1ST time STOP BY: I am stoked.. I follow your work on social media and had no idea who was behind the lens, what are the odds. I saw this entire video but on "stills" on FB. I was blown. So glad crossed by. - Love your cinematic work. I was bumped hard but the dog was staring at me...get him a toy hanging away from the camera angle, "joke" but it was about to be perfect. I guess you were passionate about filming her intimate realistic moments. That can only be appreciated in privacy and only the art of producing emotion is capable of sharing such incredible captures. Completely usable and marketable and even could be part of a script, I disagree with other's CC. Happened to be the moment. I live through the eye and by the view of "talented beings" That moment, immersing myself in becoming part of that reality in a precise moment of time and space. Keep going and never give up, here another subscriber!
It powers on automatically because it comes as “studio mode” as a default. You can turn it off in the menu. It blasted me the first time too. Haha hope this helps
Excellent video Kevin. Thank you. The morning shots worked really well - soft and mellow - effective. I’ve ordered one so looking forward to trying it. Will take a deeper delve into your videos. Would be great to see you demonstrating how you use modifiers with these lights in different scenarios.
Nice video. There's an option in the menu for "studio mode" or something like that. I think that will change that auto-on behavior. You should check that out.
Thanks for the comparison. For the issue with the window, you could gel the window with a ND Foil or if it is a small window you also could use a net to reduce the light coming in from outside and balance the image. :)
Super nice video Kevin, love the breakdown. The only thing that maybe throw me a bit of is the color temperature on the lights, normally that time of the day (taking as a reference the angle of the light) is a bit warmer, but after that the mood and lighting sells really well the morning scene.
You're gonna love it dude!! And thank you brother!!
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Really enjoyed this comparison since I have a couple of 300D II heads myself, and I’m so glad I found your channel. I think those scenes where beatiful lit, and totally believable. It would be helpful to know what your exposure settings where in the different situations though. Cheers, Eivind
Nicely done man. Dig the room tests with your wife (I use my wife as talent all the time - much love), and haha ... good you still have your eyesight. Also, sweet it has a cable management cable. The Older Arri 650 lights had that to handle cable management. Subbed to your channel, well done.
How is the sturdy is the yoke/brake lever on this compared to the 120dii? Wondering how it would hold up over time if you're using large collapsible soft boxes with it as those are a bit heavier, like 48", 60" ?
Awesome demonstrations! Currently using the 300DII for interviews, i've been waiting for a stronger light to help balance windows better. This seems like the ticket. Would've been curious to see those two morning scenes with a 300DII just to get a feel for how that did in comparison. Great video though can't wait to pickup one of these.
Thanks so much! Yeah I would've tried with 300dii through the windows if I had time. I'd imagine you could do it, however you'd have to raise your exposure on your camera and you'd lose the mood and pronounced light beams.
this is the exact reason why im getting this light. Right now i have the forza 300 and the aputure 300D mkII together for daylight interiors without diffusion it can level out the exposure, but it loses output with diffusion. Imagine what i can do with two 600D with diffusion
So forgive me if I end up commenting twice, because I could have sworn I already made this comment but here we go - Great review!! Really appreciate the honest assessments and real world scenarios. Especially exposing for a window in the background. I noticed you were using Hyper Core V-Mount batteries - looked like 14.v 98wh - would you recommend those or something different. It’s my first foray into V-mounts - I want to get some to run my 300DMII and 300X as well as the future 600D I know I’ll end up getting. Thanks for the knowledge, I’ll be binging your channel now.
Sorry for the late reply on this! I actually switched over to IDX micro v mounts which I love for their tiny form factor and dual tap ports. Although, they are all good, never had issues with Core batteries either. Love how they read the remaining battery percentage on the LED screen.
@@KevinReyesDP IDX micro v-mount - I’ll check those out. I was feeling like once you pick a battery eco system your married to it for some time, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Just tryin to be careful about it either way, they are some spendy beasts..... like everything else in this line of creative expression 🤣 Thanks so much for getting back to me!
not sure how I ended up here, but my two cents - that one scene is classic case of small-lamp-sunray-look. Looks like a lamp right outside the window dithering off down the wall. Study how hard sun light actually behaves when pinging through a window - the lack of hard edge drop off. If you want more realistic daylight, beam length needs to be longer/more pure; this is where the limitations of a small lamp like this start to show. There's also an arguable case for the height of source, and subsequent probable warmer colour of a sun this low, but this point is a much easier looks-nice-so-do-it case. Hope this helps
This is really great feedback! Thank you Tim. I know the light will eventually have a fresnel attachment that will allow you to spot/flood. Do you think something this will allow me to get a "longer/more pure" beam? Would love some practical steps on how you go about creating more pure beam. Color is a great call, thanks again.
@@KevinReyesDP If we are taking this example, no it won't help this significantly - you're raking the beam across the entire back wall, and probably 3/4 of that is softening off. Longer beam is simply to increase the distance from the surface - simply move the light further away. But with distance comes fall off, (hence the comment on exposing a smaller lamp -your light levels now become far far less). If you can't move the lamp back, extending the beam through mirrors works too. This is also a useful technique in getting a beam angle higher if you have physical limitations of a set (in your case a balcony). You can also use the natural cut of a mirror to disguise the soft fall off, this technique is fairly common with smaller lamps replicating this sort of daylight - higher angle through a mirror, letting the hard line of your shadow hit the wall, and disguising the soft roll off into the floor. It changes the spread and the look considerably, but if it's realistic that you are after (as you mentioned) this resembles natural light better - higher and no obvious soft fall off.
@@tfok12 This is valuable feedback, thank you for taking the time. I love the idea of using mirrors with smaller lamps. Good call. I've seen LightBridge's CRLS reflector system and it seems very useful, albeit fairly expensive. Would love to figure out how people are riggings standard mirrors up high. At any rate, your input is appreciated!!
Great vid bro! I'm curious how the fresnel coming out will elevate this light even more. That would seem to give it that extra punch to blast through windows! Any-who stoked to get mine haha.
Hey Kevin, I love this video of comparison between all three aputures. Had a question about 600d. At 10:15 when you are using the 600d, what is the level of brightness it's at?
in the second set up, it does not look like daytime/early morning. it looks like a spotlight is being blasted through the window/doors. One reason is that the exposure on the window /door isn't even and it falls off at the bottom. Another reason is that in early morning, the light is more amber and these lights are close to 5600. i've seen ok results with the new 1200 but i think that was due to the placement of the light (higher)
@@KevinReyesDP and to be clear, I'm saying this in a positive way. Not trying to throw shade (pun intended) anyone who creates a channel and adds to the knowledge is great by default.
Hey Kevin, Love the practical scenes at the beginning, Id be curious to know if you think gelling the lights to create a slightly warmer morning sun feel would kill too much output or not? Really appreciate the creative and then more commercial/corporate examples you showed too, It's a tricky balance shooting towards a window and not blinding talent with enough light to get correct exposure. Do you think having a larger source, ie maybe a booklight etc would be kinder on the eyes for talent or present similar issues? Thanks for the great video Kevin!
Thanks Brett! I think you'd be find with some gels. I probably should've added a CTO to warm it up a bit, instead I just shot at like 6500k. But no, they light has more than enough output
Yeah I probably should've when that route but this was quick and dirty.
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Do you think 2 x 300DII through a 4 x 4 1/4 grid cloth or slightly stronger diffusion would work out as well in those Itw shots with bright windows in the background ? Power requirement and price are really holding me back for that new 600D
Wow an impressive light! I'm intrigued about that haze spray... didn't know it was a thing. How long does it last in the air? And do you get much out of a can?
Super convenient if you just want some quick atomosphere without the hassle. Can has a decent amount and behaves just like ordinary haze - www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1328500-REG/atmosphere_1can_aerosol_haze_spray_for.html
I don't know why but your shot from the A camera look incredibly artificial, but the iphone B-Roll shots like at 5:50 look much better..... I don't know, maybe you were shooting at f/11 or something. Using 600W light for low key high contrast look seems odd to me. You would have been better served shooting one light thru the window, and using another for interior fill. Since you asked, they're way to dark for anything day time at all.
Appreciate that feedback! Using a powerful light allows me to bring down my ambient levels to introduce more shadows. Using a lamp that was less bright would force me to raise exposure in camera, thus raising the rest of the ambient and lose the mood.
@@KevinReyesDP QUESTION? Does aputure have a phone number? my company wants to buy several of their lights but i cant seem to find their number on their website. i would appreciate the help.
Great video Kev! The 600d is a beast. I liked the practical output test showing a variety of scenes. Nice work on this one!
Thank you brother! is the sigma 18-35 good?
Daaaamn! 5:38 looks awesome!!! 😱
Oh I'm seeing you everywhere now. That's a real good sign. Great work.
Haha I know I’m so annoying
Thank you for that window test. That is what I have really been wanting to see on how it compares to my 120Dii.
1ST time STOP BY: I am stoked.. I follow your work on social media and had no idea who was behind the lens, what are the odds. I saw this entire video but on "stills" on FB. I was blown. So glad crossed by. - Love your cinematic work. I was bumped hard but the dog was staring at me...get him a toy hanging away from the camera angle, "joke" but it was about to be perfect. I guess you were passionate about filming her intimate realistic moments. That can only be appreciated in privacy and only the art of producing emotion is capable of sharing such incredible captures. Completely usable and marketable and even could be part of a script, I disagree with other's CC. Happened to be the moment. I live through the eye and by the view of "talented beings" That moment, immersing myself in becoming part of that reality in a precise moment of time and space. Keep going and never give up, here another subscriber!
It powers on automatically because it comes as “studio mode” as a default. You can turn it off in the menu. It blasted me the first time too. Haha hope this helps
Wow this was exactly what I wanted to see about the 600d. None of the other reviews do these real life set ups lol
So glad you got something out of it!
Excellent video Kevin. Thank you. The morning shots worked really well - soft and mellow - effective. I’ve ordered one so looking forward to trying it. Will take a deeper delve into your videos. Would be great to see you demonstrating how you use modifiers with these lights in different scenarios.
Nice video. There's an option in the menu for "studio mode" or something like that. I think that will change that auto-on behavior. You should check that out.
Yeah I figured that our late haha. Blinded by the liiiight
Thanks for the comparison. For the issue with the window, you could gel the window with a ND Foil or if it is a small window you also could use a net to reduce the light coming in from outside and balance the image. :)
This video is fantastic. Great setups, great tests, and great vibes. Subscribing and looking forward to more!
Thank you Martin!
Super nice video Kevin, love the breakdown. The only thing that maybe throw me a bit of is the color temperature on the lights, normally that time of the day (taking as a reference the angle of the light) is a bit warmer, but after that the mood and lighting sells really well the morning scene.
Great review! Loved the morning scene examples! Ordered a 600d myself, couldn’t be more stoked 😊
Nice! You’re going to love it! Thank you 🙏🏽
Letsss goooo!!! Freaking awesome video dude! Mine comes in today and stoked!!
You're gonna love it dude!! And thank you brother!!
Really enjoyed this comparison since I have a couple of 300D II heads myself, and I’m so glad I found your channel. I think those scenes where beatiful lit, and totally believable. It would be helpful to know what your exposure settings where in the different situations though.
Cheers,
Eivind
Nice! Glad you enjoyed it. I really appreciate that!
Hey! awesome chanel! I just knew it! Thank's to Tyler Edwards!
Greetings from Uruguay!
I’ve been wanting one of these but I just bought 2x Nanlite Forza 500D kit for $1950 used from B&H. 🤓
Nicely done man. Dig the room tests with your wife (I use my wife as talent all the time - much love), and haha ... good you still have your eyesight. Also, sweet it has a cable management cable. The Older Arri 650 lights had that to handle cable management. Subbed to your channel, well done.
Much appreciated! Great light for sure and stoked to have my eyes hahaha
Extremely helpful, thank you!
So helpful thank you bro
Just saw your posts on Facebook. 👍 Looks solid!
How is the sturdy is the yoke/brake lever on this compared to the 120dii? Wondering how it would hold up over time if you're using large collapsible soft boxes with it as those are a bit heavier, like 48", 60" ?
Great review, thank you for your insight!
Glad to help! 🙏🏽
Great job dude. I liked the way you turned on one by one scene change. I just bought a S4 leko. Looks like I'm buying another light lol 😂
Glad I could help :)
Awesome demonstrations! Currently using the 300DII for interviews, i've been waiting for a stronger light to help balance windows better. This seems like the ticket. Would've been curious to see those two morning scenes with a 300DII just to get a feel for how that did in comparison. Great video though can't wait to pickup one of these.
Thanks so much! Yeah I would've tried with 300dii through the windows if I had time. I'd imagine you could do it, however you'd have to raise your exposure on your camera and you'd lose the mood and pronounced light beams.
this is the exact reason why im getting this light. Right now i have the forza 300 and the aputure 300D mkII together for daylight interiors without diffusion it can level out the exposure, but it loses output with diffusion. Imagine what i can do with two 600D with diffusion
So forgive me if I end up commenting twice, because I could have sworn I already made this comment but here we go - Great review!! Really appreciate the honest assessments and real world scenarios. Especially exposing for a window in the background. I noticed you were using Hyper Core V-Mount batteries - looked like 14.v 98wh - would you recommend those or something different. It’s my first foray into V-mounts - I want to get some to run my 300DMII and 300X as well as the future 600D I know I’ll end up getting. Thanks for the knowledge, I’ll be binging your channel now.
Sorry for the late reply on this! I actually switched over to IDX micro v mounts which I love for their tiny form factor and dual tap ports. Although, they are all good, never had issues with Core batteries either. Love how they read the remaining battery percentage on the LED screen.
@@KevinReyesDP IDX micro v-mount - I’ll check those out. I was feeling like once you pick a battery eco system your married to it for some time, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Just tryin to be careful about it either way, they are some spendy beasts..... like everything else in this line of creative expression 🤣 Thanks so much for getting back to me!
You killed this video man. Following on IG and now new sub here. Thanks for video!
Let’s go!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
not sure how I ended up here, but my two cents - that one scene is classic case of small-lamp-sunray-look. Looks like a lamp right outside the window dithering off down the wall. Study how hard sun light actually behaves when pinging through a window - the lack of hard edge drop off. If you want more realistic daylight, beam length needs to be longer/more pure; this is where the limitations of a small lamp like this start to show. There's also an arguable case for the height of source, and subsequent probable warmer colour of a sun this low, but this point is a much easier looks-nice-so-do-it case. Hope this helps
This is really great feedback! Thank you Tim. I know the light will eventually have a fresnel attachment that will allow you to spot/flood. Do you think something this will allow me to get a "longer/more pure" beam? Would love some practical steps on how you go about creating more pure beam. Color is a great call, thanks again.
@@KevinReyesDP If we are taking this example, no it won't help this significantly - you're raking the beam across the entire back wall, and probably 3/4 of that is softening off.
Longer beam is simply to increase the distance from the surface - simply move the light further away. But with distance comes fall off, (hence the comment on exposing a smaller lamp -your light levels now become far far less). If you can't move the lamp back, extending the beam through mirrors works too. This is also a useful technique in getting a beam angle higher if you have physical limitations of a set (in your case a balcony).
You can also use the natural cut of a mirror to disguise the soft fall off, this technique is fairly common with smaller lamps replicating this sort of daylight - higher angle through a mirror, letting the hard line of your shadow hit the wall, and disguising the soft roll off into the floor. It changes the spread and the look considerably, but if it's realistic that you are after (as you mentioned) this resembles natural light better - higher and no obvious soft fall off.
@@tfok12 This is valuable feedback, thank you for taking the time. I love the idea of using mirrors with smaller lamps. Good call. I've seen LightBridge's CRLS reflector system and it seems very useful, albeit fairly expensive. Would love to figure out how people are riggings standard mirrors up high. At any rate, your input is appreciated!!
Great vid bro! I'm curious how the fresnel coming out will elevate this light even more. That would seem to give it that extra punch to blast through windows! Any-who stoked to get mine haha.
it should boost it right passed the J 800 and 1.2k and closer to the M18
Hey Kevin, I love this video of comparison between all three aputures. Had a question about 600d. At 10:15 when you are using the 600d, what is the level of brightness it's at?
in the second set up, it does not look like daytime/early morning. it looks like a spotlight is being blasted through the window/doors. One reason is that the exposure on the window /door isn't even and it falls off at the bottom. Another reason is that in early morning, the light is more amber and these lights are close to 5600. i've seen ok results with the new 1200 but i think that was due to the placement of the light (higher)
Yeah good call!
@@KevinReyesDP and to be clear, I'm saying this in a positive way. Not trying to throw shade (pun intended) anyone who creates a channel and adds to the knowledge is great by default.
@@davida5296 oh totally, these comments are actually my favorite because I get to learn and get better so I appreciate it more than you think 🙏🏽
Nice review, man!
It really looks like daytime (the shot at night)
Will the ballast charge 14.8V v-mounts or only 26V batteries? Also, I’m assuming it’ll only run on 26V.
I’d love to see a little color grading tutorial / where you get your luts
Right on, if enough people start requesting color grades breakdowns I’ll definitively consider! Appreciate it
Hey Kevin, Love the practical scenes at the beginning, Id be curious to know if you think gelling the lights to create a slightly warmer morning sun feel would kill too much output or not? Really appreciate the creative and then more commercial/corporate examples you showed too, It's a tricky balance shooting towards a window and not blinding talent with enough light to get correct exposure. Do you think having a larger source, ie maybe a booklight etc would be kinder on the eyes for talent or present similar issues? Thanks for the great video Kevin!
Thanks Brett! I think you'd be find with some gels. I probably should've added a CTO to warm it up a bit, instead I just shot at like 6500k. But no, they light has more than enough output
@@KevinReyesDP Ahh great to hear, thanks again Kevin. Awesome video man!
8:47 or just use ND Gel on the window instead !😀
Great video. Wouldnt cranking the shutter speed and lighting accordingly to help minimize the clipping?
Yeah I probably should've when that route but this was quick and dirty.
Do you think 2 x 300DII through a 4 x 4 1/4 grid cloth or slightly stronger diffusion would work out as well in those Itw shots with bright windows in the background ? Power requirement and price are really holding me back for that new 600D
great stuff man,
Wow an impressive light! I'm intrigued about that haze spray... didn't know it was a thing. How long does it last in the air? And do you get much out of a can?
Super convenient if you just want some quick atomosphere without the hassle. Can has a decent amount and behaves just like ordinary haze - www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1328500-REG/atmosphere_1can_aerosol_haze_spray_for.html
Really interesting, beautiful "morning" shots, Thanks for that video. One quick question: what do you use as haze "bomb" ?
Thanks so much! I use either aerosol haze in a can or I used my bigger hurricane 2d hazer.
@@KevinReyesDP Thank you very much for your answer ! Never thought about aerosol haze before O__O
great channel (subbed and notified :D)
11:23 ND gels?
Awesome info, very helpful. Does the light auto power on even with studio mode off in the menu? If yes that sucks.
Thanks! No, turn off studio mode and save your eyesight :)
@@KevinReyesDP Awesome! Impatiently waiting for mine to arrive.
I don't know why but your shot from the A camera look incredibly artificial, but the iphone B-Roll shots like at 5:50 look much better..... I don't know, maybe you were shooting at f/11 or something. Using 600W light for low key high contrast look seems odd to me. You would have been better served shooting one light thru the window, and using another for interior fill. Since you asked, they're way to dark for anything day time at all.
Appreciate that feedback! Using a powerful light allows me to bring down my ambient levels to introduce more shadows. Using a lamp that was less bright would force me to raise exposure in camera, thus raising the rest of the ambient and lose the mood.
Do the 300dii charge the batteries also?
No, only 600d as far as I know
What software do you use for drawing at the image/video? (as in 03:26)
Nothing special, just screen recording in preview and drawing lines on frame grabs.
6inch octabank
can these be used as key lights for a stage?
Yes, but it’d be smart to add their spotlight mount attachment so you can control the beam angle.
@@KevinReyesDP QUESTION? Does aputure have a phone number? my company wants to buy several of their lights but i cant seem to find their number on their website.
i would appreciate the help.
What is the name/brand of the canned haze?
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=aerosol%20haze&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma
Great vid. Sub
But, is it really near a 1,2kw hmi??? No way, or?
Check out @lukeseerveld channel, he rates it brighter than a j800. Wild.