Aputure 600d Pro Review: HERE COMES THE SUN!

Review of the Aputure LS 600d Pro LED Light. Discussing build quality, ergonomics, noise, output & photometrics, and the new Lantern 90.
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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro & Disclosure
0:58 - Output & Illuminance
2:11 - Control Box & Powering
3:01 - Cooling & Fan Noise
4:02 - Controls & Connectivity
4:31 - Lighting Effects
4:39 - Control Box Noise
5:13 - Lightning Clamp
5:47 - Build Quality
6:25 - Photometrics & Color
6:58 - Lantern 90
7:38 - Size & Included Case
8:12 - Final Thoughts
8:33 - Outtakes
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#aputure #600d #lighting

[@iPhonedo]

I'm going to be a TikTok star, my shuffle dancing skills are beyond this world.

[@AANasseh]

Dude, that was a FUUUNY bit right there!!! 🤣 👍

[@MichaelMilanov]

I must admit that was HILARIOUS! 😂

[@matthewrf6503]

god bless you @iphonedo

[@eggsrsweet]

Raise your hand if you didn't know that Gerald sat on a stool while recording these videos. Always thought he was standing lol

[@oskarkarlsson2245]

I'm in shock...

[@andreasbuder4417]

Damn.... that actually weirded me out... for whatever reason I don’t know.

[@JustDavidMinistries]

@@andreasbuder4417 That’s because the volume of his content make us all feel he sits on the most comfortable office chair🤣

[@migsflicks]

Crazy, because Dave2D seems like he is sitting on a stool but actually standing lol

[@BrianSantero]

Spoiler: Gerald's actually standing on the world's smallest stool.

[@ecsix]

These outtakes make your videos more fun than they was been for.

[@JonasBecker]

Aaand the new intro, I want him dancing to it

[@qfoil]

I'm Gerald Undone and I anamorphically squeeze to please.

[@TwaynePereira]

Please don’t let this one flop

[@LeeZavitz]

Great review! I might need to rent this off you for a project.

[@pal2tech]

Gerald officially has the studio light that was left behind by Sauron from Lord of the Rings.

[@vikmanphotography7984]

You clearly have not seen the Arri 50k HMI

[@curtisjudd]

Nailed it again, both entertaining and helpful!

[@kamilkp]

I have no business buying such an expensive light but I love your vids and your character man so I watch it anyway ;)

[@vinubox]

Your reviews are full of information, not a second wasted, very rare in youtube.

[@dalesood]

Great thorough review, G. This is going to be a great light for so many people who can't afford HMIs. I would say, that if you plan on further exploring this light, to test it against an Arri M18. or Arri M8. If you go to Arri's photometrics, you will see that with a 16º spot, the M18 does same LUX at 6m as the 600d does at 3 with the fresnel spotted. The M8 accomplishes the same output as the 600d with a matching 15º spot at 4m. Still a little bit ahead. However, here is the big difference. When it comes to using big sources for shaped light (not diffused), the HMIs being a single source have a very different fall off than COB LED. The inverse square law weirdly does not apply to COB LED (you can google the arguments for this). The readers digest version is basically high powered COBs are AMAZING for diffused light sources, but simply can't compete to the quality of light that HMIs produce. So saying it's as bright as the sun is a bit of a misnomer. To actually emulate the parallel beams of the sun, we minimally need an M9 (9K), but most often need an 18K. Beam size is a huge factor in light quality beyond just light output. I say this as a working gaffer who's used every light on the planet several times over - the physics of it never seem to change. That all said, I'm a huge fan of COB lights (owning a couple myself), and they are revolutionizing the business. The one big advantage is heat. You cant stand a meter or two in front of an M8 or M18 (800w & 1800w respectively) for very long without melting your clothing (seen it happen on a few occasions!). The fact that people can work around a 600d without burn danger is a very good reason to buy COB lights. Not to mention that when boxed with diffusion, it easily replaces the much more expensive K5600 Joker 800 HMI. All this to say that I'm not writing this to chime in with my 2 cents to stroke my ego - but more to ask you to do a video comparing COB to HMI (if you can get your hands on some). I think you would make the best video out there and open up the technical differences to users. As always, bravo for an informative and entertaining video. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@mikkelwarrer4531]

In terms of real world gaffer usage check out Andrew lock on his channel Gaffer and Gear. I'm sure he'll soon have the 600d to do a review and he'll definitely compare it to some HMI's as well as the forza 500 he uses regularly

[@dalesood]

@@mikkelwarrer4531 In fact, Luke Seerveld did just that test - against a Joker 800, and I gotta say - the Aputure 600 performs impressively well in terms of throw, & fall off. Much better than I had anticipated. Shadows aren't as sharp as the Joker, but only by a bit. This light is gonna be everywhere now.

[@WillCarterTech]

Yes! That intro remix is fire

[@ralphhulsman]

Thanks Gerald! Great content, as always!

[@cinedorks9331]

Here comes the sun. Shooting at f/7.1. Let's get Undone. And have some fun.

[@TheGalacticWest]

Do do do do dooo.

[@insanejughead]

More like f:e-lev-un...

[@EpicLightMedia]

Great review!! Thanks for your knowledge!

[@geraldundone]

Thank you! 🙏

[@osoriony]

@@geraldundone Can you guys make a video showing what batteries will power this monster to its full 100% power?

[@McAliotsam]

Wow, Epic Light Media is here, I LOVE your videos so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@ValentinKossenko]

Loved the outtakes! 🤓😝

[@Karthig1987]

Outtakes are an awesome touch to the videos. Great review as always.

[@robertlasek5762]

Great review! WOW POWER !!!

[@SidsDrakon]

I love the humor. It makes the video not only informative but now super entising cause the mix of other creators makes it that much funnier.

[@_MJ07_]

I love that you're letting your personality shine more of late!

[@STONEDECISION]

Another great video. Thanks

[@sowza1]

Fantastic Gerald. 👍

[@danasuechilds]

This was by far one of my favorite videos by you. While I have no use for this light (way out of my price range), this was hilarious to watch. Please add more of these comedic touches to your videos (and the cameos), I love it!!! Especially blowing out iPhonedo! LOL And yes, thank you for the explanation of the teleprompter remote...it always did give me pause...

[@Holtenstein]

I've been waiting for this light!

[@petertwining5729]

Loved the video and loved the intro as well. Thanks for the share. :)

[@theoortcloud742]

Intro suggestion: Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do!

[@AfterlifeStudios]

This thing is so sick❤️ apurture makes great stuff. Gerald kills it as usual😁

[@alesko5]

Epic outtakes on this one! Also, thanks for explaining the hand between the legs move. I felt a little awkward watching it at first... LOL

[@OmarAfuni]

Look, mom! I’m in a Gerald Undone video! 😱😭 Love Faruk and Jesse’s cameos. 😂

[@elhadjindiaye1217]

Good work Omar and Congrats for your cameo! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@OmarAfuni]

@@elhadjindiaye1217 Thank you so much!

[@flochfitness]

600D! WOW! Great review Gerald!!!

[@TommyCallaway]

That light is so fire. Great job, good work, and congrats on the in-house solar generator

[@nikonalpharand]

Great review as always, got a unit already iso 100 / f/22 1/640sec for pack shots its a beatful bright monster of sunlight power. Very happy so far.

[@davidsanchez1]

Amazing Gerald, I like your sense of humor and it is funny to watch your videos of products that I will never buy. Thank you.

[@christophermcguinness]

Thank you Gerald. Next commercial, I"m thinking I'll pick this up!

[@AZisk]

I had no idea you sat behind that table. Thought you were standing. My world has been turned upside down

[@davidhrzenjak]

Yooooo, finally. Love the intro.

[@XXIVCONCEPT]

I love the added goofs recently! Keep it up!

[@BradyBessette]

stopping by saying hey and thank you so much!

[@paullyubezhanin6125]

Yes the gearald undone remix in the intro!!

[@DaveMcKeegan]

Rolling blackouts reported across the country ... Canada: GERALD!!!

[@Mathew-vlogs]

One of the best videos you've made. I really enjoyed it. 😂😂😂

[@2365Films]

Great Review - WANT THAT LIGHT!

[@pixelpearlproduction538]

The original song was already stuck in my head... now you go and make this song and get it “stucker” 😉😉😉 thanks Master G....

[@thefilmmaker84]

Best opening! Nice!

[@MichaelWarthStudios]

🤣🤣🤣 I didn’t expect the comedy - such an entertaining yet thorough review. Thanks for making fun videos!

[@WesPerry]

This one was both helpful And entertaining, even at 1.0x! Also, love that you used the Gerald Undone cover track for the opener, thusly making it canon 😏

[@felopjori4600]

That intro! Nice 👍🏽

[@nwvideographotographer7186]

I would love ANY aperture light, love the video bro cheers!!

[@justinjones9006]

Jesse Driftwood cameo was the greatest thing I've seen today! I was not prepared.

[@sensualbydomeni]

Totally gonna buy it =)

[@andreasoberg2021]

Great review as always. This is a very cool light. We film slow motion in 1000-2000fps and light is ALWAYS a problem so the 300 is just not enough for some situations. However the 600 seems really heavy and I can imagine that the batteries does not last very long on full power.

[@tombuck]

I love this. I remember burning my flesh on old tungsten studio lights and it’s crazy that LED lights can be this bright. The safety benefits alone are worth the cost. Plus you could make a sweet bat signal with it.

[@geraldundone]

Totally! Although, this one does still get pretty warm itself when at 100% intensity. If you stand in front of it, it feels like the sun on your back. But you're safe as long as you don't touch the chip.

[@aliquran7535]

@@geraldundone Hi, my friend which one you recommend aputure LS 600x pro bi color or aputure ls 600d pro light storm? Thank you.

[@JustinDoesTriathlon]

Oh man this is gonna make my MMS messages look so good.

[@alex.muntean]

Ahahaha, that was so creative - with iPhonedo and Jesse Driftwood.

[@CreativeTechLab]

Outtakes were everything!!

[@adamblaster]

Good shit! The prompter remote cracked me up! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂

[@imatleast12]

Excited for the 100d, 100x, 200d, 200x reviews.

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

Best Video Of 2020!

[@FILMERWERK]

This new into was sooo good 🤓🤓🤓

[@TheNiteinjail]

Still freaking loving that remix

[@andyony2]

Wow, its so interesting, that you begin to insert more entertainment parts into your video ;) First I was a bit irritated, but I like it !! 🙂

[@OliKember]

Great walkthrough, thanks so much! Next time you do a fan noise test I would love if you could boost the audio for us; I boosted it my end and then almost blew my ears off when you started talking again. Just a thought. Thanks again for doing this!

[@amitkrupal1234]

Superb intro

[@joenicklo]

Beast review for a beast light.

[@ApexMedia101]

Gerald Mom: GEERRRRALD what are you doing in the bathroom so long! Gerald: IM ADJUSTING MY TELEPROMPTER MOM!

[@WillCarterTech]

This level of collaboration is clever. Much better than 2008 youtube.

[@frasermacmannis614]

i enjoyed this

[@REVIEWSONTHERUN]

Cool!✌️

[@matthieuvandenneucker]

This light is awesome

[@Mathew-vlogs]

That new intro song is awesome.

[@Tiger_rag]

You are the best. Greetings from Siberia

[@brianpark2564]

Yes. That intro song, please keep it

[@TurboJThomas]

Love the new intro song version

[@FlowingCamera]

Gerald Outdone yourself .... love your reviews ! And playing back the review at 75% I get 25% more value .... brilliant !!! Oh, and most important and bottomline, I absolutely trust your reviews especially when considering some of these higher dollar investments. Thanks !!!!!

[@controversylab]

Thank god for Apiture!! I needed two lights to use for natural lighting through windows for narrative film making. My only options looked like the Arri 2500, which costs a whopping $5,000 per light!! Can’t really afford to pay $10,000 for two lights. But It honestly looks like the 600D is good enough to do the job, at less than half the price of 1 2500 Arri HMI light. Thanks for the detailed review!! Looks like I’m getting two 600D’s!!!

[@jannikjacyhde4711]

You, Matt day & Grainy days just posted a video.... My day just went from 1 to 100.000 lux

[@j_g123]

Looking forward to using this in my big Elinchrom Litemotiv para. Hope it doesn't burst into ashes

[@WilliamNevius]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂 when did we get a theme song for the intro!! Love it

[@SamuelPeterr]

Check his community tab for the full version! It's soo good!

[@WilliamNevius]

@@SamuelPeterr bet thanks

[@AsianWithHat]

I'm Gerald Undone and I grade in G-Log.

[@luciano.armani]

props to the extra humor =)

[@AlexanderTheFirstMate]

Lmao I'm loving these comedy skits. Please do more!

[@yalmcinisli306]

Best.Cameo.Ever.

[@willvmedia6377]

Love the outtakes lmao 😂

[@olinshea]

i’m super impressed with the power cord/box...it looks super heavy duty haha

[@narangaman85]

Nice intro!

[@AndreasAbb]

It's getting scary... Every time I'm gaining interest in a product, Gerald drops a video the same day.😳

[@te.rencej]

i like your new introo 😂

[@GripTips]

Yea, I had that same problem moving the rods around too

[@mrshaheedmalik]

I too shoot it in post, Gerald.

[@KillingTheMost]

First Epic Light Media, and now you.

[@LaneMcCall]

I've never clicked on a video so quickly.

[@JacobdelaRosa]

FINALLY! I'll happily pay that to be able to anything anytime

[@DehinorVargas]

This intro, more like this please.

[@BrentRivers]

I was picking up on a bit of Westworld glitching in that last bloop studder.

[@SlideWreckDan]

Me: There's no such thing as overkill with lighting Aputure: *Hold my light meter*

[@insanejughead]

From 10 meters away, no less...

[@aebonstudio7193]

It's an interesting light for sure. With the added dmx features and weather proofing Aputure is finally starting to offer the quality that I would use on a professional film set. The price is actually what's most appealing about it, because when comparing it to industry units like a joker 800; it's only about a stop or so less bright than when using a leko adaptor, but it still almost for stops less bright when you start introducing lenses into the mix. The Joker however is almost 8000 dollars. Or With Arri orbiter, they have very similar levels of output when using the same types of modifiers, The Orbiter is RGB however and has more added features for effects, dmx ect, but that unit as a kit is easily 10,000 dollars. For these reasons I think Aputure is starting to add value to the professional space.

[@djsuckertash]

Thanks for giving it a decent overview. I'm a pretty big fan of the 300d ii, so was glad to see this. My only complaint with them has been the flimsy AC plug end, which eventually tore away from the cable housing. I just cut off and replaced with a hospital grade. Does the plug for the 600d feel similar?

[@officialmultimedia8107]

Not gonna lie, the stool part was actually a selling point for travel. The details!

[@Kaisolostudio]

That new theme song took me by surprise

[@johnjim3741]

Nice. Intro

[@TristanOmik]

"Here comes the product review, doo doo doo dooo, here comes Gerald Undone, and I say it's all bright."