Light kit

[FrancisT]

I've worked with tungsten for about 10 years and I really like how they render skin tones but their unbearable heat and power drain is something I was trying to get away from. Leds sound great but they will be used mainly for narrative work so I have to be able to flag them, diffuse them, etc. It seems that LEDs are very expensive compared to tungstens. Would a lightstorm get me great skin tones and flexibility?

Just out of curiosity - do you have lightstans/flags/grip tools? Because thats something to take in account to shape light

Lightstorms 1s are great - but considering your budget, i don't think you will be able to get 2 of them. Even if you do, you wont have money for flags, stands and grip. Nonetheless, even though you could buy tungsten for cheaper and more power, LEDs are better long term. Cameras need less and less light as the years go by, having lights that can be powered by batteries is really really useful and not dealing with the heat of tungsten will be important for summer shooting.

I would also look at the aputure tri-8. Cheaper then lightstorms 1s and you will probably be able to get 2 of them and gripping

 

[David Evans]

Just out of curiosity - do you have lightstans/flags/grip tools? Because thats something to take in account to shape light

Lightstorms 1s are great - but considering your budget, i don't think you will be able to get 2 of them. Even if you do, you wont have money for flags, stands and grip. Nonetheless, even though you could buy tungsten for cheaper and more power, LEDs are better long term. Cameras need less and less light as the years go by, having lights that can be powered by batteries is really really useful and not dealing with the heat of tungsten will be important for summer shooting.

I would also look at the aputure tri-8. Cheaper then lightstorms 1s and you will probably be able to get 2 of them and gripping

Yes, I agree. I use a Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6k on all my shoots and the camera doesn't require that much light. But if I don't expose properly, it will show...

I can't read LED outputs lol... not even to buy a damn lamp for my living room.

Could you point me to a good gripping / flagging kit? I've always rented that stuff. With stands, gripping and flagging I will allow my budget to go to 1000 eur.