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Frieder Hochheim explains the flaws of evaluating lighting with CRI's limited eight-swatch test and discusses why Kino Flo designs fixtures for full spectral continuity.
Video Type: Deep Dive
Don’t Let Your Lights Lie to You | Kino Flo Color Science | Built for the Shot
Kino Flo founder Frieder Hochheim breaks down colorimetry fundamentals, including the Planckian locus, dimming-induced Kelvin shifts, and camera sensor spectral response. He explains how spectral engineering in new fixtures and the TM-30 metric provide consistent color rendering across different camera platforms.
Frieder Hochheim on why the Celeb IKON and Diva Lux build white from broadband phosphors
Kino Flo founder Frieder Hochheim explains how the Celeb IKON and Diva Lux generate white light using broadband phosphors combined with RGB LEDs to maintain spectral quality along the Planckian locus.
The Biggest Lighting Design Mistake?
Emmy winner Michelle Poley discusses the importance of pre-production prep before load-in and how it impacts lighting design on set.
What IS a Lighting Designer? 3x Emmy Winner Michelle Poley Explains
Emmy-winning lighting designer Michelle Poley discusses the responsibilities of a broadcast lighting designer, multi-camera studio setups, the industry transition to LEDs, and methods for evaluating light sources.
We asked 3x Emmy-winning lighting designer Michelle Poley to break down her job
Emmy-winning lighting designer Michelle Poley breaks down the key responsibilities and workflow of a lighting designer in television production.
Crafting Emotion: Michael Goi Lights “Couple’s Therapy” with Celeb IKON
Director of Photography Michael Goi, ASC, ISC discusses using the Kino Flo Celeb IKON on set for "Couple's Therapy" to craft the emotional mood and visual narrative.
Go ‘Beyond the Volume’ in this 3-part Kino Flo Micro Training. (PT.3)
This video explains how the MIMIK 120 synchronizes with video walls and converts incoming RGB video signals into full-spectrum lighting to achieve realistic reflections and shadows in virtual production.
Go ‘Beyond the Volume’ in this 3-part Kino Flo Micro Training! (PT.2)
This training video explains how the MIMIK 120 processes video signals to convert RGB data into a full-spectrum light source, matching LED volume backgrounds for accurate reflections and shadows in virtual production.
Go ‘Beyond the Volume’ in this 3-part Kino Flo Micro Training! (PT.1)
Part one of this micro training series details the challenges of generating full-spectrum lighting in LED volumes and explains how the MIMIK 120 converts RGB video signals into accurate full-spectrum light.
MIMIK Micro Training | KINO FLO
This training video explains how the MIMIK video tile converts RGB signals into a full-spectrum light source for Image-Based Lighting (IBL). It covers hardware and software integration, mapping and image control settings, and practical setups for both virtual production and traditional film sets.
Kino Flo TRUE TALK Educational Series: Cinematic Color Fidelity with MIMIK Image-Based Lighting
Explains metamerism and color perception differences between human vision and camera sensors, demonstrating how MIMIK's full-spectrum emitters fill spectral gaps left by standard RGB LEDs to achieve accurate skin tones.