miamivideo
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Yeah I know and you are right but right now that's what I can afford.
Litepanels for Crowds: Mini, Micro or neither?
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Yeah I know and you are right but right now that's what I can afford.
But the Zylight looks very interesting! And basically I agree with Dan: get the pro stuff.Dan knows what he is talking about, thats for sure, get the pro stuff! I'm not for hire and don't go on jobs but if I did I wouldn't show up with a micro. I had surgery on my left shoulder so the light weight of the micro was a blessing for me and the fact that I could velcro it to a car headliner and it would stay there all day.
puredrifting
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Chip:
On a car liner, that's an interesting way of using it. Did it give you enough output and was the shot during daylight or at night? I would think a Micro could be handy as a "plant" light like that simply because there would be very little chance of it getting whacked.
The main drawbacks I have heard about the Micro are that it is pretty fragile and the one I played with at FilmTools looked as if it could easily snap off of the camera mount with one good accidental hit. The other was that numerous users have complained that the filter holder is close to useless, the filters fall out and that the battery door falls off, or at least it did for some early adopters.
But for in-car use, they could work. No worries about it getting hit while swinging a camera around.
Dan
On a car liner, that's an interesting way of using it. Did it give you enough output and was the shot during daylight or at night? I would think a Micro could be handy as a "plant" light like that simply because there would be very little chance of it getting whacked.
The main drawbacks I have heard about the Micro are that it is pretty fragile and the one I played with at FilmTools looked as if it could easily snap off of the camera mount with one good accidental hit. The other was that numerous users have complained that the filter holder is close to useless, the filters fall out and that the battery door falls off, or at least it did for some early adopters.
But for in-car use, they could work. No worries about it getting hit while swinging a camera around.
Dan
It gave enough output when it was very couldy, twighlight hour or dark. I did try to use it a couple times in daylight to see if it would help with the exterior blowouts and it did not, not bright enough and the windows needed to be ND'd. The suv we used it in did not have a sunroof.
It is fragile, no doubt about it, thats probably why filmtools has the replacement flip up doors for the gels on thier site for
$25 each, they are probably selling like hot cakes. I never used mine because I knew it would break in the conditions I was in.
One good hit could snap it off the camera mount, the one I have has the improved battery door and I have not had any problems with it.
It is plastic, it is flimsy but it is small and very light weight. As long as you know it's weaknesses you'll be more careful with it. Mine made it through a whole season of tordado chasing out in the field with no problems but I was very careful with them.
For an indie wantng to go out and shoot a video at night for interviews etc it's great, for a pro with paying jobs that will use it a lot go with the mini.
miamivideo
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I want to see that footage!!!. I finally tried the bescor led 35 and I'm returning it back, I finally understood how important is to be able to diffuse the light, I definally don't want people telling me to take the light away from them, lol. Another thing is the light have like a dead center spot, if you point the light towards a subject you would have like a small shadow in the center . I want to know if the micro lite panel have the same issue?.
miamivideo
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thanks for the info