Outdoor Show

[JeroenVDV]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdPKT6v3J8w

these definitely can't be 5W if they're shooting them in the audience... the sun is setting down in the west but you can still see the beams clearly. i wonder

If I remember correct that stage had 10W greens. It's a different stage from the earlier movies (this is the Q-dance stage, the other movie was the main stage).

[dzodzo]

If I remember correct that stage had 10W greens. It's a different stage from the earlier movies (this is the Q-dance stage, the other movie was the main stage).

so for the audience scan area they were powered down? i mean like above the heads you shoot 10W and into people the power would be lower? for example in CZ for hall parties they had 3-5W lasers but usually running on like 30% of full power (i always wore sunglasses anyway just in case)

[JeroenVDV]

It's a Laser Image show (I didn't do that show!). But yes, shows like this one always have a beam attenuation map setup to cut down power on the lower area where people are too close to the lasers to a reasonable percent.

[Stoney3K]

Pardon me? Who is talking about a TENT?!?!

First have a look here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUgBA...layer_embedded

Yes, 5W 532nm. 20.000 people outdoor with NO tent.

You have a very big advantage there: The show opens with fireworks, which throw a lot of smoke around. Since foggers/hazers are to some extent useless outside due to wind, the fireworks help quite a bit.

[mccarrot]

Not true, the fireworks did not helped much, all the smoke you see floating trough the beams are from the MDG's

[carlos3621]

Yes...... them are those new "smokeless" firecrackers.....

you can clearly see the beams disappear, in between the pockets of smoke......

no smoke =no laser visibility

the mdg's are hazers that produce very fine haze, not clouds of smoke, like the ones in your video (especially a hazer for outdoors??) RIGHT.


here we go again........

[mccarrot]

Have you ever used a MDG yourself?

Looking at you reaction I say NO

a MDG can produce MASSIVE clouds of smoke.

I chalange you to turn a MDG on at full in your bedroom

[carlos3621]

Have you ever used a MDG yourself?

Looking at you reaction I say NO

a MDG can produce MASSIVE clouds of smoke.

I chalange you to turn a MDG on at full in your bedroom

im familiar with MGD, and clouds of smoke coming from another form of smoke generator.... bong, add water and voila! SMOKE

[mccarrot]

Familiar in the way I have heart before about MDG, or familait in the way I have a couple of MDG's and and I use them very often?

Here is a picture of a cloud of smoke from a MDG blown trough the venue with a 1KW fan.


So carlos tip for a outdoor show, take a cheap 1000W smoke machine and use minimun 40W of laser powe, pulsed is preffered.

My tip, use good smoke machines and good powerfull fans to direct the smoke and 5 to 10W is plenty power.

But hey why listen to us dutch guys we (hugo) only do about 20 big outdoor festivals a year.

[mixedgas]

Please remember that Marc Gringas makes a lot of different machines....

One man's machine may be a atmospheres, the other a more heavy duty hazer...

Steve