Chauvet COLORados
LED technology has been around for a while and we have had some cheap versions of LEDs here at North Point for several years now. The difference for me between cheap and high end LEDs is whether or not they flicker on camera and the intensity throw of the fixture. Other concerns are the low end curve and color accuracy across fixtures. The Colorado from Chauvet is our first serious venture into the higher end LED fixtures. These 1 watt LED fixtures perform very well for about half the price of their counter parts on the market. They have great color mixing capability and they have impressive intensity for the price. Most importantly they are flicker free on video.
They do, however, have a very poor low-end curve, meaning that they don’t fade in very well. When you try to fade them up they just pop on and then fade from there. This has been a problem with LEDs for a very long time but a lot of the manufactures out there have had some success fixing this problem.
All in all for the price I believe the Chauvet Colorado to be a very strong, competitive fixture.
Do you know what the difference is, why these are flicker free on video? We’ve been using some Microh Par 64 LED’s and I haven’t seen any signs of flickering when we record… but I’m curious if we just got lucky or what the difference would be?
The flicker issue with LEDs is all about the refresh rate of the LEDs. Like on a TV if the refresh rate is to low than the camera is able to pick up the latency that our eye is unable to see. Most higher end fixtures have high refresh rates making them flicker free. I have not had hands on time with the fixture the fixture that you are using but I would say you got lucky.