Greetings All,

My name is M.L. Belanger. I'm a working photographer and video producer with 18 years of production experience. I've been lighting with fluorescent fitxures for about 12 of those years. Back in the old days we used to build them from scratch and spend lots of time and money trying to find color balanced tubes, high-frequency ballast, and the perfect light-weight design.

Then along came Kinoflo*, Lowel*, and Gyoury* (to name a few). Suddenly fluorescent lights were everywhere, and standardized as well. All of these companies make fixtures using the industry standard 22-inch 55W fluorescent tube. And all of them offer a selection of tubes in various dead-on color temperatures. What could be better?

Well, how about a fluroscent fixture that doesn't cost $1200, or $800, or $600? How about a small, light-weight, easy to use modular fixture designed by professional photographers and videoographers that uses those same dead-on 55W tubes, and sells for $350?

Introducing the FluroLight™*. Its the answer you've been looking for, at a price you can't pass up.

User Feeback

Hello Michael,
I received the lights a few days ago. I do not have any questions but I do have a few comments which may help you make improved versions:
- The construction is very nice and feels very high quality
- the clamps on the ballast are a wonderful and thoughtful touch
- the header cable connectors are great, the best I've ever used!
- the light heads are also nicely constructed and snug
- The polished reflectors are very reflective, HOWEVER, the sharp bends in the metal produces noticeable patterns in the reflected light. I will have to modify my reflectors with other parabolic style reflectors before I could use it. Putting diffusion on is not acceptable as it reduces the punch and the stops.
- I wish there were more light control options: little flexible barn doors for controlling the light - I will probably add these as a modification.
- the posts are nice and rugged. Difficult to remove (which might be a good thing) but very difficult to put back on. I wish the post was designed a little differently for easier removal and reattachment. Also, an adjustable joint at the base of the post would be ideal (just like real KinoFlos) but I realize that this would necessitate a large change in the design and add more costs.

Overall I am happy with it and am sure I will get a lot of use from them. For the price It is a great system. The biggest challenge, as I said before, will be in fixing the reflector shape.

Thanks again,

Branan

Note: As per Branan's feedback above, the reflector's we use are very efficient (outputting 162% the amount of light as a flat reflector) and they do exhibit some hot-spots. For still work or interviews these are usually not visible but definitely show up when there is movement in the frame. Because the tubes are already soft, you can actually get very good results with a lite weight diffusion designed to combine multiple light sources into one bank, such as opal frost. The heavy diffusion needed with normal incandescent lights is NOT needed.

As for removable barn doors, removable mounting posts, etc. we're taking all your great input and rolling it in to the next version of the FluroLight. Stay tuned for more info.

What does $350 buy you?

• 2 polished German-made wrap-around reflectors
• 2 daylight or tungsten balanced fluorescent tubes (CRI 92 or 85 respectively)
• 1 high-frequency fully electronic ballast (non-dimming, powers 1 or 2 tubes)
• 2 industry-standard 5/8" mounting studs (fits any standard grip head)
• Complete instructions for setup, use, and creativity

55W Tube, reflector, & end-cap

5/8" stud mounted to grip head

Ballast & electrical connections

To answer a few quick questions:

Yes, you can use any standard 55w tube. Take $30 off the package price to order a FluroLight™ with no tubes.

Yes, the ballast is non-dimming. After much research I decided dimming ballasts are a crock of $#!&. You pay hundreds more for a 10% usable dimming range, equivalent to just moving the fixture back a new inches or laying on diffusion.

Yes, its up to you to provide a case for all this gear. I haven't found anything I like as far as a case goes that would be economical to offer, so I decided to keep the kit price down and let you all come up with your own solutions. If you find something especially cool let me know.

Yes, you can order stands as well., $125 per stand w/ grip head. All our grip equipment comes from world famous Norms Studio Equipment in Holllywood, CA. These folks have been making indestructible grip gear for many decades and I trust their stuff to kick butt at a very fair price, and I pass that on to you.

Yes, I'll ship anywhere in the United States, and probably Canada as well (I'll contact you with extra shipping charges when you place an order.)

Yes, you can pay by credit card using the buttons below provided you don't mind using PayPal. Otherwise contact me by email for more info at the bottom of the page.

Order Online:

FluroLight Complete (with Tubes) $350

1 Ballast, 2 Reflectors, 2 Tubes

FluroLight Bare (NO Tubes) $320

1 Ballst, 2 Reflectors, NO Tubes

Extra Tubes (2 Tubes) $40

Order Extra Tubes to have both Tungsten & Daylight for example.

9 foot Stand w/ Grip Head $125

Holds 1 Reflector ONLY with Standard Grip Head

Contact Me:

For a look at my online portfolio CLICK HERE. Every shot there was done with a FluroLight™ or its hand-built predecessors.

If you're interested in buying a FluroLight™ or just learning more email me below.

* FluroLight is a trademark of M.L. Belanger. Kinoflo, Lowel, and Gyoury are independent companies and are in no way affiliated with M.L. Belanger. Site Contents Copyright 2005, MlL. Belanger, All Rights Reserved.