New School VS. Old School

[mixedgas]

thats big enough for me and my basement/back yard/small club..[/QUOTE]


Is it really?

Probably not for the club. 30 intelligent lighting fixtures with 500 W metal halides can really ruin your day.

steve

[buffo]

Why are you putting my name at the end of your sentences?

Because it was addressed specifically to you, and because your post was rather foolish... Obviously I wasn't cracking on hobbyists that only have a green laser. Hell, that's how I started! How lots of us got started, even! You were just nit-picking again. Part of that passive-aggressive personality we talked about earlier.

And yes, too much power can be bad, and a 40 watt pulsed laser under a tent would be *very* bad. Though in that case it still wouldn't be "lame". From the audience's point of view it might be uncomfortable - painful even - but it would nonetheless be very impressive visually. (That doesn't make it right though.)

In my opinion, a 1 watt projector is more than enough for most hobbyists. I've only got about 550 mw of balanced white coming out the front of my projector (and since I'm using 660 nm for red, even that is fairly dim as far as the human eye's brightness response is concerned), yet it looks *really* good in my living room, and pretty decent at most of the Laser Enthusiast Meetings. (Though I will admit that Aaron's new 1 watt Kvant projector kicks my projectors ass all over the place!)

However, as soon as you start doing professional shows, 1 watt is nothing. I worked with a company that did a rave for 2600 people in Atlanta (Tiesto). They had a 3.5 watt Krypton Argon mixed-gas ion laser running, along with a pair of 1 watt yags. This, in a building that was not much larger than the auditorium for SELEM.

Bottom line - once you go pro, you need to go big or go home.

Adam

Edit:

30 intelligent lighting fixtures with 500 W metal halides can really ruin your day.

Thank you, Steve. I agree completely.

[Laserman532]

NEENER NEENER BOO BOO!!!

I get One Watt reflected off of a black ceiling

[Laserman532]

NEENER NEENER BOO BOO!!!

8 watts white light and completely portable!!!!

[keeperx]

Just giving you a hard time, Adam.

How many professional laserist are here in this forum..
Current active professionals in the industry.. raise your hand.

This forum is full of people like us.. we are not pros for the most part, everyone here has either built, is building, or wants to build a projector. not many here do large shows on the regular (there are a few). Im not sure why everyone is always talking about going big and going pro.

It seems that there is a disconnect between who is actually here, and how the collective views the group. Don't read too much into that as its more of a impression or felling rather than a well formed opinion, i could be completely wrong... for a change... or yet again...

[Lasernerd]

raises hand for many many years 100's of shows on my belt 99% all ION lasers!

Just giving you a hard time, Adam.

How many professional laserist are here in this forum..
Current active professionals in the industry.. raise your hand.

This forum is full of people like us.. we are not pros for the most part, everyone here has either built, is building, or wants to build a projector. not many here do large shows on the regular (there are a few). Im not sure why everyone is always talking about going big and going pro.

It seems that there is a disconnect between who is actually here, and how the collective views the group. Don't read too much into that as its more of a impression or felling rather than a well formed opinion, i could be completely wrong... for a change... or yet again...

[Lasernerd]

That is SICK!!
+1rep

NEENER NEENER BOO BOO!!!

8 watts white light and completely portable!!!!

[Laserman532]

Too old to raise hand but makes a effort to *raises hand*

Once a pro...always a pro It is like once you earn your Black Belt, they cant take it away!!!!!

go big or go home bitches!!!

[Laserman532]

I'm sorry... I didnt mean to run everybody off Im just telling you guys that you cant compare gas lasers to diodes because gas lasers are cooler and prettier

[heroic]

I'm sorry... I didnt mean to run everybody off Im just telling you guys that you cant compare gas lasers to diodes because gas lasers are cooler and prettier

Prettier they may be, but cooler they certainly aren't, at least in the literal sense. 0.5% efficiency? In any other electrical device I'd call that "failed under test".

-J.,
aware that them's fightin' werdz