Gaffer & Gear 180 - Nanlite Forza 150

[@PhilHover]

Excited to see you review the Forza 720 series

[@gaffergear]

Man I hope the 720B works well with the projector. If so I'm taking two straight away.

[@bbrunorocha]

great review andrew ! Can't wait for the forza 720 as well !

[@lighthackerslimited]

With Andrew I simply hit LIKE before the video even starts.. such is his quality in reviews

[@tamarapavez8545]

😊😊

[@teamboaz3466]

Thanks Andrew, would love to hear how you got started in the business, and how you invested in gear.

[@ralphgeronilla]

Not sure if gear is an investment... lol

[@paulroyle-grimes]

Once again the most detailed and in depth professional review

[@LukeCurtis]

Really interesting to hear your thoughts on the 150 Andrew. Thanks

[@mikepedersen1650]

Always awesome in your reviews, Thank you

[@JMIMEDIALLC]

Great review as always, thanks!

[@igetitlitsoicansit2950]

interesting note regarding being able to put the projector mount armed out with a cstand.This got my attention.

[@mariuspettersen-no]

Thanks for the review! Regarding the power input, the Nanlite V-Mount Battery Grip got a big notice sticker on it saying: for battery: 14.4-26V/10A.

[@gaffergear]

Interesting!

[@EugeneMaynard]

Thanks Andrew!👍🏾🙏🏾

[@lucianpruna7815]

thanks

[@Samskihero]

This light seems so great at being a 650w fresnel replacement like the Forza 60's have done for my 300w Fresnels but kinda a shame the cost is so crazy high despite using a single yoke and still looking a little cheap, just £150-£200 more you get a Forza 300 and 150w-200w COB lights are now in the £250-£350 range, this lights a hard buy at £450 but has the design I need.

[@gaffergear]

I agree about it being a 650 replacement, hopefully the Bi-colour is good, then finally, I will have something that replaces a 650 compact.

[@Samskihero]

@@gaffergear I'm really glad you mentioned at the end a Bi-Color version may be on the way, very excited.

[@NYCgaffer]

Yeah def want to see a review on a bicolor which for my workflow would be a much better fit then daylight only… surprised to see the color metrics improve when dimmed… I don’t understand why they have not released a 50 degree lens in either this mount of the full size Bowen’s mount projection…. A 19 and 36 is great but would love to see a 50 and for CRLS work a 14.

[@simonrabeder1599]

I hope you’re going to compare the aputure amaran tubes with the sgc tubes eventually.

[@tasothdevil01]

Forza 150B is coming!!

[@gaffergear]

About 5 episodes away

[@kevinkelly2513]

Thanks for the review. I wasn't sure how the 150 fit in the Nanlite family. Is the Forza 150 quieter than the Forza 200?

[@zaodekov]

Currently the forza 60b2 is the same price as the forza 150. I am interested in buying one of those lenses for shooting with this smaller projector. Would you recommend mend the 150 or the 60b2? My other lights are 2 nanotubes 30c and forza 300.

[@gaffergear]

I had a 150 with the projector for a while, but I sold it because I found the combination to be too bright. My go-to is the 60c, but if you can't afford that the 60b2 is a great option

[@DeadManRunning1]

so many lights to try! thanks for this review, andrew. any plans to review the amaran f22c and t4c?

[@reynoldsc]

Does the new line of SWIT B-Mount Batteries help in powering more power hungry lights/monitors/cameras?

[@gaffergear]

I have no idea

[@anonymissed3611]

Via D tap? That might prove to have same problem discussed

[@NicoOfCourse]

Would the stirrup rotate to inverted position if you cut or filed off the top lip at the back of the head? Considering doing this to my 60b as I always seem to be fiddling with attachments on and off to invert the yoke

[@gaffergear]

I think it might

[@Clemme]

Hi. On nanlite's website it says "27,960lux @ 1m（with reflector)" What is the reflector and is it really that high lux at 1m?

[@gaffergear]

At 1m you will most likely be focused directly into an overlapping hot spot. Most of these types of reflectors have crazy readings at 1m. But a totally different story at 3m.

[@willy0297]

Hey Andrew, how do you make a mark of your name like " L O C K" on your equipments? are they some kind of sticker? I've been thinking to mark my equipments as I do subrent, but don't know a more permanent way other than clear tapes. Yours look fairly good. Thanks in advance!

[@gdrriley420]

It’s spray paint with a stencil. Most people get a few sizes to fit everything from a light accessory upto a road case

[@willy0297]

@@gdrriley420 ah right. you create a pattern, spray paint with it, and it stays permanent right? even on surfaces like stainless steel?

[@gdrriley420]

@@willy0297 it’s not permanent but it last for a few years

[@anonymissed3611]

Smaller native mount.,conforming to any standard? Prophoto?

[@gaffergear]

I'm not sure, I had some cheaper (rubbish) lights that didn't get to be reviewed, and the mount was compatible.

[@DasArmageddonTV]

Will there be a review for the p600c? Waiting for your thoughts until I place my order

[@gaffergear]

I was ment to be beta testing and getting ready for review but they needed every unit at NAB.

[@cagf2013]

I got mine a couple of months ago. Yoke is a huge step up, no wire to control box when mounted is very nice, 0.01 green/magenta step adjustment was a much needed change compared to p300c and double the brightness. Using it on every shoot now.

Would You Review the amaran f22c mattes?

[@gaffergear]

I hope so, Aputure doesn't want me reviewing Amaran because it's their lower quality range, but I'm trying to convince them that I think these mat lights are good enough for gaffers. The other options with DMX on the market are not affordable

@@gaffergear Would love to see a comparison between Aladdin Fabric and Amaran f22c!

[@Trevellian]

@@gaffergear Will you be reviewing the Amaran TC4 tubes?

[@halabukferenc]

You put the gobo in the wrong hole :) That's for the iris. You should put the gobo right next and tight to the up cutters handle. There will be sharp as f***!

[@halabukferenc]

And that way you can set sharp the cutters and the gobo, almost exactly same time.

[@gaffergear]

These only have one slot! For either a gobo or a iris, you must have your models mixed up.

[@sebastianciho]

Lovely review Andrew! Any chance you would get your hands on the cheaper version of this, the fs150 for example ? For those just starting out, would be interesting to see how it stacks up to the big boys :)

[@gdrriley420]

Fan channels are one of the most annoying things. There’s some great small manual boards but you can’t skip channels which means you end up with 1/2 then being wasted on fans.