Any good lights for a DVX Camera?

on camera lights

on camera lights

I'm in the market for a new on camera light too. Does anyone have the litepanels micro and what do you think about it??
 
I'm in love with LEDs, they use less battery power, are daylight balanced and produce very little heat. The problem is that most of the manufacturers (like the names you mentioned) were developed when the output of LEDs were not as good as they are now. In the time it took for many of the companies to manufacture their products and get them to market, LEDs improved by leaps and bounds. Here are some points to consider:

Look for lighting output in lumens, candelpower or lux and compare them to each of your choices. If the company doesn't offer this info, call or ask them. Be suspicious or at least careful.
When it comes to people who have purchased LED lights, just keep in mind that people who have bought something love it!
And finally WOW $500, $600 or $700! Go to a flashlight forum to learn more about LEDs. Police and Military have been using new generation LEDs and their lives depend on it.
Gary
 
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OK, what's up with that? Seems to me that 95% of the time you need the minimal extra light an on-camera solution offers, you'll be indoors, where a 3200K Tungsten balance would be preferable. So why do LED light makers produce a light that will only be usable 5% of the time? It would seem much better to make the light indoor balanced and just add a dichroic flip down for those rare outdoor shots when an on-camera light might come in handy.
 
Jim Simon said:
OK, what's up with that? Seems to me that 95% of the time you need the minimal extra light an on-camera solution offers, you'll be indoors, .................................... It would seem much better to make the light indoor balanced and just add a dichroic flip down for those rare outdoor shots when an on-camera light might come in handy.
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Guess Again!
 
most of the LED lights I've seen come in option of tungsten or daylight balanced. Or the zylight with its ability to just dial it in. Given the choice of just one though I'd take daylight any day. You'll lose much less power gelling to match tungsten than gelling to match daylight. And I've found I'm under daylight balanced flo's in most offices and convention halls when shooting indoors. I'm using a zylight though, so I just match to what I need. If you've got the budget, this is THE light to get, no question about it IMO.
 
Pretty much none of the LED lights at B&H are Tungsten balanced. They're all daylight - without filters no less.

If you're in an office with full flourescents, the light seems extraneous. I'm talking dim reception halls here, where you're at 12dB gain and the on-camera light is critical. They need to be 3200K, but few LEDs seem to be. Most other on-camera lights are. Just not the LEDs. Kind of makes them useless for the overwhelming majority of situations where a small on-camera light will be needed.
 
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First of all Jim, manufactured LEDs are not the only place that they exist. There are literally thousands of choices and enclosures. I use the Cree P4 in an MR-16 mount and yes they are 5 to 6k, close enough for daylight for me. I also can filter them to make it 3200k.
As far as mixed lighting, are you saying that you mix 3200k with flourescent and it looks good?

Gary
 
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