best on-camera light

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stormtrooper

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looking for the best on-camera (or anything portable) light for indoors (wedding type) and underwater lighting (travel documentary type).

Where's a good place to buy it online or here in Houston?

Thanks
 
Fill lighting for interviews

Fill lighting for interviews

Is this wattage too strong for interviews, such as in a wedding video? The micro fill seems like it would maybe be a better option, but I was looking for a professional opinion.
 
stormtrooper said:
looking for the best on-camera (or anything portable) light for indoors (wedding type) and underwater lighting (travel documentary type).
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On camera lights range from $50 to over 2 grand. Underwater? Elaborate.
Hydroflex makes some pretty cool underwater HMI's....

stormtrooper said:
Where's a good place to buy it online or here in Houston?
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TEXCAM is the only shop in Houston. I don't know what all they have in stock.
 
I tried out the new LED Litepanels at NAB and shot these 9 interviews http://dvestore.com/theatre/

I now have a few sets at the office, both flood and spot camera kits with mounts/gels. The battery will last 1.5hours at full blast. It has a dimmer to adjust the unit to whatever you wish. The cool thing is the light does not shift the color when dimming. No heat either. And no more buying bulbs at $20 a whack, these LED's will last 100,000 hours. The Frezzi Micro fill is great bang for the buck though. Depends on your budget and how often you'll use it. For a wedding the Litepanels are really mellow and unobtrusive. A one light kit (that's light+battery+charger+gels+camera mount+case) is about $1k.

Guy
 
Guy Cochra, when you use your Litepanels for weddings, do you use them very close to the subjects? Their light are very hard (yes even the flood light) do you diffuse them?
 
Has anyone attempted to make their own LED camera top light.

I was thinking about converting an old PAG that I have with some 5600K super bright LEDs from CPC. added a battery and a bit of solder and you've saved a few hundred £/$

There isn't much to them considering the price tag!
 
princigalli said:
Guy Cochran, when you use your Litepanels for weddings, do you use them very close to the subjects? Their light are very hard (yes even the flood light) do you diffuse them?
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Depending on the ambient light in the room, I might pop on a frosted gel. They cut the output, so it's varies from situation to situation. I've been having fun using a 1/4 CTO to warm up faces in a room with fluorescents (white balance to the fluorescents first). Kinda cool. You're not trying to make it look "deer in headlights" so the dimmer is kick ass to dial it in just perf. I'm only trying to provide a nice fill where's there's ambient light to avoid that hollowed eye-socket look from overhead lights. I may even shoot at a slower shutter speed than normal to get a bit more exposure in total darkness. If the Litepanel is your key, the articulating arm is cool to push it further off to the side, but the dang things tend to offset your camera's weight so a Steady Stick would mellow it out.
 
I looked at buying teh ID X3 light, and was told it was only useful on PRO cameras (not prosumer) or required an expensive power source that got it up over $1000.
 
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