DharmaBum
Newly Enlightened
This is probably one of those "Not this stupid question again.." questions, but does anyone know what flashlights are used on TV shows like CSI and that sort of thing? Are they incandescent or LED, etc? Just curious.
Flashlights on TV shows
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Echo63
Flashlight Enthusiast
it depends - on CSI i have seen SL stingers, Scorpions, Inova X5s and SF M4s
On CSI I have identified:
SL Scorpion (That's the main, I think)
SL Strion (definitely in the pilot of CSI: Miami)
SL Ultrastinger (at the beginning)
SF M4 Devastator (a lot recently. I wonder what their budget for batteries is...)
Inova X5 (Grissom used a white one once, the UV version is sometimes used)
Most TV Shows/movies seem to prefer incans. My guess is that it produces better color rendition on standard film/cameras. Using flashlights directly is a pretty recent development. Up until the 80s standard flashlights seemed not bright enough for the used film sensitivity. Mostly people used an off-camera spotlight to simulate the flashlight spot (funny, when the movements didn't coincided). Later on (late 80s, early 90s) quite often bright incans with cables were used, since no small batteries with high energy density were available. The cables off course had to run hidden from the flashlight to the battery pack or power plug. You could sometimes see them (e.g. Star Trek TNG).
SL Scorpion (That's the main, I think)
SL Strion (definitely in the pilot of CSI: Miami)
SL Ultrastinger (at the beginning)
SF M4 Devastator (a lot recently. I wonder what their budget for batteries is...)
Inova X5 (Grissom used a white one once, the UV version is sometimes used)
Most TV Shows/movies seem to prefer incans. My guess is that it produces better color rendition on standard film/cameras. Using flashlights directly is a pretty recent development. Up until the 80s standard flashlights seemed not bright enough for the used film sensitivity. Mostly people used an off-camera spotlight to simulate the flashlight spot (funny, when the movements didn't coincided). Later on (late 80s, early 90s) quite often bright incans with cables were used, since no small batteries with high energy density were available. The cables off course had to run hidden from the flashlight to the battery pack or power plug. You could sometimes see them (e.g. Star Trek TNG).
greenLED
Flashaholic
I think there was a SF of some kind in the season premiere of ER a couple 'o weeks ago.
Wasn't there a SF Commander (8ax, 9ax?) in "I, Robot"?
Wasn't there a SF Commander (8ax, 9ax?) in "I, Robot"?
GarageBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
CSI LOVES LEDs
StEaLtH_
Enlightened
I think a saw a SF L4 at CSI:Miami today.
It was the ep where the porno-girl got killed (if you happen to know it..)
It was the ep where the porno-girl got killed (if you happen to know it..)
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i7r7
Newly Enlightened
I got this vidcap from an episode ages ago. Grissom using a Surefire M4 Devastator.
Jeff
Jeff
Kryosphinx
Enlightened
On mythbusters, one of the girls uses a blue Inova X5T
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elgarak said:
SF M4 Devastator (a lot recently. I wonder what their budget for batteries is...)
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Yes, I think I saw the M4 quite often...
personally, this is the scene (Gil Grissom holding a M4) that hooked me into loving flashlights (and SFs)... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
elgarak said:
SF M4 Devastator (a lot recently. I wonder what their budget for batteries is...)
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Yes, I think I saw the M4 quite often...
personally, this is the scene (Gil Grissom holding a M4) that hooked me into loving flashlights (and SFs)... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
