So, I was scouring eBay last night out of curiosity and found the 500 bead panels for as little as $77 (I believe, there were some going for $74) and a 900 bead (2x1?) for $149. Came TV has a three panel 900 bead (2x1?) kit for just under a grand and a three panel (2x1?) for around $1,300...
The YN600's are phenomenal lights for the money. The color quality is quite good and the output enormous even useful for outdoor interviews. I have avoided all their bicolors unfortunately because they insist on making separate dimmers for T and D so it would be hard to keep a consistent color temp when dimming. I've written asking them to have one knob for color and one for dimming but it seems this is common for cheap Chinese lights. On the 600s I've found that I just put a toothpick in the fan to stop it and have had no problem with longterm use- however you can't use the their plastic gels because that will increase heat by the bulbs.
The silver barndoors are a joke because they don't succeed in reflecting the bulbs to make the effect display size larger. Would be better painted black . However I prefer having the doors because I always put diffusion on them and that makes the lamp larger and softer.
I haven't tried the 900 and 1200 because I'm worried that my toothpick trick wouldn't worker on the hotter lights. The fans are generally loud and I'm not too interested in changing to quieter fans though its probably a good idea.
I wish they made these cheap LED's in larger models with the bulbs further apart so thet wouldn't need fans and we could get larger softer lights. I'd love something 2' or even 4 footer for green screens.
