Lighting diffeences

[rdegracia]

What are the differences between:

* Musco Light
* Maxi Bruto
* Dino Light

regarding:

* money cost
* light quality
* rigging time consuming
* others...

 

[Guest]

Musco lights are very powerful remote controlled lights that are usually on a mobile crane. Think of sports lighting thats what they are. You can get different wattages but are very expensive to rent. + an operators fee

Maxi Brutes are usually 9 light pars but they also come in 12 lights with controllable pannels so you can aim a set of lights. You can also change the bulbs depending on how much flood or spot control you want. These lights are very useful if you need to light huge landscapes especially with narrow globes you can throw a lot of light very far. Each 1k bulb has its own control switch so you can easily change the output. These are the most common and not very expensive

Dinos are very similar to maxis but bigger.. I've worked with 24 and 36 lights but make sure you have a lot of strong crew members it takes a min of 4 people to head them up. These are pricey just because they are big but very useful if you need a lot of light and need to cover a lot of area

 

[David Mullen ASC]

The basic Musco has fifteen 6K HMI PAR's. It has its own crane arm and generator as part of an overall truck.

Maxi-Brutes and Dinos are similar, both have banks of tungsten PAR64's (1K's), just that Maxis have 9 or 12 globes, Dinos have 24 or 36 globes.

As you can guess, a Musco is very bright, powerful... and very expensive. There is also a mini-Musco that is a little smaller.

Dinos are more than Maxi's as you'd expect.