Current best lower budget LED panels?

Darren Levine

Darren Levine

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The market is practically flooded with cheap led panels these days, curious to see what everyone has tried, liked, disliked.

The light storm series is getting a lot of attention, and i see many other newcommers, likely just rebrands. I've been debating a set of HR672s for awhile, but heard of overheating issues.

What have ya'll tried and liked? keep it to anything over 35w draw, under 700/panel
 
I've used Ledgo panels which have a nice performance and built quality. I own the larger LG1200SC but even the smaller LG600 are really nice. But today with the latest generation +95CRI panels there are many other options just as good.
 
I've got 1 Aputure 672 and 2 of the 528's and I have not ever had any overheating events at all.
I'm not saying it's not possible, but I've had them on for up to 5-hours at pretty much full brightness without a break and have never had them even get "hot" really at all.

The Lightstorms do look great, but the form factor seems to imply it's a fixture that needs additional rigging of some sort to make it complete. The compact size is great but that means it's going to be a bit harder a source, and I'm not exactly in love with where the external power supply sits.

These Came-TV panels get consistently good reviews. Not 'outstanding' but good. They say "high-CRI" but don't list a number, but tests generally put them around 90 and they don't appear to have a green spike. Nice that they have the V-mount built right in too.
http://www.came-tv.com/cametv-high-cri-digital-5600k-1024-led-video-film-panel-light-p-216.html
 
DPStewart said:
The Lightstorms do look great, but the form factor seems to imply it's a fixture that needs additional rigging of some sort to make it complete. The compact size is great but that means it's going to be a bit harder a source, and I'm not exactly in love with where the external power supply sits.
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I love the separate head and ballast of the lightstorm. Its not as bulky as an Astra Panel where the ballast is on the yoke. I feel more confident to boom the light head out if I need to. Its also handy when adjusting brightness without having to bring down the light.

I've been using my LS1 through 4x4 diffusion most times and the occasional bounce. I'm trying to find a suitable softbox option for it. I want to get the LS1/2 as a fill light and a LS1 bi colour. The build quality on these things is fantastic. Solid Aluminum. The back fins of the light can get pretty toasty but it cools down quick when off. They packed a ton of LEDs in that small space. Moving the balast & power supply out is probably the only reason it doesn't need a fan like the Astra. I've left this light on for 5 hours straight with no issues so far.
 
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