The Rosco or Lee filters or gels are special filters we use on film lights to either correct a light color temperature or for a desired effect.
The gels are specially made to have contact with the light without burning.
You coule get a sample book like this:
And the gels.
I was doing some light reading comparing my P4 white vs the Lux blue.
The Lux blue gives me a reading of incident f 5.6 1/3 at highets brightness point and closest to the hilt.
P4 white gives me incident F8 1/2 at highest meaning the P4 is 30 percent brighter.
Now, when i add the Cyan 4330, the P4 white now gives a reading of F 5.6 2/3, meaning that it actually is 1/2 of a stop brighter than the Lux, even with the gel. I lost only half a stop. If i put a full Blue that takes a full F stop i would be around the same as the Lux, maybe less but bare in mind a Full Blue is a very saturated blue.
The gels take less light than the discs,the P4 with a blue disc is dimmer than the Lux.
This with batteries just charged and a diffused blade:
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac328/Juansith/46b19cab.jpgAs for comparing colors, Juansith, I'd like to see whatever colors you have, if you've got the time.
What exactly are Lee filters/gels? From what Google tells me it's some sort of camera lens thing but I can't get onto the Lee filters website for some reason...
Luminara, where might I find a wiring diagram for said Ultrasabers RGB? If I were to do that I'd definitely be using smaller switches, so it might not be too bad. Is it actually too much more difficult to set it up for a rotary switch or is it just as difficult as I've read? And what about mixing via rheostats or similar? That, I feel, would be the coolest way as I could have literally any color.
Jin Ke, I'll take your solution into consideration, but I'm just worried I'll end up losing/breaking the spare LED modules if I have to carry them on me, and also I'd have no color mixing.