LED Light Kit for around $1,000

RedGiant

RedGiant

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What kind of LED light kit (3 or 4 lights with stands) would you assemble if you had around $1,000? Some of the Aputure lights look interesting, also notice Dracast has some pretty nice kits already built with attractive pricing on B&H. Thoughts?
 
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doubledark said:
It depends on what you want to shoot.

After watching this video on one-man-band interviews, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Aq9KME2kQ, I'm going to put together the following.

2x 50W fresnel https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/High-CR...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

1x Aputure mini-20 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Aputure...666957&hash=item3af78f1a8b:g:2hQAAOSwdx1aDPMQ

1 X Flexible panel light
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Falcon-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

or https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Travor-...012397?hash=item3d2920ad2d:g:n~cAAOSwo4pYCJQ3
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Thanks for the links and the video, good stuff. I would like a somewhat portable set up, but doesn't have to be one-man-band - daylight kit, preferably with barn doors so I can add gels/diffusion and control the beam - maybe I'm just used to more traditional lights? Interested in trying out a decent LED kit. Would be used for both narrative and talking heads work - indoor/outdoor, so versatility desired.
 
I have the Aputure 672 set (two spots and a wide) and they're great lights but there's a)an issue with flicker on battery power and b). they are inconvenient to diffuse. If I had to purchase a kit again, I might try something like this that has barn doors you can easily clip on diffusion: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod..._esdfs_kit_escort_daylight_led_interview.html and maybe this as a key: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1219693-REG/dracast_drsp_1000d_led1000_pro_daylight_led.html
 
scorsesefan said:
I have the Aputure 672 set (two spots and a wide) and they're great lights but there's a)an issue with flicker on battery power and b). they are inconvenient to diffuse. If I had to purchase a kit again, I might try something like this that has barn doors you can easily clip on diffusion: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod..._esdfs_kit_escort_daylight_led_interview.html and maybe this as a key: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1219693-REG/dracast_drsp_1000d_led1000_pro_daylight_led.html
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Thanks for the tip, that genaray kit looks just about right - throw on that 1k and this might fit the bill.
 
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