Rotolight Neo User Manual
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1. 7 ROTO GHT Quite simply the most amazing beautiful versatile portable continuous lights l ve ever used Jason Lanier Sony Artisan of Imagery ROTOLIGHT NEO USER MANUAL List of Box Contents Rotolight NEO NEO Filter holder Thank you for purchasing Rotolight Rotolight Belt Pouch NEO We hope you enjoy using it as Accessory Shoe Adapter much as we enjoyed making it Please AC Adapter register and activate your warranty AC Cord at www rotolight com register INEO Standard 4 Piece Filter Kit Operation flowchart DISP FADE FDIM SFX VOLT TEMP VERS ISO Strb EXP Ltng To Exit sd FEET Thrb 57 Click Click Both FEN Both Red Fire Red Switches E Switches Upttat JIT 2 10 lay V SIYi ue Ape erture Binming matic Special Effects Warning Healt th Ha be ee Throb Cycle Fire a VERS firmware version Filters Mounti ng and C O y 19 nt inf Of ma tion NEO BASIC OPERATION To operate NEO you will find two red rotary controls which are also switches and a DC on off switch these are all located on the rear of NEO POWER To power up NEO click the power switch located next to the DC input Jack NEO can be powered by 6 x AA Batteries or rechargeables or from a DC source in the range of 6v 15v i e optional Car 12v Socket D TAP from a broadcast battery or from the supplied AC Adapter When connecting a power source to the DC input s2. BRI COL by pressing both control switches together FILTER INFORMATION NEO s Filters are 130mm diameter and have a 40mm hole in the centre so it is easy to cut your own A filter holder is included with NEO This simply rotates into a locking position of the front cover the NEO light You will find that the filter holder will be tighter one way round from the other this is to allow for multiple filters to be used together i e Diffuser plus Colour FX so position the filter holder whichever way best suits your use to accommodate your filter setup NEO ships with a standard filter pack consisting of 216 Full Diffuser 250 Half Diffuser 184 Cosmetic Peach Cosmetic diffuser for softer skin tones 279 8th Magenta or Minus Green There is an optional add on Colour Filter Pack which is highly recommended for use in conjunction with CineSFX mode consisting of 10 Colour FX Filters the first five 255 791 103 162 061 have been recommended by Visual FX Veteran and DOP Stefan Lange 255 Hollywood Frost Soft gentle Diffuser with minimal light loss 791 Moroccan Frost warm Cosmetic Diffuser for darker skin tones 103 Straw Light sunshine FX or subtle Fill Hair Light FX 162 Bastard Amber warm very popular amber filter eg sunshine 061 Mist Blue great for moonlight FX 2142 The optional Colour Filter Pack also includes the following five popular colour FX filters 1
3. adding the 712 Bedford Blue Filter Gel included within the optional Add on Colour FX Pack Click the right switch to activate the Police effect Rotate either the left or right knob to adjust the Police beacon speed It will display XX hz which will give you an indication of the effect speed NB the Police parameters are stored in non volatile memory Click the left switch to exit the Police effect and return to SFX Menu sq a TV TELEVISION This effect is an emulation of someone watching a TV show it works best by adding the 16 Medium blue green filter from the Add on Colour FX Pack Click the right switch to activate the TV effect Rotate either the left or right knob to adjust the TV effect speed It will display XX hz which will give you an indication of the effect speed Click the right switch to pause the effect fade to black Trig will be displayed re Click the right switch again to Trigger the effect NB the TV parameters are stored in non volatile memory Click the left switch to exit the TV effect and return to SFX Menu VOLT VOLTAGE VOLT mode will scroll display the voltage from the selected power source e g 9 4V BATTERY or 15 2V DC IN Please note NEO will automatically give you a warning if the voltage drops too low which indicates a battery change is needed e g Low Battery NEO will also put a blinking dot on the bottom right of the current display to indi
4. 16 Medium Blue Green Great for simulating Fluorescent or a TV glow 712 Bedford Blue Excellent blonde hair light or Police light SFX 128 Bright Pink Excellent as a hair light for Blonde Brunette 182 Light Red Excellent as a hair light for Brunette 777 Rust rich warm burgundy red Recommended for use with Fire CineSFX MOUNTING NEO has 3 tripod mounting 1 4 20 standard mounting sockets positioned at 120 degree intervals around its circumference These are used to attach accessories like the barn doors and to mount the light If you are mounting NEO using a magic arm then you will be able to select a mounting hole that will keep the display and controls oriented the right way up There is a shoe adapter included with NEO Simply attach this to one of the mounting holes and then you can mount NEO directly to the accessory shoe on your camera NEO is compatible with all the Rotolight RL48 mounting accessories foam handle magic arm and clamp kits 360 swivel adapter sony shoe adapter 4 20 spigots etc and NEO can be mounted directly onto standard tripods or lighting stands BATTERIES Neo will operate from a DC voltage of 6 volts up to 18 volts Best performance is with high performance lithium AA batteries or high performance rechargeable AA batteries but you can also use professional alkaline AA Recommended batteries Energizer L9 Lithium AA lasts approx 3hrs 40min
5. cate Low Battery Voltage whilst reducing the output by progressive steps of 10 until voltage stabilises to eliminate flicker NEO will operate from 6V DC up to 17 5V DC Only connect external power sources with the correct polarity and voltage to avoid serious damage to NEO In VOLT mode to check your battery performance in action you can click the right switch and then rotate the left knob to observe the actual battery voltage during the range of dimming Click the left switch to return to MENU alternatively you can return to the basic operation BRI COL by pressing both control switches together TEMP TEMPERATURE Click the left switch to display the internal operating Temperature of NEO NB if NEO detects the battery temperature rising to 58 degrees or above it will display Too Hot touch any knob to clear message and automatically cut the output down to 25 to prevent overheating Please use only quality battery systems inside NEO Click the left switch to return to MENU alternatively you can return to the basic operation BRI COL by pressing both control switches together 13 VERS FIRMWARE VERSION Click the left switch to display the firmware version installed in your NEO NB The firmware can be updated if required by your Rotolight Distributor via the update port in the battery compartment Click the left switch to return to MENU alternatively you can return to the basic operation
6. e liability of the Manufacturer or Distributor if any for damages for any claim of any kind whatsoever with regard to any order placed for the Manufacturers products regardless of the delivery or non delivery of the Products or with respect to the Products covered thereby shall not except in respect of liability for death or personal injury caused by Manufacturers or Distributor s negligence or in the case of fraud be greater than the actual purchase price of the Products with respect to which such claim is made Under no circumstances shall the Manufacturer or Distributor be liable for injury or harm caused by product misuse or compensation reimbursement or damages on account of the loss of present or prospective profits expenditures investments or commitments whether made in the establishment development or maintenance of business reputation or goodwill or for any other reason whatsoever NEO OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES NEO Barn Doors RL NEO BD 2 Add on SFX Colour Filter Pack RL NEO CFP 3 10 Articulating Arm amp Clamp Kit RL ARM 10 KIT 4 Rotolight Luxury Foam Handle RL GRIP 4 5 Portabrace RainCover for NEO RS RTNEO 6 Chimera Mini Softbox for NEO RL NEO CHIMERA 7 Rotolight NEO Hard Flight Case RL NEO FC 8 Rotolight Compact Lighting Stand RL COMPACT LS 9 Rotolight 360 Pro Swivel adapter RL48 360 PRO 10 D Tap to DC adapter Cable Il CAR to DC Adapter Cable 12 Rotolight DC Exten
7. ion by clicking the left switch alternatively you can return to the basic operation mode BRI COL at any time by pressing both switches together at the same time Strb STROBE The Strobe effect produces a regular flashing light you can control the speed Click the right switch to activate the strobe effect Rotate the right knob to adjust the strobe speed It will display XX hz where number of strobe cycles per second The strobe range is from hz up to 4hz NB the last used strobe parameters are stored in non volatile memory Rotate the left knob to adjust the duty cycle flash duration to eliminate any issues with rolling shutter cameras Click the left switch to exit the Strobe Menu and return to SFX Menu Ltng LIGHTNING The lightning effect simulates real lightning it is a random effect but you can control the speed at which the lightning bursts re occur ideally you would set the brightness BRI to 10076 and the colour COL temperature to 6000k Click the right switch to activate the lightining effect Rotate the right knob to adjust the lightining speed It will display XX hz which is an indication of the effect frequency The lighting range is from Ihz up to 50hz Click the right switch to arm the effect and fade to black Trig will be displayed re Click the right switch to trigger the effect Rotate the left knob to adjust the duty cycle flash duration to eliminate any issues w
8. ists like to use multiple lights with slightly different settings gels to achieve a fire with dancing shadows NB Before activating the Fire effect you can meter NEO s output which will be your peak exposure during the Fire effect 11 Click the right switch to activate the Fire effect Rotate either the right knob to adjust the Fire effect frequency It will display XX hz which is an indication of the effect frequency around 45hz is nice for a campfire Rotate either the left knob to adjust the Fire effect depth threshold about 2576 is nice for a campfire It will display XX which is an indication of the effect depth Inside the fire effect there is a switcheable parameter called ColourSwing BLUE which emulates the colour transition of flames going up the chimney i e from yellow to blue to activate this parameter click the right button To deactivate Colour Swing BLUE click the right knob again and MONO Monochrome will be displayed NB the Fire parameters are stored in non volatile memory The fire effect can be enhanced with a warm colour filter included within the optional Add on Colour FX Pack RL NEO CFP available from your dealer or www Rotolight com 777 Rust is recommended for best impact 182 Light Red also works well or an Amber CT Straw or CTO filter Plce POLICE This effect is an emulation of an emergency services light it works best by
9. it will now fade up to your previous brightness setting over X seconds To fade up click the Right switch again If you only want Fade downs use the Left switch to click out of FADE and click back in use the right switch to perform the Fade Click the left switch to return to MENU alternatively you can return to the basic operation menu BRI COL by pressing both control switches together F DIM TRUE APERTURE DIMMING Shows the brightness setting as an accurately calculated aperture F Stop for your subject at a given distance Cycle the menu to F DIM then Click the right switch to enter F DIM mode Rotating the left knob cycles through the available user parameters ISO your camera ISO setting EXP your camera shutter speed and FEET the distance from the light to your subject in feet Rotating the right knob will adjust the selected user parameter ISO EXP FEET Clicking the right switch will enter the F Stop Dimming Display where the brightness is dynamically displayed as an aperture or F Stop zii True Aperture Dimming continued Adjust the brightness with the right knob and the display will show the adjusted F Stop aperture for your camera Please note the True Aperture Dimming V algorithm calculates the F Stop based on the NEO Brightness setting your camera s SO and shutter speed the distance to the subject AND compensates for the ski
10. ith rolling shutter cameras NB the last used lightning parameters are stored in non volatile memory Click the left control switch to exit the Lightning effect and return to SFX Menu NB the duration of the lightning flashes is 20ms which is the recommended duration for cinematography The lightning strikes come in bursts of between 2 and 8 random length pulses Thrb THROB Throb is a regular smoothly pulsing light Click the right switch to activate the Throb effect Rotate either the left or right knob to adjust the Throb effect frequency It will display XX hz which is an indication of the effect frequency The Throb range is from Ihz up to 50hz NB the Throb parameters are stored in non volatile memory Click the left switch to exit the Throb effect and return to SFX Menu Cycl Colour CYCLE Cycle is a regular smoothly pulsing light which fades between the tungsten and blue LED S Click the right switch to activate the Colour CYCLE effect Rotate either the left or right knob to adjust the Cycle effect frequency It will display XX hz which is an indication of the effect frequency The Cycle range is from Ihz up to 50hz NB the Cycle parameters are stored in non volatile memory Click the left switch to exit the Cycle effect and return to SFX Menu Fire FIRE Fire is a complex emulation of a burning fire and it can be tuned to your requirements Some VFX art
11. k CONTACT INFO Rotolight Pinewood Studios Pinewood Road lver Heath SLO ONH UK Email sales rotolight com Telephone 44 0 1753 422 750 Web www rotolight com Made at Pinewood Studios 19 Vegistered design of Rotolight Ltd Rotolight NEO z Aperture Dimming Designer Fade and CineSFX are ya s of Rotolight Ltd Other brand name and products depicted herein l action purposes only and are trademarks of their respective holders All rights reserved 2015 Rotolight Ltd
12. n contrast of the subject To re adjust the last selected parameter usually FEET click the right switch make the adjustment then click the right switch again to return to the F Stop Dimming Display alternatively rotate the left knob to select a different parameter to edit and then click the right switch to re enter F Stop Dimming Display This enables you to effectively bookmark the user parameter that is dynamically changing during your shoot ie distance to subject and without needing to re meter the shot update the parameter and calculate the revised F STOP allowing you to work fast Click the left switch to return to MENU alternatively you can return to the basic operation BRI COL by pressing both control switches together al SFX CINEMATIC SPECIAL EFFECTS In collaboration with Stefan Lange DOP and Visual FX Veteran we have created an arsenal of Cinematographic Special FX CineSFXTM these production tools are designed to complement your feature music video short film SFX Brightness and Colour Temperature Please note the current brightness level and colour temperature setting of NEO is used by SFX mode to represent the peak output level of each effect enabling accurate metering ie if NEO is set to 75 brightness and 5600 Kelvin then the lightning effect peak brightness level shall be 75 brightness at 5600 Kelvin 08 Therefore to ensure maximum SFX brightness set Ne
13. o to 10076 brightness and 4300 Kelvin for maximum brightness in SFX mode To do this you can return to the basic operation BRI COL by pressing both control switches together CineSFX mode uses Strobe Lighting effects that may pose a risk to those at risk of photosensitive seizures epilepsy Manufacturer accepts no liability or responsibility for misuse of this product You should take all precautions to pre warn and ensure the safety of those who may come into contact with the product If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy consult a doctor before using If you feel unwell from using these effects immediately discontinue use and consult a doctor If strobe lighting is to be used in a production warnings should be posted at the front of house or entrance doors to the set theater as well as in a video or program if distributed Example WARNING Strobe lights are used during this performance This product is not suitable for use by children of any age and is designed for professional use only Photo n Eta Guild of So men SFX CINEMATIC SPECIAL EFFECTS CineSFX V Click the Right switch to enter SFX Rotating the left knob cycles through the available SFX Strb Ltng Thrb Cycl Fire Plce TV You can activate your selected SFX function by clicking the right switch You can leave the selected funct
14. ocket for instance mains power or utilizing the D Tap connection the AA batteries are automatically disconnected thus saving AA battery power NB if you are connecting an external DC source make sure the power is the correct polarity to avoid damaging your NEO On power up you will see ROTOLIGHT NEO scroll across the screen you can interrupt this anytime by operating one of the control knobs To Power NEO Down click the power switch again NB NEO stores all the user settings in non volatile RAM so it will remember your last used settings BRIGHTNESS You can adjust the brightness output of NEO by rotating the left control knob If you rotate the knob quickly it will speed up the data input You can press and rotate to deliberately adjust the brightness in steps of 10 Fast Mode Simply rotating the knob will adjust the brightness in steps of 176 NEO has a dimming range of 0 10076 and is completely flicker free at any brightness level NB There is a special mode called True Aperture Dimming F DIM available in the MENU section which will display the brightness as an F Stop based on your camera exposure settings see True Aperture Dimming 04 COL COLOUR You can adjust and accurately display the Colour Temperature CCT of NEO by rotating the right control knob If you rotate the knob quickly it will speed up the data input You can press and rotate to deliberately adjust the c
15. olour in steps of 100kevin Fast Mode Simply rotating the knob will adjust the brightness in steps of 10 kelvin NEO has a Colour Temperature Range of 3150 kelvin Tungsten up to 6300 kelvin direct daylight NEO has a special technology called Dynamic Drift Stabilisation which maintains the colour temperature through the entire dimming range RESET You can reset all the user parameters in NEO s non volatile memory by holding down one of the red control switches whilst simultaneously powering NEO ON The word ZERO will be displayed select Y for yes reset all data or N for NO DISPEAY TRIPOD MOON ADVANCED OPERATION MENU You can enter the MENU by pressing both red control switches together or clicking and holding down the left switch followed by the right control switch f you wish to leave MENU you can return to the basic operation BRI COL by pressing both control switches together again In the MENU there are seven optional submenus which you can select by rotating the left knob DISP FADE F DIM SFX 4 VOLT TEMP VERS You can enter your selected function by clicking the Right switch You can leave the selected function by clicking the Left switch alternatively you can return to the basic operation mode BRI COL at any time by pressing both switches together at the same time DISP DISPLAY Allows the display to be se
16. sion Cable 13 Rotolight NEO 3 Light Kit RL NEO KIT 16 Photography by Jason Lanier Lighting by NEO ROTOLIGHT NEO BEAM ANGLE 50 Degree TECI Television Lighting Consistency Index 91 Ideally suited for professional television use errors are so small a colorist would not consider correcting them OVERALL CRI Ra SKINTONE CRI R15 CRI gt 95 Skintone R15 CRI 99 POWER CONSUMPTION Q Watts at 5600K 100 OUTPUT 100 Output 15 V DC TUNGSTEN BULB 707 watts EQUIVALENT Local with Dynamic Drift CONTROL Compensation and Thermal Monitoring 354g body only WEIGHT 504g inc 6xAA DIMENSIONS Diameter 145mm x depth 50mm 1 4 20 tripod MOUNTING 1077Lux at 3ft PEAK OUTPUT measured at midpoint of 4306 Lux LUMINOUS FLUX 530 Lumens COLOUR RANGE 3150K 6300K INCLUDED FILTERS 216 Full Diffuser 250 Half Diffuser 184 Cosmetic peach Skin Tone 279 1 8 Magenta 18 Rotolight Neo 5600 CCT D5478 2 1 EBU TLCI 2012 TLCI 2042 01 D5478 Alan Roberts Oc R Ry E Y E d a g WE a a cm g mum n m Mi Fixture LED Angle NEO at Mid 50 100 fc 1077 Point 4300k Ix NEO at 50 66fc 7061 16fc 177lx 7fc 78 Daylight Ix 5600k NEO at 50 56fc 606ix 14fc 1521 6fc 68 Tungsten Ix 3200
17. t to low brightness or off to reduce power consumption increase battery life or for discrete usage on set Click the left switch to enter DISP Rotate either the left or right knob to select the display mode High the display will be at full brightness Low the display will be dim reduced power consumption Off The display will automatically switch off after 5 seconds unless a control is operated for maximum power saving Click the left switch to return to MENU alternatively you can return to the basic operation BRI COL by pressing both control switches together FADE DESIGNER FADE Programmable fade up fade down production effects for interview ENG applications Scroll to FADE Click the right switch to enter FADE mode 06 Rotate the right knob to adjust the fade duration It will display DN fade down followed by a numerial value X s where X seconds of fade duration The fade can be from to 12 seconds long Please note the FADE will be a fade to zero from the current brightness level the NEO is set to ie if brightness is currently 8076 then fade will be 8076 076 over custom time duration NB both the last used brightness setting and fade duration parameter are stored in non volatile memory Once you have selected the length of the fade Click the right switch to perform the fade You will notice the display now shows UP X s i e
18. utes at 100765 Panasonic Eneloop Pro Black rechargeable Batteries 2450mAh capacity lasts approx 3hrs 30minutes at 10076 Duracell Procell Alkaline AA lasts approx Ihr at 10076 WARNING Do NOT use 3 7v Lithium Rechargeable AA in NEO they will cause serious damage to your NEO and void the manufacturer s warrantee Take care to use recommended AA batteries in your NEO f the batteries you are using get hot then use the mains adapter instead 15 Manufacturer s Limited Warrantee Rotolight Ltd will extend its customers a Limited Manufacturer s Product Warranty of Year on Manufacturer s Products from their date of purchase This warranty shall not include General wear and tear and shall be invalidated by tampering with dropping or damaging the product or misuse The Manufacturer s Products warranty will specifically not include the tearing or damage to filter Gels unless immediately reported upon delivery water damage to the unit battery acid damage to the unit stress fractures to the unit filter holder or battery mount unless reported on delivery or disconnection of wires unless reported on delivery Customer will be solely liable for any and all shipping costs duties and import taxes or any components or units returned for service repair This warranty is subject to the manufacturer standard terms and conditions available on request This product is made for professional use Limitation of Liability Th
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