Kelvin range, but, more importantly have a vastly superior color rendering index (CRI) of about 60-70 on average, versus about 20 for sodium lights.

Additionally, the fields at FIRST events typically are NOT light using the venues lighting alone, if at all. There is usually a supplemental lighting package provided by a production company, which ususally consists of either source four pars made by ETC ( http://www.etcconnect.com ), or StarPar by altman. ( http://www.altmanltg.com/ProductDisp...&categoryID=16 )

Thee lights are readily available from your local stage lighting comany for rental. The suggestion FIRST made of buying the halogen work light is a good one, but remember when you use it, that you need to turn off any other light sources in the room in order for it to be effective.

Hope this helps......

Jason Rudolph
Lighting Designer/Programmer