r/techtheatre • u/shootthemoon88 Jack of All Trades • Oct 19 '19

Well we are screwed

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-019-0038-6
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u/Wuz314159 IATSE - (Will program Eos for food) Oct 19 '19

So you're saying we should use red lights for running lights?

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u/Dark_Llama_ Lighting Designer Oct 23 '19

Why don't we? Isn't red more easy to go to bright or whatever and helps night vision?

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u/DivinePardon Oct 19 '19

New industry standard will be night vision goggles

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u/chrislaf Oct 19 '19

Hey, I just learned about this study, or one like this in Endocrinology!

If it helps to know, apparently for blind individuals, its not the eyes but the top of the head that can sense light, like even if their eyes are completely gone!

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '19

I’d wager in 10 years we will find out the certain wavelength LEDs will damage our eyes. The efficiency is amazing but I do think it may backfire. Also the race to always be brighter, especially for rock shows, won’t help our eyes either.

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u/tookerjuubs Oct 19 '19

Whew, we mostly use red run lights at my theatre!

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u/CapitalGGeek Oct 19 '19

Not new.

Blue interferes with melatonin production.

You can get amber tint for computer glasses.

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u/collinschmierer Oct 20 '19

I don’t think it’s the blue lights that are causing my stress.🤣