Husky 180 LED worklight at Home Depot

stip said:
Thx for the reply NextWaveG!
Sounds like 1/2 Minus Green isn't enough to do the job on this one?!
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I didn't play around with any minus green gels. I just know the CTO gel that came with it is nowhere near 3200k. Someone may find the right minus green gel combo to get it to a good color balance...but in the mean time, don't expect to use this with any daylight or tungsten lights without getting a weird color shift.
 
I was looking at the 180-LED Husky light at Home Depot today. It's rechargeable and only $60. An identical-looking one sold elsewhere on the web is listed as having a 6700K temp. (Home Depot doesn't specify a color temp for their version.) I would be interested in hearing if anyone has tried the Husky light.
 
NextWaveG said:
I didn't play around with any minus green gels. I just know the CTO gel that came with it is nowhere near 3200k. Someone may find the right minus green gel combo to get it to a good color balance...but in the mean time, don't expect to use this with any daylight or tungsten lights without getting a weird color shift.
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Exactly. I have both lights. Even if you colour balance these lights, you notice that flesh tones appear sickly with the 126 LED light from ebay. The comer 1800 light is about the same light level but the light quality is better, more even and kinder to flesh tones after white balancing. The 126 led light has a light magenta filter with it, but it still wasn't flattering. The comer 1800 light does have a lower colour temperature. If you use it outdoors to fill, you get a warm glow, which may or may not be to your taste.
 
It's partly the reason why the litepanels/Arri/Lowel units are so expensive, aside from the branding a lot of work has gone into getting a good CRI. I think Arri sells there LED lights with there Tungsten heads as a kit because they match within acceptable tolerances, it's also one of the reasons why they use a mixing chamber to blend any minor color differences between elements together and of course to create a single shadow source. It's not just about reading the kelvin temp it's also about the green/magenta bias.

That said there are some cheaper examples out there which will match Kino's fine and are very good value for money, always best to take a glance at the photometric data from the manufacturer and if not displayed on there site they will likely be able to email it to you direct from the supplier. I think what NextWaveG has said about using it as an emergency light in your kit bag is very sensible, it's all about knowing your limitations and making the best out of them.
 
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