10 Things to Consider When Buying Video LED Lights

[@waldemar_it]

wow, this is the only video and person that is able to explain video led lights in a professional way. thank you very much!

[@EposVox]

Damn the one at 9:03 - gave you a PERFECT white backdrop lol

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Haha! Yeah, crazy bright. My next video uses the same technique for a white background.

[@fiermanmuch]

Dude can u give me a suggestion. I need LED to shoot at f11 iso 100 and 1/125.

[@David-ud9ju]

@@fiermanmuch That's like saying "I'm 6' and work in an office, can you recommend me a car?" There are so many more things that need to be known before a recommendation can be made.

[@sayedmohamd5223]

Bro, i have to say this, you are really the best in tutorials, you show products , examples, you know what you are saying, experienced, thanks a lot and keep going.

[@jameslarsen9814]

Can't wait for Part 2 of the Budget LED lights! I love these videos.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Coming next Tuesday!

[@GiesbertNijhuis]

Fans, which LED lights make noise and which ones are quiet, silent. I don't want fans because I don't want noise, especially during filming. And thanks for making your videos! -really helpful. Another subject; light flickering. For when shooting slow motion video. Not all LED lights are free of flickering.

[@smashpop]

Just discovered your videos yesterday and has been watching every one of them. I have never learnt so much and in so detailed about videography and lightings before. YOU. ARE. AWESOME. Please keep the videos coming :)

[@vaibhavarora2420]

around 9:00 i loved how bright it got in the back, separating you from the back in such a fine way i think, i sort of loved

[@jameslarsen9814]

The Thumbs up to thumbs down ratio should tell you how good your videos are. In every video you are constantly putting out helpful, useful, and logical information. You get straight to the point, and really do a great job explaining everything! Great video!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thank you James! Took a lot of bad videos to get to this point!

[@jameslarsen9814]

Haha - well the work paid off!

[@mikesunboxing]

great video still not sure which way to go for review videos. what do you think?

[@ClutchFirst]

Spot light over flood lights huh? Really good advice.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Yep! You can always soften/widen the output but it is difficult the spot soft lights.

[@ClutchFirst]

I know I say this with every upload, but you bring so much value in your vids. Thank you for making my channel better.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks Clutch, means a lot! Glad you're digging the vids!

[@Mikealbelandphoto]

I need some LED lights for video, and will be purchasing them through your links. Why? This is the most comprehensively created and helpful tutorials available on the Internet. Thank you for putting in all this time and delivering high quality results to educate!

[@maryholmes2]

Excellent information, clearly and succinctly presented by someone over 12 years old. Awesome!

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Outstanding. I will watch the next two (0-50 and 50-100). I have just started to make videos for KZbin and just ruined my last one because of lighting (I'm in my shop and the camera saw the overhead lights and I ended up way dark (tried to correct with Adobe Premier Elements 2018 but to get me light everything else was washed out). It always amazes me that someone will give a thumbs down on a quality video such as this. Glenn Lever

[@EZTechTraining]

Your videos on buying lights are especially good! Sure saves us money and speeds up the learning curve. Thank you!

[@EihabFitness]

Dude I am starting a new channel and reworking my current one. Your videos helped me a lot. Thanks for the great content!

[@andrewphan8002]

yes part 2! ive been waiting because i want to buy the right leds with my no budget

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Coming next Tuesday!

[@Chriscross0425]

I have a nice Dracast LED and love leds but recently I had a chance to use an Arri tungsten fresnel kit and they're amazing. If you're just doing general video work then LEDs all the way but for film work I feel tungsten fresnels are the best looking option.

[@picasso42able]

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[@luboyanev]

One more thing to consider is if the light is portable and if it comes with bags to carry and protect it when moving them to locations/traveling

[@DavidGetchel]

Great tips! Currently my bench light setup is two old cowboy studio cfl bulbs, one with a flash diffuser on it. Works OK, but it's always nice to see what you're messing around with.

[@MrChildofmaster]

I was not aware of edge colour distortion, very good info, thx!

[@bcsuda]

I really love your videos and have actually purchased one light already through you because of your videos. I'm planning on a second. What I'm running into is just lack of understanding of mounting the lights and placement in a space with a focal point. What does the real world setup look like? The milk-diffused lights currently appeal to me the most because of your saying you can just put them on a stand and be good. Maybe you could do a video going into more light placement and strategies along with examples of what that looks like through a camera, though? Thanks for your excellent content!

[@nzeches]

Hi Caleb, yet another great video on lighting. Few comments and criteria 1/ thermal design = good heat dissipation is important for both reliability and noise (no fans) 2/ dimmer design: I noticed some cheap lights have poor PWM dimmers which may be noticeable on video (interference of dimmer frequency with Fps) - though it seems less frequent these days One side note : when using color gel on a daylight-only light you are actually loosing some output, as you are filtering out some wavelengths. But still a good back-up option when you need this tungsten (or blueish) tint.

[@WaltPitts]

This video was super helpful for my selection of LED lighting for the not too distant future.Thanks for the info

[@Bonedaddy-q6w]

Can't wait for the $50-100 range led lights video

[@dslrvideoshooter]

It'll be here next Tuesday!

[@tiagomatosweb]

Hi tks for the tips. I have a 3x3m room which I use the conventional and big softboxes. I want to move to smaller lights for clearly reason, no much space. I'm considering the neewer ones. However, a few questions came up. The neewer 480 version is enough? Do I need the 660 or would be too much? Do I really need bicolor? See this video to check my setup and give me best advice if it not asking too much. Thank you again.

[@jerroldtidwell]

Your videos are always spot-on. I love the fact that you are able to get to the point, while still being interesting/entertaining. I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel. Keep the vids coming!

[@NoirEtBlancVie]

Always great stuff Caleb. I actually purchased the Viltrox light from your last lighting video with your recommendation. I like it a lot. I wish I had these videos before I started my channel!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks Noir! Glad you're digging the light. Great little thing!

[@greysuit17]

Could you maybe do a video on simple light set ups for cheap LED lights and settings to pay attention on your camera for filming? I bought two Amaran 198 daylight lights but I have no idea what I'm doing.

[@BrianSellers]

Great video, Caleb - I'm a stutterer who's just starting my channel and am looking to buy my first set of LEDs, and this is really helpful! One suggestion for future videos: Having the 10 things to consider is fantastic, and if you can write them out in a list, maybe on the left side of the screen, and show that list each time you switch to a new point, it'll help viewers to remember what each of the 10 points are. Just an idea... Keep making fantastic content! 😀

[@Juone87]

Tip you missed: The mount of the LED. Some cheaper ones have a plastic built-in mount - crack it and you're in trouble. Luckily most of the LEDs have 1/4 20 on the body of the LED or a spigot hole for light stands.

[@ScrattleGG]

Just got the Manfrotto Lumie Muse. Seems like a decent light for a light mobile setup.

[@OutandAboutwithTrev]

I was slightly interested then you got my focus when you talked about "Multi chip or single chips"....damn that would have been a problem. I planning to get some lights for filming and need to cut the light. Thanks for that!!!! I know now that I'll get single chip lights! Well done!

[@AleksandarRoman]

So great timing. I'm just looking for some video lights. Very helpful, thank you!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Happy to be of service!

[@viggoj.v.4242]

Dslr video shooter i love your dark still

[@biankicks]

This was really helpful! I actually jotted down the information on a notebook. Thanks as always!

[@Sameir8055]

Thank you so much for lighting up my knowledge.

[@hfaria80]

So great video. I really love your videos and information. The best on this kind of reviews. Thanks a lot!

[@daleonov]

Thanks a lot for that video! Currently working on improving my light situation, now I have a better idea what to look for.

[@ricdaguiar]

Great stuff. You guys are awesome. To the point, exactly the info we need, no non-sense. Thanks for the hard work.

[@EricLefebvrePhotography]

As usual ... Love the video. Keep up the good work. *Not losing output by using single color temp lights with gels* The gels do cut a little light out but yeah not 505 loss in power output. :) I use a Yungnuo YN300 MARK 1 (instead of the Mark 3 or Air) because it is single color and comes with nice sturdy plastic gels. Planning on buying 3 more of them. Very good light for the price. *Power Options* I wish my YN300 had a DC jack option. I might buy a Sony "dummy battery" but a proper power connector on the light would have been nice. *turning multi point light (repeated shadows) into one light source* You lose a bit of power with this but you put a peice of parchement paper (or other diffusion) in front of the light and voila!. It's better if the diffusion material is a bit further away from the light surface of course. My YN300 has barndoors so I tape the diffusion to the barndoors. that turns the diffusion into one light source that casts one shadow.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

All good points as usual Eric! The last one is true, but sad that you lose the ability to cut a sharp line.

[@EricLefebvrePhotography]

***** I can only make these great points because of people like you who have shared their knowledge with us.

[@steven_shaltiel]

Hey Caleb, I've been a huge fan for years! Thanks for all the great content. I wanted to request a video on how to correct LED color tints with gels. The Alzo 300 shift is killing me! Would love to see how your correct these issues. Cheers.

[@thattubesound2214]

Another awesome video full of useful tips. I am a digital photography newbie and I just subscribed. I plan to watch all of your vids. You are an excellent teacher! Michael

[@محمدالعمودي-ط7غ]

really your Channel one of the best Channel about filming

[@legosnazzy]

Nice! I just recently got some lights for my video quality to go up!

[@nicolasvaron6882]

Great video!!!! Thank you so much for all the information!!! Ready to pick the best choice!

[@crisfehr]

Great work! Your videos have a ton of value. Thanks so much for your hard work!

[@ReneLopez-qc2vx]

glad i saw this before i invested in a bunch of bi-color lights. Thanks for this vid

[@arielr3200]

Thanks for video Caleb! Very helpful

[@afonseca]

Great video! I'm curious to learn more about using soft boxes with LED lights. What kind of soft box setup would you recommend with which type of lights? Figure this is more relevant now that we're going upwards from the lower end budget lights.

[@sylvankalviac]

great video really helpful. Thank you for yet again another good one. keep it coming man ! 👌👌

[@TheOfficialiGuy]

You have amazing information and professional videos. Best subscription I've made in while!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Aw, shucks. Thanks man!

[@hiphiphorhayy]

Extremely informative great content 👍🏽

[@jorgechacon1594]

My only doubt is what is the ideal level of LM/output ? Thanks, geat video

[@salderosalia2992]

Because the link generator is not using an https, any link I click on from behind most legit fire walls will produce a 404 error. Love your videos. Came here to go light shopping.

[@studebakerclarksnyder3681]

Nicely done! Thanks for the information.

[@YakovGYP]

So much information! Great video!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks!

[@kamranfarooqui7619]

Really nice video sir. Look forward to your next video. I am been considering to use Smart Light bulbs for small photo/video production work since they have decent level of CRI & Lumens and Colour Temps. Maybe you could do a Video on that - It'll be different content. Thank you.

[@EricaRodriguez12]

Excellent advice! Thanks so much!

[@NostalgicRoe]

Nice! A couple of things in there that I really didn't know about LEDs.

[@tmuka]

thanks for the great info! it's really hard to decide what to budget and what to buy! curious about fan noise in some of the lights. is the ambient noise in your audio around 4:40s from a light? thanks

[@ToddsNerdCave]

Looking forward to Budget lights Part 2!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Me too! It'll be here next Tuesday!

[@ToddsNerdCave]

Excellent!

[@verdonww]

nice work and advices, thank you

[@OmiSido]

Love your videos. You are doing a great job 👍

[@mblapsiwala]

Do these lights also work for photography? Amazing quality of your video... Best of luck! Regards from Germany.

[@evanwendt]

Awesome, exactly the advice I needed!

[@c0y0te1st00]

Thanks. This is very helpful.

[@rxptv1361]

Make a video on the different gels

[@dslrvideoshooter]

I have one on the way!

[@rxptv1361]

thanks man really appreciated

[@JimmyBlanco]

check out the light panel review on my channel it has RGB Built in + Bluetooth no need for gels

[@David-ud9ju]

He might take what you say into consideration if you're not extremely rude about it. Like, for fuck's sake, were you not taught proper manners?

[@tim24frames]

Great video. Very informative. And timely. Due to buy some of these next week. :)

[@peterpahn123]

Nice video. Can you compare the Pixapro 100d and the Aputure 120d ? They look quite similar...

[@HarryInEdi]

So useful, thanks!!

[@LeonSandoval]

Nice, man! Thanks so much for the great explanations!

[@varunkamal91]

thanks for this information man... what do you think about the rotolight neos?

[@Lakefilms]

Great series! Question, for filmmaking would you have some suggestions, say lighting a 2 person conversation?

[@Felixgarb]

Thank you so much for the video. In combination with your other LED Lights videos, you really helped me to find the right lights for my purpose. :-)

[@Luddeboy602]

I really like your channel! I have learnt a from you. Can you make a video of hov to set focus in different shots in a one man studio?

[@sharondominickphotography]

Thank you for the helpful info!

[@Bilbi92]

I'd love to see a video about lighting outdoor.

[@jarrahjohnson6598]

Awesome video. Thanks

[@ministryinsong]

Great info thank you.

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

Hi, I probably missed this but… The rectangular light to your right, which one is that? Thanks 😊

[@kavehhodjat]

Very useful video! Thank you!!

[@r.cattaneo2178]

Can you do a video on using led lights for food or product photography.. Budget friendly lights.. Of course.

[@SaidAziz]

Your videos are AMAZING man 👍🏻

[@markdouglas8705]

Great video, could you tell me what LED lighting you would recommend for a small photo booth?

[@raysopal6]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@jdweyd]

Caleb in the next video can you point out which one is the best light for traveling and studio use with DC output and battery powered, dimmable, with a lot of output, no fan and affordable. I want to buy a few led lights for chroma work in the studio and traveling, but they are way too expensive. Thanks in advance.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

That is a tall order! But we shall see.

[@Carlo-cu1pt]

Great tips bro. Thanks. 👌

[@KylieSparticus]

Hi. Really useful content here, and in the related reviews - thanks. I can suffer a lot of banding (stills and video) at gigs where I cannot control the lighting. I would want to avoid that issue if using LED lighting for band shoots. Is there anyway to tell good of bad, or are they all fine ?

[@paealeemacdonald613]

Hi your video's are really great. Could you please help me... I don't want to use a ring light for my video's could you possibly suggest a light or lights, I can only record at night thanks

[@estebanmedellin4489]

Caleb, what do you think about the Dracast Camlux series?? I´ve seen good reviews about them but not sure if buying one of them today (the pro bicolor) or waiting for Part 2 of the Budget LEDs if you have better deals. Hope you can reply! Great Video!

[@AlexDerrick_DP]

I have 2 LS1s 5600k, and was thinking my next lights should be COB spots. I love all of the accessories available via bowens mount, and the even light fall off (they don't have hot spots like LS1s). But I'm not sure if I should get daylight or tungsten. Tungsten I feel looks a little better than daylight on talent, and I can match tungsten to existing practicals which I can use to raise the light level, and possibly use as accent lights on talent. I already have junior 5600k kit, and can always use gel to tungsten if I am matching practicals.. Thoughts?

[@andrewberekdar]

Bear in mind the colour temp of both COBt and COBd, 3000K and 6000K respectively. Also, gelling LEDs doesn't lead to the best reproduction of colour quality as I'm sure you know. In my experience the LS1s are closer to 5200k in reality, what have you found? I often work in environments where it's easier to knock out the practicals / room lights than it is to stop light coming in from windows. So I work with existing daylight. Would be interested to know your thoughts when you choose either COB. Get a few of both if you can afford them!

[@AlexDerrick_DP]

Hi Andrew. Thanks for your message. 1) I agree, the LS1s aren't exactly 5600k. I have only had them a short time, and the few jobs I've used them on I noticed that the colors didn't look right at 5600k, but I was able to get good results manually balancing to a grey card and rolling. I didn't have any meters to get a specific reading, but as you say they weren't 5600k. They were much cooler. 2) I heard from one user (Curtis Judd) that the COBs and the LS1s mix quite nicely. Which seems odd because as you noted there is approximately 800k shift in temperature. 3) Im going to test the COB120t today. I'll write you back with results. And it would be nice to have 3 of both temp.... ps - the Aputure's Fresnel lens does not look like the best quality or design. I hope I can test today.

[@ATCorals]

How long do the batteries work in YN600 ang YN 216? What better to buy 1x YN600 OR 2x YN216? I want to illuminate 2 figures in a cloudy forest . I like this Video :)

[@corylusk633]

4:18 whoa whoa same number of LED's but didn't earlier you say the number isn't what matters? lol Great video btw

[@ChurchWorshipandvideo]

Cory Lusk He is making a point to show the difference between a single color and bicolor of the same model.

[@SaiKelly]

Handy tips thank you. Can i ask, for a run/gun light for documentary, would you prefer the Aputure MX or the Aladdin A-Lite? Trying to find a comparison review but no luck. (I got the mx but I’m not sold on it. Considering upgrading to the A-lite.)

[@scottlamp3097]

Caleb, have you had a chance to Try out the Lume Cubes? I picked up a pair on Black Friday. They have a tiny fresnel lens in them so there a very hard light. I'm thinking about using maybe a flash snoot or other kind of really portable quick diffusion. They're really handy if you need to pack extremely light.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

People keep telling me about them but I haven't tried em yet. Do you get good output out of them?

[@scottlamp3097]

DSLR Video Shooter they are super bright. I'll put a meter on them tonight and let you know what I get

[@scottlamp3097]

So here are the results of my crude Lume Cube test: Near full charge, 100% power at point blank = 604991 LUX 1' = 3061 2' = 2169 3' = 596 4' = 218 5' = 136 6' = 82 7' = 64 8' through 12' = 37 For another reference, I bounced it off of a wall at 2' and again at 8' Here are the settings From 2' 1/50, f1.8, ISO 200 From 8' 1/50' f1.4, ISO 400 The white balance is around 6500K hope that helps

[@graemebroderick1020]

Great reviews. Any thoughts on the "Tolifo PT-176S 11W 176 LED Video Fill Light w/Controller For DSLR Photography"

[@EyeMakeupEverything]

Awesome video! I can't wait for the next one!🖒

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thanks Chana!

[@rfxmov]

Can u do a video showing the difference about cheapest led lights and the more expensive?

[@quick9smitty511]

Watched your videos, want to buy lights you recommended, but want to us a cable rather than battery. Can you recommend what to look for in ordering the right cable?

[@legobluecubebydaniel2686]

Thank you! Very useful! :)

[@rogervelasquez9853]

Hola, I really like the lighting of this video, can you tell me something about yout light setup? Gracias! Greetings from Peru!