Interview Video Lighting Kit $1000

[wgzn]

Interesting...Does no one uses lowel light here? I thought they were a respectable brand. And I was gonna forge out at least a $1000 too for lowel light.

i have an old 3pc 250w lowel prolight setup that ive been pretty happy with. they are focusable, with barndoors, so with blackwrap, a variety of gels and diffusers and a trio of $10 home depot dimmers, you can pretty much achieve anything you want. and all that together was less than a grand. ive used that rig for several years and only thing ive had to replace has been 2 bulbs

problem with that kit is that it gets hot. and heat makes uncomfortable talent even more uncomfortable. so ive been using a variety of ikan LED lights for head and shoulder gigs lately. their id1000, iled312, iled144, id508 and the little iled120 for a punchy little hairlight. you can build a functional, basic LED kit with their stuff for about $1200

 

[gclark]

Get the Lowel lights. They fit your budget, can take a beating, and will serve you well for most applications. Make some money off of them, and then you can slowly begin to invest into a larger kit with cooler light options.

 

[ROCKMORE]

Get the Lowel lights. They fit your budget, can take a beating, and will serve you well for most applications. Make some money off of them, and then you can slowly begin to invest into a larger kit with cooler light options.

Cannot go wrong with Lowel lights

 

[ROCKMORE]

I lit my first paid job in 1976 and over the years have discovered that quality of light is far more important than quantity.

I agree, but what specific lights are you talking about. High price doesn't always = value. I have a Fresnel Arri kit and a Lowel open face kit. They are vastly different in the quality the light produces. The Arri Fresnel produces a beautiful projected light while the Lowel is very hard, but they both have their place.
Now I'm building a LED kit from scratch to see for my self what the character and quality the LED light produces. The way I see it I don't necessarily need for spend $1,000 on a light to get good results.

Many lights are difficult to work with such as Tota lights, Lowel and other open face, but if you know what to do with them they are great. I look at these low cost LED lights as just a light source and will approach using them the same as I would any raw light.

The bottom line is money. There are many things I need and want. I can make decent lights for very low cost, but I'm hard pressed to built an MKIII or and L lens. That's where my cash is flowing these days.

 

[hatsoff2halford]

I am in a similar position, around 1k and need to purchase lights that are versatile for interviews and narrative...I haven't seen many people mention Cool Lights here. What's the consensus on those?