Brett_Erskine
Active member
Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
Seeing that LED's are about $1 a piece and that there are 200 in this light you would be talking about 50% under cost. So again its not a question of how much it would be nice to pay but what is its value for your work and thus what is the price point your willing to pay for it. Hell I want a DVX100 for a $100 too but its worth $3,300.
Seeing that LED's are about $1 a piece and that there are 200 in this light you would be talking about 50% under cost. So again its not a question of how much it would be nice to pay but what is its value for your work and thus what is the price point your willing to pay for it. Hell I want a DVX100 for a $100 too but its worth $3,300.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
You sell it for what you want; I just said that is what I would pay for it.
You sell it for what you want; I just said that is what I would pay for it.
G
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Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
cheaper prices + good word of mouth = large volume sales
higher prices = lower volume of sales.
I'm speaking as a consumer, of course ;D
cheaper prices + good word of mouth = large volume sales
higher prices = lower volume of sales.
I'm speaking as a consumer, of course ;D
Brett_Erskine
Active member
Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
...I give up. :
...I give up. :
Z
Zoomforce
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Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
I think I paid $.15 for 5600k LEDS when I built mine... where are you getting $1 LEDs from?
I think I paid $.15 for 5600k LEDS when I built mine... where are you getting $1 LEDs from?
Brett_Erskine
Active member
Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
Im not using normal bright LED's. These are extremely bright and have a very high CRT rating (color rendering index). In other words unlike some LEDs these will always represent all of the colors in your scenes accurately. The other thing is that given that even with 200 LEDs its not strong enough to use as much of a fill light outdoors in daylight (most lights arent). Thats why one of my lights contain 3,200K LEDs for indoor use. Correcting a 56K LED to 32K often requires a "orange-ish" color gell (CTO) that really cuts down the light output quiet a bit. Also unlike other LED lights, the light beam spread angle perfectly matches the lens angle of the DVX100 at wide angle. In other words no more hot spot in the middle of the screen and at the same time no wasted light. Basically perfectly calibrated for the DVX100 but unfortunately it's not cost effective for me to sell them for under a $100. Eventually the material cost will come down sometime in the future and that price point may be possible. But until then I'll finish up the casing for the light and post a picture when the final is done for you guys to at least check out. Thanks for the input.
Im not using normal bright LED's. These are extremely bright and have a very high CRT rating (color rendering index). In other words unlike some LEDs these will always represent all of the colors in your scenes accurately. The other thing is that given that even with 200 LEDs its not strong enough to use as much of a fill light outdoors in daylight (most lights arent). Thats why one of my lights contain 3,200K LEDs for indoor use. Correcting a 56K LED to 32K often requires a "orange-ish" color gell (CTO) that really cuts down the light output quiet a bit. Also unlike other LED lights, the light beam spread angle perfectly matches the lens angle of the DVX100 at wide angle. In other words no more hot spot in the middle of the screen and at the same time no wasted light. Basically perfectly calibrated for the DVX100 but unfortunately it's not cost effective for me to sell them for under a $100. Eventually the material cost will come down sometime in the future and that price point may be possible. But until then I'll finish up the casing for the light and post a picture when the final is done for you guys to at least check out. Thanks for the input.
Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
Brett
Sorry man. I wasnt trying to be flip. I have no idea how much it cost's to build the setup.
Whatever it costs + what you value your time - charge that.
like ransom said then market. show us some clips of it in action.
I dont have tons of money to spend but that would probably convince me.
Brett
Sorry man. I wasnt trying to be flip. I have no idea how much it cost's to build the setup.
Whatever it costs + what you value your time - charge that.
like ransom said then market. show us some clips of it in action.
I dont have tons of money to spend but that would probably convince me.
G
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Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
Sounds good. I'll post it as soon as its complete.
Sounds good. I'll post it as soon as its complete.
G
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Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
[quote author=ransom link=board=Links;num=1071261354;start=120#132 date=08/24/04 at 09:53:37]
second that[/quote]
as long as it aint' more costly than my microfill, I can live with another light.
[quote author=ransom link=board=Links;num=1071261354;start=120#132 date=08/24/04 at 09:53:37]
second that[/quote]
as long as it aint' more costly than my microfill, I can live with another light.
XDeathOrGloryX
Active member
Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
any new developments gentleman?
any new developments gentleman?
G
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Re: Home made DIY LED baby light
Yes. Due to the lack of commercial interest and the fact that most major light manufactures are sure to adapt LED technology fairly soon - I decided to cancel the my LED light project. Instead I'll be posting some pictures of the larger 1st generation light that I made. Hopefully it will be of some use to the DIYers out there that are unwilling to wait for the industry to catch up to this new technology.
-Brett Erskine
Yes. Due to the lack of commercial interest and the fact that most major light manufactures are sure to adapt LED technology fairly soon - I decided to cancel the my LED light project. Instead I'll be posting some pictures of the larger 1st generation light that I made. Hopefully it will be of some use to the DIYers out there that are unwilling to wait for the industry to catch up to this new technology.
-Brett Erskine