LED lighting Archive
At IBC 2018, in addition to a new and improved RGB LED light prototype, Aputure also showed off their new and super compact Amaran MW waterproof LED light. The tiny new addition to the M line, builds upon the rugged design of the Aputure MX, which is
Aputure brought their yet-to-be-released RGB LED Light to IBC 2018 in Amsterdam, and I have a feeling this LED is going to revolutionise the world of indie filmmaking with a very aggressive price point and impressive unique features. For those of you that attended IBC this year,
After launching a new set of lighting modifiers, Aputure is back with the official release of their much-awaited Aputure LS 120d II LED light. According to Aputure, the new 120D II a complete re-design of the original Light Storm 120d, which quickly became a huge hit among
Aputure have announced some really exciting new lighting accessories for their growing range of LED lights. The new accessories include the Light Dome II, the Light Dome Mini II, Aputure Barndoors, Aputure X Chimera Lightbank, and a new light shaping accessory for their Amaran series of LEDs
LED lighting technology in modern cinematography has been evolving rapidly over the last few years and we are at a point now where pretty much all the pro LED fixtures produce light of high enough quality to deem them as viable replacements for fluorescents, HMIs and even
IBC 2018 is only 5 weeks away and I can’t wait to go to Amsterdam again, but in the meantime I have some catchup to do. Back in June I went to the Media Production Show 2018 trade show exhibition in West London, shot some footage, took some
F&V are a cool manufacturer of LED lights and accessories hailing out of the Netherlands – one of the most awesome places on earth, and I am sure lot of you have used their products, they are quite popular over here in Europe. In the run up
Kino Flo have released their TrueMatch Firmware 3.0 introducing eight new lighting effects (FX) modes, including a version of Lightning called “Frankenstein” for their Celeb, FreeStyle and Diva-Lite LED line-ups. TrueMatch 3.0 transforms Kino Flo LED’s into Candle, Fire, TV, Police, Lightning, Paparazzi, Pulse and Scroll effects
I was recently searching online for a specific code for a Rosco gel I had cut from a larger one (which I lost and with it the label), and came across some really cool new filters from Rosco, but more on them a bit further down below
Litepanles recently launched a firmware update for the Litepanels Gemini, their top-tier super versatile, rugged, and accurate soft LED panel. For those unfamiliar, the Litepanels Gemini is the latest 2×1, RGB-WW soft panel with excellent colour rendition that combines daylight, tungsten, and red-green-blue LEDs to deliver highly flexible and
We’re continuing our NAB 2018 coverage with more updates on the lighting side of things with the latest update from ARRI and their Skypanel Firmware Update 4.0, which adds even more versatility and new features to an already impressive LED lighting range. The ARRI SkyPanel Firmware update
NAB 2018 starts on Monday, and we’ve already seen quite a few announcements such as and there are loads more to come on Monday, most of which I can’t tell you about just yet. In any case, I am glad to see more and more companies announce
Astora is a new brand of high quality LED lights hailing from the Netherlands set to debut their first three LED lights at the upcoming NAB 2018 trade show in Las Vegas in just a few days time. Entering the market of high-quality LED lights is a
Ikan is bringing a lot of new kit to NAB 2018. The new announcements include the release of the new Ikan CB8 canvas fabric LED light and the Helia Studio Fresnel LED. The latest light is flexible enough to be used in unconventional or compact spaces, but the
In earlier videos from BVE 2018, we’ve covered some more high-end LED lights such as the Kino Flo DIVA 21 and the Aladdin Fabric Lite, however for most of use, those lights are out of our budgets, present company included. So, as I was chatting to my
The online Peer-to-Peer rental community marketplace has been growing for the most part in North America such as ShareGrid, which makes sense, it is the largest market after all with the highest concentration of video professionals, however lately there has been significant movements across the pond. Sure,
More flexible LED lights from BVE 2018, but this one is extra “bendy”. Aladdin have been making very versatile and high-quality LED lights for some time now (and some really sturdy and compact camera top lights to, such as the super-tiny EYE-Lite), and for the past few
Despite the impending snow storm and unusually cold British winter, BVE 2018 opened doors in the ExCel centre in East London last week to welcome show attendees from all over the UK and Europe. The “B” in the name stands for “Broadcast”, and there is a heavy
My quest for affordable, compact, and flexible lights continues… BSC Expo and BVE, the two major UK film/TV/broadcast equipment trade shows may have wrapped for 2018, but walking the floor of both shows I found plenty of really neat gear that I have been wanting to get
Four years ago, Scotland based outfit Blind Spot Gear launched the Scorpion Light on Kickstarter. The flexible and rugged design of their innovative LED light won many video professionals over and they used the light on numerous big productions including Hollywood films such as “Trainspotting 2”, big-budget
