Quasar Science LED Lights: Hands On Review & Lighting Examples

[@curtisjudd]

I had no idea you could get such a soft key with a "stick" of light like that. Nicely done Levi!

[@UpHillCinema]

I could have done this project with your help. Thank you sir. I know right! One light at 20% power gives you such a soft look. These lights are amazing.

[@akashsahanisahni9967]

Curtis Judd rrr

[@GunsGirlsGames]

Just called to order, Dave said "Yeah, everyone's apparently seen this video, the lights have flown off the shelves!". Once again, you rock for pointing us in the right direction!!

[@reelsportrd]

GunsGirlsGames Hahaha that's awesome

[@Bowsprit92]

I wish Quasars would be available in Europe. I just can't seem to find those cheaper priced versions! Great video nonetheless, ty!

[@TomHenryTography]

How are the dimmer controls operated? Are there switches on the bulbs? Are you using your own dimmer system? How can you daisy-chain multiple T8's together?

[@UpHillCinema]

I am using a separate dimmer. I have links in the description. Yes you can daisy chain them together. Quasar Science has a kit you can buy to do that.

[@kagoTshabota]

All I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW! I'm sold.

[@UpHillCinema]

You won't regret the purchase thats for sure.

[@zackketz]

The 2' lights are on sale for under $30 each on B&H right now.

[@JDRivera3WingProductions]

I love you for posting this!!! Question, are there Quasar black lights available? If so, where?

[@munson2538]

Amazing work, thank you so much for doing this! Just ordered 4 of them, took 6 months to find them in stock somewere.

[@linadecaseleycarloss5838]

Excellent video! Subscribed. 2021 now, found some dealers I the UK so looks like they have come across the pond :-)

[@Lukas_Saglam]

THIS WAS SO COOL HOLY SHIT!! Dude I'm literally like so into your style of review videos, they're so inclusive of like every question I had in my head, wow. I'm a film major at asu and have been looking for something similar to these lights, now I know that these are the exact ones I'm gonna get! THANK YOU!!!

[@UpHillCinema]

Thank you!

[@jpgonz1987]

Dude how the heck are you? We went to Davis together! I love seeing you do your thing with video/photography! Best wishes man!

[@carlosq00]

Thanks Levi for sharing - I requested a quote and think I will pick up a couple sets in each color temp. Thanks again!

[@aarones4378]

Kino + Quasar bulbs = fucking greatness. I'm going to replace all of my bulbs with Quasars!!!! This is awesome!

[@mellangestudio]

Love the video and information you've shared. Great overview. What gel is used for the background at the 5 min mark? Thanks in advance!

[@UpHillCinema]

PETE ALEXANDER If your referring to the gels on the quasars it was #728 steel green. If your referring to the lights but the background that weren’t the quasars, I didn’t use gels. They were the Arri l5-c.

[@mellangestudio]

UpHill Cinema oh gotcha..yes, was really loving the background color. Do u recall what the temp was set at on the Arri? thanks again!

[@UpHillCinema]

PETE ALEXANDER The lights are actually a full RGB light. So I actually just put the to a complimentary color. You can do any color you want with them.

[@DavidPiccinelli]

WTF!! the quality of your infos is incredible!!!!

[@UpHillCinema]

Thank you very much!

[@BKLYNXVIDEO]

GREAT VID!!! What was your set up when you were talking in from of camera? That looked amazing

[@UpHillCinema]

BKLYNX I’m going be posting in this this week.

[@BushidoPhoto]

The lights are cool, but I personally don't like the square catch lights in the eyes for the Diva light look.

[@brucetrappleton6984]

the square inside the circular eye is horrible. It destroys the geometry of the eyes

[@mattgrothe7825]

@2.01 you say to wrap them in gels to get more looks. Where did you get those "gels"?

[@UpHillCinema]

Rosco or Lee’s. Bh or amazon

[@janwiedemann1458]

Ist seems, you cannot purchase the tubes anywhere. Not even at B&H. Any idea?

[@emmanuelmoran]

Thank you for the great video. What is your workflow for power distribution with multiple tubes?

[@UpHillCinema]

Emanuel, thank you for the support and compliment. Could you be a little more specific with your question? I want to make sure I answer it properly.

[@nicholasjude7937]

Awesome Tutorial ! amazing lighting ! i always loved Quasar Science Tubes ! :) How long do they last ? their lifetime i mean ? +UpHill Cinema

[@Steez76D]

amazing color! What color gels did you use to get that orange and pink hue effect? great video

[@UpHillCinema]

Thanks for the compliments. The pink and orange colors are actually not gels, there from lights I used which are ARRI L5.

[@157Pictures]

Awesome video! Can these be hooked up to a v-mount battery via d-tap to become portable? Or any other type battery for that matter?

[@ALLTHINGSCINEMA24]

awesome lighting tutorial dude! keep them coming

[@UpHillCinema]

Thank you so much. Fun stuff.

[@xXxAmadeuzxXx]

Great video! What color gels did you guys use for the quasar? What size should I get?

[@DuyNguyen-bh1of]

Awesome tutorial. Thank you for sharing!

[@UpHillCinema]

Thank you Duy

[@mamounmokni6814]

can t thank you enough for these amazing informations !! i'm a subscriber !

[@timthompsondp]

For the key light on the first shot were you also using the Quasar Science tubes? Great video, keep making em!

[@UpHillCinema]

Yes. Key right above and in front of her head. These lights are on point.

[@timthompsondp]

Wow quick response! They are rad, I need to pick some up!

[@timthompsondp]

Do you know watt wattage they are equivalent too?

[@UpHillCinema]

With the price on these, we all should have them in out bag of tricks.

[@KandidReviews]

i simply loved the output! too good!

[@jkphoto007]

I hope this is an easy question. I seen your videos and others. Finally, decided to buy and now they seem out of stock everywhere, do you know why?

[@UpHillCinema]

Hi Jeff. Thanks for watching the vids. As far as your question, these lights are just in high demand. A lot of DPs and filmmakers love them and the demand is big now. I just had a buddy order the battery powered three piece kit and I think it took a couple of weeks to get to him. I guess that happens when your products are heavly wanted. I hope that helps.

[@jkphoto007]

@@UpHillCinema thanks for the response! The battery units would be cool, but out of my budget. I wanted a 4' and will add a GVM 480. That will give me flexibility I need and the plan is to buy more Quasar Science tubes.

[@TFaminu]

@@jkphoto007 in stock buddy! Adorama had some that I bought last week! Great lights. And great review. Have a blessed day my brothers!

[@TheChaseGarcia]

Hey! I just got some Quasars! So excited! I was wondering, what is your solution for Gels? Thank you

[@UpHillCinema]

I'll do two things. I'll use Rosco quick color sleeves or just there normal gels and tape them to the light. LEDs don't get hot so your totally fine putting gels and tap on them.

[@TheChaseGarcia]

UpHill Cinema thank you

[@sarajehansj]

These lights dont flicker in videos?

[@UpHillCinema]

Sara Jehan That is correct, they to flicker at all.

[@artdonovandesign]

Great vid. Thanks!

[@UpHillCinema]

Thanks

[@simonvandenbroek6384]

hey, what would the quality of the light be if I got the normal dimmable but non crossfaded version and used gels instead to change the temperature/colour to my liking? I want to get these lights but I think the price difference between the Crossfade versions and the non crossfade versions is huge.

[@mulveyphoto]

Hey what dimmer did you use. And info to go with that. Thinking maybe just a standard dimming switch between power cord and source might do it.

[@davinintsiful1313]

Can you change the color of the lights?

[@Jaimezli]

can you use the power cable for any T8 led light?

[@aaronnardi]

I have fs5, a7s2, inferno, along with a handful of quasars, and love em. I guess I could just test myself but what ISO are you at in some of these samples? And how heavily did you grade the footage. I just never thought one would be enough to key. haha. nice work.

[@UpHillCinema]

Im at the base ISO before Sonys later update, so 2000. It was all shot in slog2 and yes it is graded, but I'm not sure what classifies as heavy. I graded the footage myself in premiere, so as much as I can do in there without killing the image. I have found with all sony cameras, you have to push the image to make it look good.

[@aaronnardi]

Nice. yea the new 1600 is a little nice to deal with. I'm generally shooting with multiple bulbs but this makes me want to try some single bulb action. nice work.

[@UpHillCinema]

+aaron nardi Thanks Aaron. Be sure to keep me posted.

[@TradeMarkMusic23]

Hey great video . My question is in the thumb nail . Are the two blue lights in the background , vertically mounted .do they have gels on them or is that a natural color look ? Thanks

[@UpHillCinema]

Yes the do. They are a the 5600k bulbs with #728 steel green gel. amzn.to/2hfNr3b

[@oddnesstv9378]

Why does it seem so difficult to buy these lights?

[@YoungBlaze]

ODDNESS TV what u mean?

[@brendanryan262]

They're not available from regular online sellers. Contacted company for a quote... bit strange

[@kelseyjones9040]

Barbizon Lighting sells them.. they have offices all over the country.

[@YoungBlaze]

Kelsey Renfro i got mine from them!

[@mastaw]

Kelsey Renfro depends on the country

[@alexmbrune]

Hey. Great video. Which model of these did you use?

[@UpHillCinema]

0:05

[@i_am_kanani]

what gels to do you wrap them with. I am new to video and dont want to get gels that the lights might melt.

[@fruffychuffles]

Hey UpHill, what brand and version of lights did you use to light your face while you're talking throughout this video?

[@fruffychuffles]

Just kidding, I just found it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnqtdYFtd6mfjc0

[@UpHillCinema]

Great question. I used one quasar but in a book light situation.

[@fruffychuffles]

@@UpHillCinema Thank you, I'm not super familiar with a book light situation. Do you have any links to videos you've made where I can see what you're talking about? Or see what that kind of set up would look like?

[@UpHillCinema]

fruffychuffles A book light is when you bounce the light off if something then diffuse that light. I should do a video about book lights.

[@fruffychuffles]

@@UpHillCinema Okay, so did you have the quasar tube with 216 rosco around it then bouced off a bounce board? I'm just trying to wrap my head around how you did this set up. Maybe if you did a quick video with the lighting breakdown where you even took a picture from behind your head so that I could see where you've placed the light in relation to the diffusion and bounce? That would be great!

[@JDRivera3WingProductions]

What are good light Gel's to use with these lights? link if you can thanks - JD

[@UpHillCinema]

amzn.to/2VCARgP.

[@JDRivera3WingProductions]

@@UpHillCinema Thank you!!!

[@jonatanvillafana3244]

are they dimmable?

[@thefrowhisperer]

Can you please tell me how you achieved the orange/teal pink/clay skin look that you have there at 7:04 ? I usually only see it done with RED cameras. Thanks and you've sold me on the QS lights. How long did it take for you to get yours?

[@UpHillCinema]

+Urban Elevate QS is based in LA and I'm in Utah so only a couple days. And for the look at 7:04 of me, is pretty simple. Two 4 foot QS T8 lights, one at 5600K and the other at 3000K. The 56k light is in back of me which you can see in the shot, and that's has a Rosco 728 steel green gel wrapped around it. Then my key light is the 30k light on camera left and that shooting through a Rosco 1/2 soft frost. The camera is set to 3000k too. Hope that helps and thanks for her support.

[@thefrowhisperer]

Tanks so much! I'm subscribed. Keep posting and let me know how I can help! We shoot on a C300 mark ii and I'm just learning color and lighting mainly for music videos and docs sos a channel like this helps so much.

[@DJServe1]

Which one did u get ? It says voltage 120 or 240 VAC.. then it says color 3000k or 5600k ...

[@imnickcampos]

I have the 120 5600k. 5600k will be daylight and you can put gels on them as well.

[@kyleroberts9738]

On their site it says "dimmer compatible". What dimmer are you putting them on when you say at 20% they're super soft? Thanks!

[@UpHillCinema]

Kyle Roberts Great question. Here's the exact ones I use. Cheap and work great. I have white and black. amzn.to/2qjWgz6

[@kyleroberts9738]

Awesome, I grabbed one to try it out as I picked up 2x 2' Switch's here in LA. I love the light they give off for sure. Have you found a battery solution for these? P-tap power to Anton Bauer?

[@1stAC]

I'm torn. Should I go with these, the v2 or the astera ax1

[@UpHillCinema]

That’s a hard one. One thing I’ve found is that the QS are a lot more versatile then other lights. Meaning I can get tons of looks with only a couple of there lights. That doesn’t mean I’m not use other lights, it just mean dependent on the project I can use less gear and the look I’m going for.

[@ytrill24]

🔥

[@christiansantiagophotography]

What’s the output of these lights ?

[@killianbayer]

Really nice

[@lukecooperes]

WHat would be the luminance or watt equivalent of the power from this lights?

[@UpHillCinema]

luke coops I'm not sure but they are bright!

[@lukecooperes]

Thanks, Levi! And I am impressed by the quick response :) And I forgot to mention it but I loved the video (already subscribed) and your lighting it's quite amazing! Kind of looking towards those lights now, and completely inspired hahaha

[@UpHillCinema]

Luke, thank you for the compliment and for the support. If you have more questions or need anything, let me know I'm always willing to help.

[@lukecooperes]

Awesome Levi!! Glad to hear that, I will make shure to coment every once again haha But keep up that goooood work! Love those lights! What are the cmaera settings on some of the shots? (or the more challenging ones)

[@reneirtaylor6653]

Has a sci-fi feel to it. Like the game Portals or something.

[@UpHillCinema]

Re'neir Taylor Thank you

[@folkmotion479]

MINDBLOWN!!!

[@UpHillCinema]

Haha thank you.

[@mandy1500]

UpHill Cinema 😉

[@killianbayer]

Can you battery power them? Via an adapter or would I need a generator?

[@UpHillCinema]

Yes you can. Ive used generators quite a bit with them.

[@rickmckinney2008]

Curious to know what ISO on the A7Sii you were using for this test?

[@UpHillCinema]

Rick McKinney are you referring to the shots with the model?

[@rickmckinney2008]

UpHill Cinema Yes.

[@UpHillCinema]

So with the model that was all shot with a SONY FS5 with firmware upgrade for raw. It was filmed in Prores HQ. The ISO was at the time 3200.

[@everettfanor1989]

What do you mean by "Full setup"?

[@UpHillCinema]

Gallardo, great question. I can see who this would be confusion. The full set up I'm referring to is a three piece lighting kit.

[@ajrc1987]

Do you happen to know any dealer in Europe? ;) Thanks!!

[@UpHillCinema]

Antonio José I’m not sure. But, you could check on there website.

[@YoungBlaze]

Where did you get the gels for these?

[@UpHillCinema]

amzn.to/2kZXKNm

[@platypusrex256]

The eye light at 5:20 is weird. Its kinda alien. IDK.

[@UpHillCinema]

+Joshua Guerci That eye light is a very typical look in the cosmetic commercial world. I wanted to show that you can have high and low key looks with the same lights.

[@justinburgan]

What kind of gels do you use for this??

[@UpHillCinema]

Justin Burgan For the blue look, I used this. amzn.to/2tbxy59

[@justinburgan]

Ahh, thank you! I loved this review. Unfortunately, the lights are on back order right now :/

[@VincentJaugan]

Ordered them, 2 months later they still haven't shipped :(

[@UpHillCinema]

Have you reached​ out to them?

[@VincentJaugan]

They keep saying they've sent it and they'll send me a tracking number. This went on for weeks but there was never a tracking number sent. Called them again a few days ago and said they'll ship it and it will be here in a week and they actually did it this time with a tracking number. I hope the light is work the wait.

[@UpHillCinema]

Me too man! I do know that I use mine like crazy and love them!

[@slablyfe827]

The cable management on this set was giving me anxiety

[@UpHillCinema]

Thank you

[@freesoju]

Dam Mia is pretty as fuck I came to learn about LEDs but now I just wanna chill wit mia

[@directedbydavid]

ok. what about a wide shot of a living room??

[@AaronNanto]

What lens are you using there sir?

[@UpHillCinema]

Great question Aaron. For filming myself I was on a 85mm at f2.0, and for the model Taylor, I was using a 100mm at f1.8

[@AaronNanto]

Great review BTW - I just sent them a quote request for a 3pack. So even for the shot at 3:22 of Taylor you were using the 100mm lens? (I ask because the camera looks way too close to her at 100mm to get that kind of framing) Also, did you use the Sony A7Sii for her shots as well?

[@UpHillCinema]

Aaron, I mis spoke. The shots for the actual examples, I was shooting a 50mm. For the shot of Taylor, which is the video I did about gels, I was using a 100mm. Hopefully that clears things up a bit. Sorry for the confusion. This was all shot on the Sony FS5, but I do use the A7SII a ton. Great camera.

[@AaronNanto]

Thanks - no worries. Makes sense now.

[@RobV523]

wow - were you shooting raw into the odyssey? my FS5 footage never looked that good! I know it's all about the lights - but also curious about the settings! thanks!

[@ekdromoi]

man that girl is pretty.

[@UpHillCinema]

I'll​ let her know.

[@simongentry]

subbed

[@UpHillCinema]

Thanks Simon

[@ClaudioDesideriFilms]

Like if you're after these lights in 2020?

[@Luckypantsfilms]

Olivia Munn and Lucy Lu's lovechild is Mia.

[@bracketenergymediaproducti4729]

The 2ft is $45 in US and $253 in the UK - we are being RIPPED OFF! Thanks wexphotovideo.com

[@ShotByMyles]

The only official dealer in the UK is this place, and they don't even publish the prices. I've asked for a quote but the process doesn't inspire confidence in supply / prices: www.ac-et.com/lighting/products/quasar_science/led/wash_892/index.asp

[@UnicityInternational]

more like mattheweeenie am I right?

[@UpHillCinema]

Unicity International haha

[@satrioutomo3237]

koe tuku nandi?

[@clickryanG]

#thatSmileTho ;)

[@directedbydavid]

she looks dark

[@genkiferal7178]

the reflection of the bulbs in her eyes is AWFUL! he says its good. he must not appreciate the beauty of the eye.