New inventory gear ????

[Flaca Productions]

Are bi-color LED's NOT worth it, or as always, is usefulness in the eye of the beholder, personal preference ?

Like everything else, it's whatever is right for your/the situation. There's a butt for every seat.

To say that you only use tungsten indoors and daylight outdoors would be inaccurate. To say that bi-color lights are useless - again, is not accurate.

One use of bi-color LEDs is getting in the 4300 realm. Want that light streaking in through the window to be blue...but not THAT blue - go 4300. That's just one example. It all depends on your world....

 

[Cameradude]

Like anything else, LED's are a tool. A carpenter does not use a sledge hammer to put up crown molding.

LED's are not better or worse than any other light. They have a place where they are beyond a shadow of a doubt the best choice, and other places where they are a poor choice. In an ideal world you will have tungsten, LED, HMI, and fluorescent lighting available to use.

Batteries For Broadcast (B4B) www.batteries4broadcast.com has 1x1 bi-color LED panels for $975.00

You are better off getting all of your LED's from one source, as all manufacturers seem to vary a bit in color temperature. If you do get different LED's, they make these neat little things called color correction gels that will balance them up....LOL!

 

[Douglas]

The problem with this thread is that the question is posed as "what should I buy?". The proper question to ask is "what do I NEED?" If you answer that question then you'll know what you should buy.

 

[paulisphotoman]

Doug, that's actually what I meant, not what I mean !!!! HA

 

[Douglas]

If I was hoping to get meaningful advice from other people, I would have started off the thread by describing what kind of shoots I do, what gear I already have, my budget, how fast and portable I need to be, the size of my crew (if any) etc.
Just a suggestion.

 

[paulisphotoman]

I would have done that too, but I just started this new position 1.5 weeks ago, so just trying to get suggestions from others in the field about all the newest or latest gear.

 

[Hiding Under Here]

Just a comment, I would steer clear of the Socoland LED lights. I know people like them but they are cheap and flimsily built. I have two. I barely use them. Both have issues that make them a problem to work with. The price is attractive but the lights themselves, in my estimation, are not worth it.