Greetings humans! Hope all is well.
Today I’m reviewing a new LED light panel that we picked up from LCD4Video out of Detroit, MI. If you’re an event filmmaker, or even if your background is ENG…a portable light is an essential piece to your toolkit.
Once upon a time, those lights were large, incandescent lights. Those lights are one of the reasons we wedding filmmakers got a bad rep. Fast forward 10-15 years, and now everyone and their brother sells an LED light. They have become increasingly popular, but their performance quality has increased substantially as well. Lights that once would struggle to light the end of your nose and would take 8 AA batteries to power can nearly replace a 1K light (with a large enough LED panel) on a production.
We picked up the LCD4Video iLED Dual-Color LED Light Kit a few weeks ago, and I was instantly intrigued. This was unlike any light panel I had ever seen. Super bright, uses a rechargeable battery, but most importantly allows you to adjust the color temperature of the LED panel itself! No gels necessary.
The light has two adjustable dials on the back, one for the dimmer and the other for the color temperature. This is an awesome feature to have because now you can easily make changes to the color temperature of the light depending on your shooting situation. You can also have your cameras white balance locked in more accurately knowing where your LED’s color temperature is set.
Although the LED boasts 144 LED diodes, they are split between the 3200K and the 5600K temperature. When adjusting the color temperature the diodes brightness will change and mix, depending on the needed color temperature.
The light costs $250. The kit comes with a rechargeable battery, car charger adapter, table stand, and two battery adapters if you have your own canon (the BR-511, not the LP-e6) or panasonic batteries. The light also has a DC adapter.
I still have some field testing to do with this light, but based on our initial tests and observations this light is MUCH brighter then the litepanel micro, and having the ability to change the color temperature is reason enough to consider purchasing this light.
Happy Shooting!
Eric
Eric Kmetz is the lead filmmaker for Epic Motion, based in Detroit, MI. Named one of the 2010 EventDV top 25 filmmakers, Eric has been a full-time wedding filmmaker since 2009. In his spare time he devotes himself to being as kmawesome as legally allowed. Furthermore, 83% of people agree…he's the bees knees. True story.
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