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    Soft Egg Crates®

    • what they do
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      • Matteo Mescalchin
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    Soft Egg Crates® attach to softboxes and butterfly and overhead frames. Our Soft Egg Crates® will:

    • Reduce spill by blocking off-axis light at right angles to the diffuser with a choice of cell sizes.
    • Reduce the near-to-far light ratio, which creates a more even light.  This more even light ratio occurs due to increased occlusion, or blocking of light, by Soft Egg Crates® cells at close distances.

    How Cell Size Affects the Spread of Light

    Cell size, measured in degrees, describes the maximum angle of the off-axis light. A 30° Soft Egg Crate® is one of our narrowest models, giving you the ability to aggressively control light; this model creates significant occlusion at close distances. As cell width increases, the blocking of off-axis light is wider.  A 60° Soft Egg Crate® is the widest model and is therefore the most modest light blocking tool.

    The 30°/50° Soft Egg Crate® models offer two variations in a single Lighttools® Soft Egg Crate®. You can vary the amount of soft light spread in four directions by rotating these models.

    Why Occlusion Matters

    Occlusion refers to the blocking of light by the Soft Egg Crate® cells at close distances. This changes light distribution and the effective size of the source, affecting the softness of light. Soft light depends on the size of the diffuser and the distance of the diffuser to subject.

    Soft Egg Crates®, with uniformed parallel cells, block and control off-axis soft light according to how closely the cells are spaced. The reduced near-to-far ratio is created with Soft Egg Crates® due to increased occlusion close to the source. At closer distances the light size, and output, is reduced proportionately due to the occlusion of the cells at that range. As the subject moves closer to the source, less light reaches them, because the angle of the outer cells blocks much of the light output. This occlusion is minimized as the subject moves further from the source, along the center-axis.

    The following illustrations show occlusion variations with 30°, 40°,  and 50°  cell sizes with an 8x8 ft diffused light source and at a distance of 8.6” to the subject.

     

     

    Reduced near-to-far light ratio 

    Benefits: 

    • Soft Egg Crate® models block off-axis light in four directions and reduce variation in near-to-far light values
    • Create separation and depth
    • Eliminate spill and flare
    • Reduce near-to-far light value variations
    • Reduce setup and teardown time
    • Transport and store crates easily
    • Reduce manpower and grip equipment
    • Spend more time on lighting design
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