I was pretty excited to see that this diffuser film KILLED the green on these thorfire lights. pretty impressive .
sadly when I tried it on some funky green NW ut01 lights it didn't work ..So on some tints it will knock out green ..In every light it will blend all color in the beam .
On really ugly beams like xpg-3 with a poorly adapted reflector you can have a crazy amount of yellow in the hotspot and a silly amount of purple in the corona .and it just blends it all together and makes a much much better tint.
I’m guessing that the greatest impact is just because of the proper mixing of all the colors .
- One of my worst lights had a Big Black Hole right in the center of the hot spot , as well as crazy rings in the beam and the same yellow hot spot and a purple halo . Pretty cool to see a really nasty beam turn out buttery smooth and the color go from bad to very acceptable
One thing I like about diffuser film is it softens up the edges of the beam.Where an aspherical lens zoomed out into full flood has a distinct edge that separates light from darkness.
I used to think I liked that dramatic cut off of light and now I think it just draws my eye to it. The softer edge allows me to look where I want and doesn’t force my eye .Sounds silly but I think it’s true .
Thanks, i just don’t like to wait many days for a film shipped from US to Australia and discover that it similar to other films from my local store.
Ok I will buy both and have a comparison
DC-Fix is a brand name. That is what is being sold here. There have been members who’ve tested other brands and found them to be less appealing. Someone said the other brand they tried blocked more of the light, rather than just diffusing it. Some of the other brands just don’t diffuse as well as DC-Fix. And some are just not as well made product, not as durable.
You don’t have to buy DC-Fix from Boaz. It’s not his brand. He just has access to it and sells it here for our convenience. If you find a local store that sells genuine DC-Fix brand, you could buy it there. Part of the convenience factor here is the size. I haven’t found any stores around me selling DC-Fix diffuser film in small sheets like this. All I’ve seen is large rolls for covering windows in a home. YMMV.
dc-fix is at times considered a generic term . Like Kleenx or Q-tip…Ask me how I know .?
For a long time I was selling a product that was sold to me as Dc-fix. It did a great job diffusing light…. and .
Then one day I got Dc-fix that didn’t just have what looked like graph paper on the back side . It said DC_FIX on it.
I kind of freaked out considering I’d been selling dc-fix for about a year and a half to some of the most beloved members on the forum . After comparing the two I realized I like them both almost equally …So the easy answer is to just sell both
I’m also selling other diffuser films that I offer to anyone and everyone interested …in my reply PM…And I always add extra samples of materials I carry with every order .
So ask the question again ?? Why is Dc-fix better than other materials ?
Light losses . materials that impart color or shift the beam .varying thicknesses for different applications …lots of reasons ….All I offer is about 5 years of experience shooting light thru 100’s of materials… and about 6 other diffuser film that I like well enough to sell .
Well, it might be good for a saber, depending on the size/shape of the tube used for the saber. But, I think most tubes that are good size/shape for saber use are already frosted, right? Also, I don’t know if DC-Fix is flexible enough to stretch over the rounded end of a saber tube. I’ve never tried it. If you figure all that stuff out, and have a tube you want to use that isn’t frosted already, I think DC-Fix could do the trick. Oh, one other thing to consider is that most DC-Fix will have some kind of visible pattern texture on the surface. In fact, I don’t know if any of them don’t. Someone else would have to answer that.