puredrifting
Major Contributor
I just bought the Godox SA-17/SA-P Projector Kit. I've always enjoyed messing with Lekos and Dedos
but they are either large and heavy (Leko and the Aputure Leko attachment, both weigh a ton and are large)
or they are expensive (who doesn't love Dedos, but for me, they are an occasional rental).
If you have any Bowens mount COB (well, most, this Godox adapter will not fit the Aputure lights, the depth is too shallow
on the Godox SA-17 Bowens mount adapter). That said, this thing works well on the VL300. I would say skip this if you only
have the VL150 or VL200, you don't have enough horsepower to use it in most situations, other than dark rooms or
with tabletop. The downside of this adapter is it eats (wastes) a lot of output, which makes sense if you look at the
diameter of the adapter and the tube that feeds the lens. I knew this going in, but I was hoping that the higher output
of the VL300 would still make it useful.
As you see from my test image, I am projecting a pattern right next to a brightly lit glass door panel with afternoon sun
streaming through it and to stack the deck, I also inserted a fairly dark gel into the projector too and the pattern is still
at the perfect level although this is with the VL300 output at 100%.
Godox has dozens of Gobos available. Besides the stock set that came with it, I purchased the window set I have pictured.
The unit comes with the 85mm f/2.8 projector lens but for $139.00 Godox also offers a 150mm f/2.0 lens if you need to
project from greater distances. I also purchased a shutter/cutter set for creating wedges and slashes, a scrim set that
reminds me of the scrims for my Arri 150, really small, high quality. It comes with single, half single, double, half double
and three layer graduated scrim that is pretty cool. All for $17.00. If these were Arri scrims they would cost ten times that.
The Harbor Freight Apache 4800 hard case contains the whole kit and was on sale for $59.00. The main reason I bought this was
as a time and labor saving device. I can do almost of these effects without this using real gobos like blinds, scrims and cucloris. But then I also need addtional
C-stands, distance/room size and time. I can deploy the VL300 and this projector in less than 5 minutes and with the focusing
mechanism, I can make the patterns or slashes as sharp or soft as I would like. The dimmer on the VL300 is there to instantly
dial in the output intensity.
Overall, this is an incredible time saver, a great creative tool and very flexible. You pay the penalty for the low cost and light weight
with the reduced output, this is nowhere in the neighborhood of a real Leko or the Aputure projector but for my use case which is
most often interview BGs, I don't need the huge output or huge size and weight, it would be overkill.
Well worth a look if you are a Godox VL300 user.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HRX2V42/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
but they are either large and heavy (Leko and the Aputure Leko attachment, both weigh a ton and are large)
or they are expensive (who doesn't love Dedos, but for me, they are an occasional rental).
If you have any Bowens mount COB (well, most, this Godox adapter will not fit the Aputure lights, the depth is too shallow
on the Godox SA-17 Bowens mount adapter). That said, this thing works well on the VL300. I would say skip this if you only
have the VL150 or VL200, you don't have enough horsepower to use it in most situations, other than dark rooms or
with tabletop. The downside of this adapter is it eats (wastes) a lot of output, which makes sense if you look at the
diameter of the adapter and the tube that feeds the lens. I knew this going in, but I was hoping that the higher output
of the VL300 would still make it useful.
As you see from my test image, I am projecting a pattern right next to a brightly lit glass door panel with afternoon sun
streaming through it and to stack the deck, I also inserted a fairly dark gel into the projector too and the pattern is still
at the perfect level although this is with the VL300 output at 100%.
Godox has dozens of Gobos available. Besides the stock set that came with it, I purchased the window set I have pictured.
The unit comes with the 85mm f/2.8 projector lens but for $139.00 Godox also offers a 150mm f/2.0 lens if you need to
project from greater distances. I also purchased a shutter/cutter set for creating wedges and slashes, a scrim set that
reminds me of the scrims for my Arri 150, really small, high quality. It comes with single, half single, double, half double
and three layer graduated scrim that is pretty cool. All for $17.00. If these were Arri scrims they would cost ten times that.
The Harbor Freight Apache 4800 hard case contains the whole kit and was on sale for $59.00. The main reason I bought this was
as a time and labor saving device. I can do almost of these effects without this using real gobos like blinds, scrims and cucloris. But then I also need addtional
C-stands, distance/room size and time. I can deploy the VL300 and this projector in less than 5 minutes and with the focusing
mechanism, I can make the patterns or slashes as sharp or soft as I would like. The dimmer on the VL300 is there to instantly
dial in the output intensity.
Overall, this is an incredible time saver, a great creative tool and very flexible. You pay the penalty for the low cost and light weight
with the reduced output, this is nowhere in the neighborhood of a real Leko or the Aputure projector but for my use case which is
most often interview BGs, I don't need the huge output or huge size and weight, it would be overkill.
Well worth a look if you are a Godox VL300 user.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HRX2V42/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
