Continuous LED lights are terrible for photography.This is an approximate $2400 600watt continuous LED light.At a distance of 2 meters, it can manage 1/60 iso400 f8 at full power.That converts to f4.8 iso400 1/200 if you wanted to get up to a barely usable photography shutter speed.And if you want to go down to iso 100, you are now around f2.8So $2500 gets you something barely usable on your lowest settings at approx 2 meters, any further distance and it wont work.And if you want to use any modifier at all its all over and you wont even be able to have enough light for a photo.In before just shoot at iso 1600, no thanks, im not spending $2400 just to have to use iso1600.
>>4488580Yeah just get a 4800ws flash pack and some strobes.
>>4488581yeah with my 400 watt strobes I can put them approx 3-4 meters away, iso100, 1/200 f8 and they are only on like 3/10 power level and have a double diffusion softbox on them.I was not expecting them to be so absurdly more powerful than the expensive continuous lights.
>>4488580also the spectrum sucks. flash has nice full spectrum light at a fraction of the cost.constant lighting is for videofags and they're getting rightfully shafted by marketing departments lolvideo was a mistakeget fucked wannabe spielbergsthis is a video hat thread now
>>4488585I like this artwork
>>4488588it's called "Autobahn auf Lachi"
>>4488628Can you get me one of the Ausfahrt signs plz
>>4488580welcome to the video world, enjoy your stay
>>4488580Did you need a YouTube video to tell you this?
>>4488580Anon, do you realize how retarded shooting at f/16 equivalent is in most circumstances?Also what's the deal with this IQ-test-like captcha?
>>4488585>this is a video hat thread nowFor me, it's David Lynch.
>>4488580LED in general is fucking nightmarish. The sharply directional nature of them makes it really hard for me to balance portraits and light things in a soft and pleasing way. Its so easy to make someone look sick or have a fucked up skin tone. I do a lot of concert photography and in smaller places i get filtered fucking hard with the fixtures and just shoot in b/w so i can worry less about blue/red/purples fucking my shit up as much. Incandescent feels like easy mode comparatively. Even my drunken snapshits in my basement come out better than im able to get in one or two venues. I know its a skill/semi gear issue but i find it magnitudes easier to just move some floor/table lamps that i put dimmers on around until i get what i want.
I have a 3-light Rotolight Neo II kit on the way that I plan to use for bounce-lighting a tiny indoor product photography setup. Sub $200 used.
>>4488585No it depends on the light, ive got the amaran 100xs 2nd gen which is great
>>4488580Yes, they're made for video. Of course there's going to be better options for photography
Bought it because it was more or less it30 but without the need to buy a riserThought the off camera shooting was going to be a gimmick - a fun one, but a gimmick nonethelessIt's not.It's THAT good even with a rather small range of 18m.Just by holding it in your second hand you can get so much creative control.A cheap selfie stick with a tripod and maybe an offbrand diffuser will genuinely let you have studio quality light for incredibly cheap and rather small package.
>>4488982Why the hell would think off camera flash would be a gimmick?
>>4488983nta but>/p/
>>4488983NTA but I havent bought a transmitter despite theoretically knowing the power of off-camera flash. I envision my first outing with a transmitter, speedlite and softbox to be groundbreaking and literally make me cum from the results.Anon probably had the same revelation.
