LED Lighting for Urban

joshua

joshua

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I'm looking into using LED lights for urban, as they are much cheaper than a generator, less of a hassle, and completely silent. These are the ones I'm looking at.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/portable-work-lights/20w-portable-high-powered-rechargeable-led-work-light/1297/2992/

We usually try to film stuff, and occasionally a photographer friend of ours comes and takes photos. Now, I don't know much about filming/taking photos, but I've heard that "white light" is tough to film with. Are LED lights a bad idea?

 
Urban at night as in video I take it? I mean light is light so it's up to you. Honestly a car battery if you wanted to cheap would last you a long ass time
 
Not sure those would be that great and you'd need a bunch of battery packs. Gas generator will be the way too go for while IMO.
 
it is an absolutely TERRIBLE idea, trust me. haha the poor real skifi guys scraped up like $500 to get led lights and found out the hard way as well.
 
in order to get an LED light that omits as much light as a halogen you have to spend a fuck load of money. if you don't believe me then by all means try it out and see. there's a reason that none of the large film crews don't shoot on LED's, this isn't some sort of new idea haha
 
Don't get me wrong, I know that a generator set-up is the ideal thing to have, its just pretty expensive to get a generator that's quiet enough.

What kind of LED's did the real skifi guys get?

 
i don't remember, you could write them on FB and ask them though, i'm sure they would answer. you would probably have to spend double what a generator costs to get one LED that's even remotely bright enough.
 
I mean, its a generator, does it actually need to be quiet?

Buying $400 in LED lights isn't gonna do you shit, just saying. those LED lights are not that bright, like logan said you're gonna spend more money on a 1 nice LED than you would on construction lights and a generator.
 
Yeah, that youtube video I posted really displays how useless they are. Interesting. I guess its back to the classifieds to wait for a deal on a generator.

Well, IMO, a generator has to be quiet enough to not draw too much attention/piss off homeowners. I mean, if you show up to a spot with houses somewhat close by with a huge generator thats roaring at one in the morning then chances of getting the boot are a lot higher than if you get an inverter generator, which is quite a bit quieter, but more pricey.

Just curious Logan, what kind of generator does Level 1 use? I was surprised to see in Mutiny that stept uses a pretty loud/large generator, although I guess they need quite a bit more power than the average crew to get the quality of footage they go for.
 
Triple post incoming...

Which knockoff do you have? I almost bought some knockoff brand genny from a local guy but decided against after reading a review describing how hard it was to start in the cold.
 
Yeah, but this one is apparently impossible to start without injector fluid. I'll look into that brand though.
 
besides for the practical drawbacks, wouldn't LED lighting also cause a problem for getting good colours in the shot? I know when I have my headlamp skiing in snow everything just gets really cold colouring and definitely doesn't look as good as an incandescent/halogen light.
 
I have a photo studio and I don't use the LED light as the main light source, it doesn't work very well. Find a better option.
 
absolutely. When using LED's check the color tempurature. They will not match the warm colour temperature you would get from a conventional lights. as stated by others you CAN put gels over them but some lumens will be lost when you do this as only certian wavelengths go through the gel

As far as these being resonable for urban, I would assume they dont produce nearly as many lumens as conventional work lights, and that the batteries for these LED might not fair well in the cold weather. Usually bright LED work lights are really expensive

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besides for the practical drawbacks, wouldn't LED lighting also cause a problem for getting good colours in the shot? I know when I have my headlamp skiing in snow everything just gets really cold colouring and definitely doesn't look as good as an incandescent/halogen light.
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14128701:CHU-TANG_CLAN said:
absolutely. When using LED's check the color tempurature. They will not match the warm colour temperature you would get from a conventional lights. as stated by others you CAN put gels over them but some lumens will be lost when you do this as only certian wavelengths go through the gel

As far as these being resonable for urban, I would assume they dont produce nearly as many lumens as conventional work lights, and that the batteries for these LED might not fair well in the cold weather. Usually bright LED work lights are really expensive
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a lot of led's now you csn choose what kelvin you want to run them at. just google video production LED on a budget.
 
do u mean for on camera or flood lights because i use these in my yard and have had no problems.

-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082V4LCKC/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A2WS5GLHQBZI82&psc=1
 
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