LED Lighting Systems

Here is how the work lines up. LED is the default lighting layer on each New York drama, feature and commercial that runs through Steiner Studios in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Silvercup in Long Island City, and Kaufman Astoria in Queens — and our packages are built around the fixtures NYC gaffers actually call for.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. IATSE Local 52 lighting departments specify ARRI SkyPanel S60 and S30 for soft-panel positions, Aputure 1200d and 600x for harder COB throws, Mole-Richardson and Litepanels Gemini for the cinema-LED range, and Astera Titan tubes plus Quasar Science for the practical and pixel-mapped work showing up on HBO, Netflix and FX tight series.

Here is how the picture comes together. Inventory comes through Eastern Effects out of Gowanus, Hello Bro on the West Side, JR Lighting & Power, and ARRI Rental — the houses Local 52 best boys pull from when they need same-day swaps between Brooklyn loft interiors and a Manhattan rooftop hero shot. ARRI Orbiter fills the slot when the DP wants the highest TLCI numbers for global streamer delivery against the NYS Film Tax Credit 30% baseline plus the 10% NYC uplift sign-off.

Here is what we have to work with. Control and power infrastructure are part of each package, not an afterthought. DMX over wired and LumenRadio CRMX, in-house apps for ARRI, Aputure and Astera, and full lighting consoles are named for shoots that need pixel-mapped cycloramas on Steiner Stage 5, greenscreen at Kaufman Astoria, or programmable practicals on Brooklyn brownstone interiors. Battery-powered LED kits run on V-mount and Gold-mount packs for shoots inside Manhattan apartments and Brooklyn lofts where the ConEd tie-in is tight or the Tier-4 low-emission power packs rules south of 60th Street block traditional diesel sets.

Here is the layout. IATSE Local 52 gaffers and lighting technicians fluent in modern LED workflow. DMX patching, wireless commissioning, LUT-matched colour management against the DP's monitor — book directly alongside the gear, with NYC MOME Made in NY permits, FDNY film safety officer planning and NYS Film Tax Credit forms handled on the same line.