I built one of these with a $1.25 Betty Crocker disposable tins from the dollar store... Very reflective surface and worked like a charm. I doubled them up for sturdiness but definitely saves a lot of the expense and more accessible.
Something that works really well is simply taking a bed-side lamp (like you would get for college - a clamping one for instance) and put a Classic LED 60w Daylight bulb in it. It'll produce 800 lumens and looks spectacular, believe it or not. Simply put a piece of fabric in front of it to diffuse the light, if necessary.
Hahaha, it's the results that matter! When I saw how well yours worked it definitely inspired me to give a go at making something. I appreciate the inspiration homie 🙌
@@misiek7676 Hi Micki! I did mine yes, and use it when I stream. I didn't fix the cloth on it, I have it draped, that way I can easily refold it to get less or more diffusion.
Make sure you are buying led strips online that have a high CRI (95+). The cheap ones have some really bad colour shifts and poor rendering of skin tones. Also make sure that they are 5600k daylight and not 5000k daylight, because a large amount of them tend to be 5000k which wont blend well with actual daylight or other daylight rated lights. Great project and I am sure tonnes of young filmmakers will find use in it. I know I used to use similar lights to this back in the day with rectangle baking pans and 3 tungsten lights fittings in each.
Went down to say the same thing. CRI is very important. There are plenty of other lights out there that are cheaper than the Aputure, but also have much worse color rendition. That's one of the things that accounts for the higher cost.
O-shaped bundt cake pans have also been used for both DIY beauty ring flash and similar ones with ordinary electrical lights in the past. I remember some making a real cool flash back in the late 90’s or early 00’s, with several super cheap slave flashes mounted around the donut shaped pan to be set off by the camera’s own flash. Very neat! ia would have tried making one myself, but couldn’t find cheap slave flashes... 🤨😢😆
Aman Orazaev omg. I didn’t believe you then I looked up 14” cake pan and on the Wilton brand one it recommends led light and diffusion. That is so epic!!
@Curtis The Mentalist nope I thought the $40 light was better too. There's no way you can argue that the 120D was far superior to the homemade light. The 120D was only brighter but I preferred the color temperature (and what it was on the skin) of the $40 light.
To be honest, I prefer your cake pan light to the $1000.00 light. To me, it is more even, softer and natural. Good job. I'm going to have to make one of these!
For an even larger pan (for even softer light) you can get a 28" aluminum pan that goes under your house water heater at home depot for about $22. You can add more strings of lights if you need more power. For. smaller cakepan lights you can get a plastic shower cap for a diffuser. For larger ones you can make your own by sewing elastic around the edge of a circle of fabric or shower curtain, or if you are super budget constrained just get some tracing paper and tape it on.
Just a thought: Most of the led stripes let's you cut them in the marked places. Cut in half the whole strip, then cut in half one of the pieces, and with some cheap switches & a bit of wires you'll get power settings of 1/1, 1/2 & 1/4 :)
Something that I really like about this is that those KED strips are usually powered with a USB type A connector. Which means you could buy a couple portable battery packs and now you've got a portable light.
Stuart Coker - Aliexpress has some. Sorry, URL’s are real long... Copper: www.aliexpress.com/item/3pcs-Set-Cake-Mold-Copper-Chef-Perfect-Cake-Pan-TV-Cake-Grinder-Frying-Pan-Pan-TV/32887075835.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6c223a37AbsESZ&algo_pvid=06857979-3d85-4802-8a8d-8a44ab9903c3&algo_expid=06857979-3d85-4802-8a8d-8a44ab9903c3-11&btsid=388d6821-0cce-46ca-bf12-3646cf032dff&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_52 Gold: www.aliexpress.com/item/Western-8-Inch-Detachable-Bottom-Champagne-Gold-Round-Deep-Non-stick-Pan-High-Carbon-Steel-Coating/32814462781.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.1aaf1806XmOqHW&algo_pvid=8780f2c7-de8d-4f1f-b668-cfa804933866&algo_expid=8780f2c7-de8d-4f1f-b668-cfa804933866-45&btsid=8378dee1-8886-408b-b5d7-da34d3326bc6&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_52
Yes, those crisis blankets may be useful, as they are gold on one side, silver on the other, so ppl can take their pick. That silver is probably much better at reflecting than the matte aluminum, since it is real shiny. Just spray glue in the pan and apply pieces of the blanket material.
One of my favorite things about photography (and, more recently, videography) is that, as long as you have some patience and creativity, you can do so many great things for very little money. Light modifiers are especially fun to build and experiment with. I hope people will be inspired to try their hand at creating other interesting lights/modifiers after watching your video. I dream of all of these creative outlets being accessible to everyone, no matter their budget, because the more art there is in the world, the better and more beautiful it will be. Thanks for making and sharing this video.
HEY! Thank you bro. I ended up buying a non stick cake pan and it wouldn't work. Instead, I stole my dog's metal water dish and it works great. He's a little dehydrated, but I think he's going to pull through.
@@glittergirljmm he already has before filming this video. 5:35 notice left lamp and walls change colors...he just edited the video.. he's always had the cake pan... everyone got trolled... b-roll was old footage of apeture
Just made one of these. Works great! And a lot more compact than a full-sized boxlight or photo lamp with a umbrella-style diffuser. I didn't have the a/c adapter so that added some to my cost - spent a total of US$55. Took all of 15 minutes to get it unboxed, assembled and up and running.
Thank you for this video. It is refreshing to have a few you tubers like yourself who offer practical and cheap tips and solutions to improving the quality of one’s video production without spending hundreds and often thousands of dollars. So many you tubers just want you to buy the best and most expensive equipment. The average content creator doesn’t need and moreover can’t afford the best equipment. Yet that doesn’t mean that there doesn’t exist ways to improve quality and have fun!
For the LED I actually recommend using a cob LED grow light. The full spectrum grow lights sometimes have better color rendering then the daylight LEDs.
Honestly SO useful, I travel for film making sometimes and being able to make a light like this for $40 instead of renting one for over $150 is killer. I'll be sure to tag you when I utilize this trick!
That was very inspiring. I just will try to do something similar. There are these 32“ wooden hula hoops, which you can stack three of them (the in between one can be cut into pieces, so that there are air vents for the aluminum strip). Then you glue one inch wide and 8 feet long aluminum strip inside of the stacked hula hoops and on top of the aluminum strip comes 2x8 feet LED strips in parallel. Conveniently, there are also cheap 32“ 5-in-1 reflector/diffusor sets for photographers on amazon. With short nails, you nail the diffusor on one side of the hula hoops and the silver reflector sheet facing inwards on the other side. There you have it: Cheap, light weight, rigid, bright, flat and simple to make 32“ video lights.
Thank you, very inspiring! I did one. It cost-me 4,00€ plus 19,99 € (5 meter white led with power supplier) 24 € more or less $27. I have access to light diffuser filters so I had spend any money on that. It work really well, With a 50 mm and f2.0@1/100 shutter speed i could drop to ISO 100. I might do one with an stainless steel bowl from ikea (BLANDA BLANK) because it is very reflective. Altought I might try to get some dimmable led stripe for that project.
This is brilliant!! The thing I like most about this, other than the price is, the flat profile. I can easily mount this behind my monitor which is against a wall. A traditional soft box would take up far too much space.
Love this idea because it’s basically what I do on my channel! Showing people with no budget to a budget how to get good lighting! Keep up the great work!
@5:44 I dunno about that man. I watched the comparison 4 times and I'd personally prefer the cake pan if it were a smidge brighter. With a deeper pan and 25% more LEDs (quality LED instead of budget) and I'd say you found a $90 solution to a $1000 problem
Interesting! So Daniel is using a 16x3" cake pan. If you had to choose between a deeper pan (4" instead of the 3") and wider pan (16" instead of the 14"), which one would you say would result in a better diffusion device?
@@swatiskittles2318 I made this comment over a year ago and i'd completely forgotten about this video. I just immediately skipped to the comparison at 5:18 , and I've now changed my mind. I wouldn't change anything with the cake pan. With a year to not think about this, and looking back on it without expectations or preconceived notions, the cake pan is undoubtedly more visually pleasing to my untrained eye. No adjustments need to be made. This is coming from someone who's absolutely not a professional, but I do spend hours a day watching UA-cam videos. The only people who might notice the expensive lighting are going to be video tech snobs, so likely not many people's target demographic.
@@matt22blaster Ah, gotcha! Thanks for the honest reply. I get what you mean about not being a professional but spending hours on YT haha. I'm currently setting up my studio at home and I've been binging on DIY studio setup videos from all sorts of UA-camrs, from tech snobs to make-up artists. Hence, crawling in the comments section to see what other members of the community have to add.
@@swatiskittles2318 I know what you mean, I've spent hours doing the same! I never seem to have enough time to bring it to fruition though. Best of luck! I'll be your first sub
@@matt22blaster thank you! that's really nice of you. :D &yeah 100% feel you. Making time for it is what my biggest roadblock was for AGES. Buuut over the past few weeks i've broken it down to super small goals to make it easier to get things rolling. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
As a side note. The video was cool and reminded me that my grandpa (a Master Photographer, w/55+ years), wants to create a 7 foot to 9 foot SUPER LED UMBRELLA/SOFTBOX!!!
Its because the aputure is brighter and he didnt adjust the camera exposition correctly, so its get over exposed in some parts The aputure has a higher CRI, and its what really makes difference
@@BradSchlueter thats why we have grids, aka egg crates. No cake pan does not look better lulz, it has a greenish tint, thats why in post he prolly adjusted the hue, making the walls a bit magenta. But hey its $40, I'll definitely use it as a hair light
As a person on a disability income, this IS my option! You just saved me days of trying to find some kind of a pro equivalent used on eBay and still way higher in price than I could afford! You rock man ‼️⭐⭐⭐⭐
If you want something similar, you need some tungsten light on top of that. Those led strips make it too white, so a tungsten reflector coming from the same direction will reduce the zombie skin.
My friend recommended your channel and now 90% of my recommended videos that pop up are yours, really loving everything you put out. Super creative ways to think differently about situations.
The cake pan light is a great idea. It looks very good. I actually like the shot better with it. That said, the Aperture 1200 spills more onto the background. I like the look with with the greater contrast. And with the money saved you could buy a small light for a hair/ backlight.
Haha I actually just created a video where I made an accent light by sticking some RGB strips into a big metal basket instead of a cake pan. Inspired by this video and it turned out great!
@@rachelshelley4779 haha I did! It's on my channel. I used RGB lights instead of white LED because I like to have different color accent lights to my product review b-roll shots. Came out great!
Hah, I thought it looked a little bit harsher but if he used a third sheet of diffusion or maybe moved it a little bit further from him, I think it would have looked better than the Aperture.
@@furryfurre oddly enough, if a like is giving harsh shadow lines and it looks too 'contrasty', moving it further from the subject will only amplify the look. It should actually be moved closer to the subject which will give softer fall off and a better light wrap
I get your perspective but I disagree. Imagine a lamp right in front of your face. Now imagine that lamp 5 meters further away. I don't think it makes sense that it would be harsher when it is further away. Yes, it will increase the shadows but it will let the light subtle across the subject softer and smoother, in my opinion
@@furryfurre its not really a perspective, its the laws of light. I'm a photographer professionally- I do this all the time. Lookup the inverse square law. It sounds counter intuitive, but this is how light actually works. If you make a light source smaller and further away, it becomes smaller relative to the subject and creates less fall off and harsher light.
Just when I thought abt buying lights you came right on time. This is the best thing since sliced bread. I love the ingenious idea of being able to do something that enhances my way of filming. A big THANK YOU!
It probably wouldn't matter much, but since the edge of the pan tilts outward (so the LEDs produce a bit of a bright ring, even through the diffuser), maybe it's worth gluing or taping a narrow "rim" of aluminum foil on the diffuser, to make the direct outgoing light scatter back into the pan. -Tom
this is so awesome. hahah. i clicked on the led lights on amazon and it suggested to buy the cake pan AND adapter. It says "people buy these items together ' omg that's so funny. thanks man
@@alexeypunov2642 To be honest, ive had notifications off for years and just forgot LOL. The shit works nice and gives a very soft light for your camera - not a bright single point of light like youd get from using a normal lamp. Def worth the 40ish dollars if youre doing streaming or anything like that in a dark area.
i think is very cool as photographers or video photographer to know how to handle our ouwn equipment but yeah, is hard to compite with actually professional equipment. Great video man!
I like your video very much. It is a great way to start lighting on a budget. It is not a huge expense where if you decide that UA-cam is not for you that you lost a lot of money. Thank you for the video.
I am in malaysia and cake pans are cheap. I could make a few of these. Thank you mr genius! I have been holding back on getting the soft boxes coz they just take too much space. Love, love, love your idea!!
Hmm. Seems like you could throw the cakepan light in a shopping bag and bring it with you on a location shoot quite a bit more easily than the Aputure. Run it off a battery and you'll be able to use it for stuff like urban portraits in the evening/night.
@@chrisw5742 Silver or polished metal reflects more light than white paint. Don't know what you are on about more reflective surface cannot suck in or absorb light. Your white paint on the other hand will absorb a few %. Stop spreading misinformation.
I feel like the cake-pan light works better! The Apperature 120D seems to be lighting up the wall behind you in ways you don't necessarily want. Maybe that's a matter of positioning or setting up a flag to stop the light from hitting the wall, but in the comparison you just showed here I think your overall image is better with the cake-pan. $40 W00t!
I actually prefer the panlight mostly because it doesn't cast light onto your background, so you can light the background how you wish. Though the 120D definitely looks more professional on set 😂
I like the lighting with the Pan instead Aputure, when you switched to Aputure there is green color casting a little bit may be white balance. But cool video thank you.
Glad I stumbled across this little project. I opted to double the output by stringing to LED strips together (packaging says don't, but it's fine) and the effect is really great. With diffusion (a frosted shower curtain is a super cheap solution) it is bright, soft and even. Gives a great ring light effect. HOWEVER, the LED strips are rated at 6000K, but are incredibly green. If you are intending to use with another daylight source, matching is a b#*!h. You;ll need a sheet or two of 1/4 theatrical purple to cancel it out. Of course, if you're just using this light (or two of them) you white balance and are off to the races. End of the day, for $40.00, this is a GREAT little light.
Oh this is so well timed. I’m waiting on a neewer led light to come in and expect diffusion to be poor (just a plastic panel that goes over the light) so already looking how to duplicate something similar. Expect a pan, a satin pillow case and a hairband to be doing a lot of the heavy lifting. No clamps so a plate and some double sided tape will have to do 😂
Dear Daniel, Great video! Cake pans are a great idea, but at Lowes I saw aluminum pans that are designed to catch accidental water spills from water heaters. They look exactly like cake pans but they are twice the diameter (27-32 inches) and the depth of each pan is about 5 inches. They are very inexpensive and I think they would work very well; though they would require many more LED light strips. What do you think?
Keith Dennis I was about to say the same thing! The water heater drip pan has been on my DIY light project list for a while. Now that LED strip lights are ubiquitous, I’m going to make it happen.
@@MichelangeloFlores Hi! Thanks for the reply. I think the larger diameter would make a much more effective Key light and having a deeper depth would allow more led strips to be added. I hope you'll keep me posted on your progress.
@@paddywackarts9523 Thanks for your reply. I'm looking at a company called Lumilum for high CRI LED, daylight balanced (5500K) strip lights (24volts). A roll of this strip is 16.4 ft. and costs about $120.00. Along with this, as you know, it will require an AC to DC converter, which is about $90.00. Anyway, I'm curious how long of a strip of LED's you used for your cake pan light. Because the water heater pan, I'm planning will require many more LED's than your cakepan. Nevertheless, whether I need just one roll of LED's or two, The total cost, at most, including the water heater pan, will be about $360.00 which is, as you say, still way less than an APURTURE 120D.
Daniel, I had a bunch of LED strips just collecting dust for over 2 years. Thanks to your video I'll be making a couple of cool lighting setups. Thank you!
As videographer, you should know that CRI value is most important factor when chosing the LEDs. Most of daylight LEDs will give you bad color rendering.
While I was researching for a diy diffuser for my Ringlights, YT brought up your video. Thanks for this video 🤗 I think I will try to use my Ringlights with cake pans 🤗
Sew the diffuser - hem the round piece of fabric and give it a wide bias binding around the edge. Add either an elastic or a cord with a stopper inside the binding, so you can fasten it neatly to the pan/reflector.
Any thoughts about these: Onforu 16.4ft 5M LED Strip Lights Kits, 12V LED Ribbon with Power Adapter and Switch, 300 SMD 2835 LEDs, Daylight White 6000K Non-Waterproof LED Light Strips for Room, Kitchen Lighting, Party Decor www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DZT4SJC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_B7d0CbCP889KQ
I built one of these with a $1.25 Betty Crocker disposable tins from the dollar store... Very reflective surface and worked like a charm. I doubled them up for sturdiness but definitely saves a lot of the expense and more accessible.
Something that works really well is simply taking a bed-side lamp (like you would get for college - a clamping one for instance) and put a Classic LED 60w Daylight bulb in it. It'll produce 800 lumens and looks spectacular, believe it or not. Simply put a piece of fabric in front of it to diffuse the light, if necessary.
Im here EARLY! Appreciate the shout bro, this makes me wish I would've taken my light more serious lmao.
Lol blessings brother. Hopefully we can link up one of these days. I'm just a few hours from your area. 💯💯🙏😎
Hahaha, it's the results that matter! When I saw how well yours worked it definitely inspired me to give a go at making something. I appreciate the inspiration homie 🙌
@@danielschiffer Yes I agree with you Daniel. The results are definitely key. 🙏💯😎
Make a part two!!
Lol right!
That cake pan light is awesome. Plus it is fun making cool things that work really well! Thanks, Daniel for the idea!
@@misiek7676 Hi Micki! I did mine yes, and use it when I stream. I didn't fix the cloth on it, I have it draped, that way I can easily refold it to get less or more diffusion.
Make sure you are buying led strips online that have a high CRI (95+). The cheap ones have some really bad colour shifts and poor rendering of skin tones. Also make sure that they are 5600k daylight and not 5000k daylight, because a large amount of them tend to be 5000k which wont blend well with actual daylight or other daylight rated lights.
Great project and I am sure tonnes of young filmmakers will find use in it. I know I used to use similar lights to this back in the day with rectangle baking pans and 3 tungsten lights fittings in each.
Went down to say the same thing. CRI is very important. There are plenty of other lights out there that are cheaper than the Aputure, but also have much worse color rendition. That's one of the things that accounts for the higher cost.
Do you have any useful product links?
O-shaped bundt cake pans have also been used for both DIY beauty ring flash and similar ones with ordinary electrical lights in the past. I remember some making a real cool flash back in the late 90’s or early 00’s, with several super cheap slave flashes mounted around the donut shaped pan to be set off by the camera’s own flash. Very neat! ia would have tried making one myself, but couldn’t find cheap slave flashes... 🤨😢😆
@@paddywackarts9523 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G79WKM7/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3QFTW0W8OXK38&psc=1
Paddywack Arts YUJI LED Strips
Made mine today. First studio light I've ever owned. Thanks so much for posting this! I love the way this looks too.
Amazon suggests to buy diffusion fabric and power adapter with the pan XD
Aman Orazaev omg. I didn’t believe you then I looked up 14” cake pan and on the Wilton brand one it recommends led light and diffusion.
That is so epic!!
I thought you were being sarcastic, but I looked and it really is as you said. People who want to buy it for baking cakes must be super confused 😂
lol 5 months later it still does
@@Roadsidetrees it won't show up for them cause big brother knows they don't want it. GOOGLE KNOWS WHAT YOU DO NOBODY SAFE AAAAYEEE
@@day6166 still does!
Am I the only one who likes the cake pan light better?? 🤷🏽♀️
No! I thought it looked way better than the more expensive light. Most definitely.
That's what I thought! It's looks more "creamy"!😄
Can't bake a cake in an Aputure 120D either...
40.00 cake pan light is better in my opinion
@Curtis The Mentalist nope I thought the $40 light was better too. There's no way you can argue that the 120D was far superior to the homemade light. The 120D was only brighter but I preferred the color temperature (and what it was on the skin) of the $40 light.
Someone at the cake pan company will be very baffled at sudden surge of pan sales...
Was thinking exactly the same thing - “Everyone must be making huge cakes this week Bob“ 😂
Hughesy 😂😂
Right! need to to go by stocks in Cake Pan Manufacturing....
Hahaha I was thinking the same thing.
He's duping us - he owns the cake pan company. I've seen him going in there.
The Aputure clearly has more power, but for most UA-camrs (talking heads who don't need huge output), your $40 light does a very nice job. Kudos! :)
Yeah, but is the 120D Dishwasher safe?!?
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To be honest, I prefer your cake pan light to the $1000.00 light. To me, it is more even, softer and natural. Good job. I'm going to have to make one of these!
Anxiously awaiting the sequel to this video, "$40 LIGHT THAT CAN ALSO BAKE CAKES"
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I love that all the people I follow also follow each other lol
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For an even larger pan (for even softer light) you can get a 28" aluminum pan that goes under your house water heater at home depot for about $22. You can add more strings of lights if you need more power. For. smaller cakepan lights you can get a plastic shower cap for a diffuser. For larger ones you can make your own by sewing elastic around the edge of a circle of fabric or shower curtain, or if you are super budget constrained just get some tracing paper and tape it on.
Just a thought:
Most of the led stripes let's you cut them in the marked places.
Cut in half the whole strip, then cut in half one of the pieces, and with some cheap switches & a bit of wires you'll get power settings of 1/1, 1/2 & 1/4 :)
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They also make power adapters that have a knob on them so you can dim the light!
Something that I really like about this is that those KED strips are usually powered with a USB type A connector. Which means you could buy a couple portable battery packs and now you've got a portable light.
You could test gold foil on base of cake pan, that might give you a slightly warmer light like the $1000 light. Just a thought. Thanks for the tip.
Stuart Coker - Aliexpress has some. Sorry, URL’s are real long...
Copper: www.aliexpress.com/item/3pcs-Set-Cake-Mold-Copper-Chef-Perfect-Cake-Pan-TV-Cake-Grinder-Frying-Pan-Pan-TV/32887075835.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6c223a37AbsESZ&algo_pvid=06857979-3d85-4802-8a8d-8a44ab9903c3&algo_expid=06857979-3d85-4802-8a8d-8a44ab9903c3-11&btsid=388d6821-0cce-46ca-bf12-3646cf032dff&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_52
Gold: www.aliexpress.com/item/Western-8-Inch-Detachable-Bottom-Champagne-Gold-Round-Deep-Non-stick-Pan-High-Carbon-Steel-Coating/32814462781.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.1aaf1806XmOqHW&algo_pvid=8780f2c7-de8d-4f1f-b668-cfa804933866&algo_expid=8780f2c7-de8d-4f1f-b668-cfa804933866-45&btsid=8378dee1-8886-408b-b5d7-da34d3326bc6&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_52
Yes, those crisis blankets may be useful, as they are gold on one side, silver on the other, so ppl can take their pick. That silver is probably much better at reflecting than the matte aluminum, since it is real shiny. Just spray glue in the pan and apply pieces of the blanket material.
Smart!
One of my favorite things about photography (and, more recently, videography) is that, as long as you have some patience and creativity, you can do so many great things for very little money. Light modifiers are especially fun to build and experiment with. I hope people will be inspired to try their hand at creating other interesting lights/modifiers after watching your video. I dream of all of these creative outlets being accessible to everyone, no matter their budget, because the more art there is in the world, the better and more beautiful it will be.
Thanks for making and sharing this video.
HEY! Thank you bro. I ended up buying a non stick cake pan and it wouldn't work. Instead, I stole my dog's metal water dish and it works great. He's a little dehydrated, but I think he's going to pull through.
How about giving the nonstick pan to your dog?
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Next video: "I SOLD MY APERTURE 120D"
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@@glittergirljmm he already has before filming this video. 5:35 notice left lamp and walls change colors...he just edited the video.. he's always had the cake pan... everyone got trolled... b-roll was old footage of apeture
Just made one of these. Works great! And a lot more compact than a full-sized boxlight or photo lamp with a umbrella-style diffuser. I didn't have the a/c adapter so that added some to my cost - spent a total of US$55. Took all of 15 minutes to get it unboxed, assembled and up and running.
Dude, the result looks amazing! Loving the chill vibe of the video as well.
Thanks for making great content!
Thank you for this video. It is refreshing to have a few you tubers like yourself who offer practical and cheap tips and solutions to improving the quality of one’s video production without spending hundreds and often thousands of dollars. So many you tubers just want you to buy the best and most expensive equipment. The average content creator doesn’t need and moreover can’t afford the best equipment. Yet that doesn’t mean that there doesn’t exist ways to improve quality and have fun!
Phenomenal. Plugging your lut pack at the start is just toooo slick. I love that.
Imagine showing up with this cake pan light to professional photo shoot haha.....i love this idea. It works great.
Now that's what I call thinking outside the softbox :D
Piece of cake
I'm caked in laughter reading this😂😂
Everyone seems to be rising to the occasion.
Haha nice man!
this dude really changed the recommended items of a cake pan to be LED strips and a diffusion sheet... shheeeeshhh. that's impressive not gonna lie
For the LED I actually recommend using a cob LED grow light. The full spectrum grow lights sometimes have better color rendering then the daylight LEDs.
Honestly SO useful, I travel for film making sometimes and being able to make a light like this for $40 instead of renting one for over $150 is killer. I'll be sure to tag you when I utilize this trick!
This is rad! I think it’s a much smarter option for a lot of people.
Can’t wait for the $3500 Hypebeast version. 💪
Cakepan Man x Off White
[Just hang a plastic tag off it]
Starting up with little to no budget, this HELPS SO MUCH! Straight up making two (maybe even three) right of the bat.
That was very inspiring. I just will try to do something similar. There are these 32“ wooden hula hoops, which you can stack three of them (the in between one can be cut into pieces, so that there are air vents for the aluminum strip). Then you glue one inch wide and 8 feet long aluminum strip inside of the stacked hula hoops and on top of the aluminum strip comes 2x8 feet LED strips in parallel. Conveniently, there are also cheap 32“ 5-in-1 reflector/diffusor sets for photographers on amazon. With short nails, you nail the diffusor on one side of the hula hoops and the silver reflector sheet facing inwards on the other side. There you have it: Cheap, light weight, rigid, bright, flat and simple to make 32“ video lights.
Thank you, very inspiring! I did one. It cost-me 4,00€ plus 19,99 € (5 meter white led with power supplier) 24 € more or less $27. I have access to light diffuser filters so I had spend any money on that. It work really well, With a 50 mm and f2.0@1/100 shutter speed i could drop to ISO 100. I might do one with an stainless steel bowl from ikea (BLANDA BLANK) because it is very reflective. Altought I might try to get some dimmable led stripe for that project.
This is brilliant!! The thing I like most about this, other than the price is, the flat profile. I can easily mount this behind my monitor which is against a wall. A traditional soft box would take up far too much space.
Love this idea because it’s basically what I do on my channel! Showing people with no budget to a budget how to get good lighting! Keep up the great work!
honestly, I think the cake pan light looks way better than the Apeture 120D. Well, that's just my opinion anyway
Jonathan Brady I was thinking the same
Agreed, when he switched I was thinking it really looks so much nicer!
I agree, I think it's WAY better.
I agree.
Just no.
This seems like something even I can do. Props for shouting out the original inspiration...
@5:44 I dunno about that man. I watched the comparison 4 times and I'd personally prefer the cake pan if it were a smidge brighter. With a deeper pan and 25% more LEDs (quality LED instead of budget) and I'd say you found a $90 solution to a $1000 problem
Interesting! So Daniel is using a 16x3" cake pan. If you had to choose between a deeper pan (4" instead of the 3") and wider pan (16" instead of the 14"), which one would you say would result in a better diffusion device?
@@swatiskittles2318 I made this comment over a year ago and i'd completely forgotten about this video. I just immediately skipped to the comparison at 5:18 , and I've now changed my mind. I wouldn't change anything with the cake pan. With a year to not think about this, and looking back on it without expectations or preconceived notions, the cake pan is undoubtedly more visually pleasing to my untrained eye. No adjustments need to be made.
This is coming from someone who's absolutely not a professional, but I do spend hours a day watching UA-cam videos. The only people who might notice the expensive lighting are going to be video tech snobs, so likely not many people's target demographic.
@@matt22blaster Ah, gotcha! Thanks for the honest reply.
I get what you mean about not being a professional but spending hours on YT haha. I'm currently setting up my studio at home and I've been binging on DIY studio setup videos from all sorts of UA-camrs, from tech snobs to make-up artists. Hence, crawling in the comments section to see what other members of the community have to add.
@@swatiskittles2318 I know what you mean, I've spent hours doing the same! I never seem to have enough time to bring it to fruition though. Best of luck! I'll be your first sub
@@matt22blaster thank you! that's really nice of you. :D
&yeah 100% feel you. Making time for it is what my biggest roadblock was for AGES. Buuut over the past few weeks i've broken it down to super small goals to make it easier to get things rolling. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
As a side note. The video was cool and reminded me that my grandpa (a Master Photographer, w/55+ years), wants to create a 7 foot to 9 foot SUPER LED UMBRELLA/SOFTBOX!!!
Actually, the pan light looks better than the Aputure😁
totally agree
I thought that
Its because the aputure is brighter and he didnt adjust the camera exposition correctly, so its get over exposed in some parts
The aputure has a higher CRI, and its what really makes difference
@@BradSchlueter thats why we have grids, aka egg crates. No cake pan does not look better lulz, it has a greenish tint, thats why in post he prolly adjusted the hue, making the walls a bit magenta. But hey its $40, I'll definitely use it as a hair light
@@theusorelha what is CRI?
As a person on a disability income, this IS my option! You just saved me days of trying to find some kind of a pro equivalent used on eBay and still way higher in price than I could afford! You rock man ‼️⭐⭐⭐⭐
If you want something similar, you need some tungsten light on top of that. Those led strips make it too white, so a tungsten reflector coming from the same direction will reduce the zombie skin.
Do you mean tungsten bulb?
Thank you 💝
or you can add a second led strip that lets you change the color.
There's actually warm led strips too! You can buy one white strip and one warm strip, and use them together. Or just use the warm one.
it's the color grading lol
My friend recommended your channel and now 90% of my recommended videos that pop up are yours, really loving everything you put out. Super creative ways to think differently about situations.
The cake pan light is a great idea. It looks very good. I actually like the shot better with it. That said, the Aperture 1200 spills more onto the background. I like the look with with the greater contrast. And with the money saved you could buy a small light for a hair/ backlight.
if you had a bigger pan this would be PERFECT for a SAD lamp/lantern. amazing stuff.
This video just makes me want to stick as many LED stripes as I can to the largest diameter stainless steel bowls I can find.
Mateo Méndez challenge accepted 😂
Just buy an aputure m9 and velcro it to a stainless steel bowl
Haha I actually just created a video where I made an accent light by sticking some RGB strips into a big metal basket instead of a cake pan. Inspired by this video and it turned out great!
@@azvisuals Ooo. Post it! Let's see!
@@rachelshelley4779 haha I did! It's on my channel. I used RGB lights instead of white LED because I like to have different color accent lights to my product review b-roll shots. Came out great!
wow this is a great diy! usually they get way too complicated way too fast but this is super simple! Thanks so much!
why do I think the cake pan looks better in this example hahaha
Hah, I thought it looked a little bit harsher but if he used a third sheet of diffusion or maybe moved it a little bit further from him, I think it would have looked better than the Aperture.
im actually with u on this one, cake pan light FTW
@@furryfurre oddly enough, if a like is giving harsh shadow lines and it looks too 'contrasty', moving it further from the subject will only amplify the look. It should actually be moved closer to the subject which will give softer fall off and a better light wrap
I get your perspective but I disagree. Imagine a lamp right in front of your face. Now imagine that lamp 5 meters further away. I don't think it makes sense that it would be harsher when it is further away. Yes, it will increase the shadows but it will let the light subtle across the subject softer and smoother, in my opinion
@@furryfurre its not really a perspective, its the laws of light. I'm a photographer professionally- I do this all the time. Lookup the inverse square law. It sounds counter intuitive, but this is how light actually works. If you make a light source smaller and further away, it becomes smaller relative to the subject and creates less fall off and harsher light.
Just when I thought abt buying lights you came right on time. This is the best thing since sliced bread. I love the ingenious idea of being able to do something that enhances my way of filming. A big THANK YOU!
It probably wouldn't matter much, but since the edge of the pan tilts outward (so the LEDs produce a bit of a bright ring, even through the diffuser), maybe it's worth gluing or taping a narrow "rim" of aluminum foil on the diffuser, to make the direct outgoing light scatter back into the pan. -Tom
this is so awesome. hahah. i clicked on the led lights on amazon and it suggested to buy the cake pan AND adapter. It says "people buy these items together ' omg that's so funny. thanks man
This lighting looks amazing! Super clever idea. I would have loved to see how it looks if you were to use two on either side
The lighting in this video is NICE!
I use a $10 desk lamp, a cake pan to bounce the light to my face. And I used legos to rig the light. and that's my budget light set up for zoom calls.
Holy crap this is genius. I'd probably get a larger pan but it's surprisingly compact and looks great on camera
i love how the "customers also bought" has literally everything- even the clamp - right there lol.
Building this week - will reply with results
Hello? Reply?
Results?
Classic youtube comment "i'll get back with results" with years of silence
@@alexeypunov2642 To be honest, ive had notifications off for years and just forgot LOL. The shit works nice and gives a very soft light for your camera - not a bright single point of light like youd get from using a normal lamp. Def worth the 40ish dollars if youre doing streaming or anything like that in a dark area.
i think is very cool as photographers or video photographer to know how to handle our ouwn equipment but yeah, is hard to compite with actually professional equipment. Great video man!
Be right back, ordering everything to make this!
I like your video very much. It is a great way to start lighting on a budget. It is not a huge expense where if you decide that UA-cam is not for you that you lost a lot of money. Thank you for the video.
I love this video!! And I actually prefer the lighting of the cake pan! Genius stuff dude.
I am in malaysia and cake pans are cheap. I could make a few of these. Thank you mr genius! I have been holding back on getting the soft boxes coz they just take too much space. Love, love, love your idea!!
From Malaysia too! Baru nak pegi kedai Mr DIY nak tengok ada LED strip ni tak, hehe
Hmm. Seems like you could throw the cakepan light in a shopping bag and bring it with you on a location shoot quite a bit more easily than the Aputure. Run it off a battery and you'll be able to use it for stuff like urban portraits in the evening/night.
Dude this is good for someone who is starting out like me, and doesn´t have the cash to invest in something more pro. Thanks
I'd recommend using an uncoated silver cake pan less light gets absorbed and more reflected, giving it higher max brightness.
paint it white. Silver will suck in light.
@@chrisw5742 Silver or polished metal reflects more light than white paint. Don't know what you are on about more reflective surface cannot suck in or absorb light. Your white paint on the other hand will absorb a few %. Stop spreading misinformation.
Looks pretty clean to me 👌🏼
I feel like the cake-pan light works better! The Apperature 120D seems to be lighting up the wall behind you in ways you don't necessarily want. Maybe that's a matter of positioning or setting up a flag to stop the light from hitting the wall, but in the comparison you just showed here I think your overall image is better with the cake-pan. $40 W00t!
Wow, I prefer the cake light! Looks more natural. Great vid man! I think I'm gonna try this out.
Woooo I made it to Daniel Schaffer’s videos!
thank you, works so well for me... just from my experience, get 5050 leds and use a powerful enough adaptor - 5m of 5050 takes about 40W so 12v/3.5a
I actually prefer the panlight mostly because it doesn't cast light onto your background, so you can light the background how you wish. Though the 120D definitely looks more professional on set 😂
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Yes! Worth it. The cake pan is clearer to me. The expensive light makes you a bit yellow.
I like the lighting with the Pan instead Aputure, when you switched to Aputure there is green color casting a little bit may be white balance. But cool video thank you.
I love DIY solutions. $40 for the win. Sometimes good enough is good enough.
would you recommend something like this for a hair light?
Hey Ben! Usually, hair lights are a little softer. I don't think he mentioned the LED strip being dimmable, so it may be too harsh.
@@TylerF You can get dimmable strips as well for around the same price.
@@punkgrl325 yep my dimmable strip was $10 for the lights and dimmer/ power adaptor :)
Nice work, to get in the ball park of a $1k product for $40 is pretty amazing.
Not gona lie. I definitely like the cake light more than 120d!
Glad I stumbled across this little project. I opted to double the output by stringing to LED strips together (packaging says don't, but it's fine) and the effect is really great. With diffusion (a frosted shower curtain is a super cheap solution) it is bright, soft and even. Gives a great ring light effect. HOWEVER, the LED strips are rated at 6000K, but are incredibly green. If you are intending to use with another daylight source, matching is a b#*!h. You;ll need a sheet or two of 1/4 theatrical purple to cancel it out. Of course, if you're just using this light (or two of them) you white balance and are off to the races. End of the day, for $40.00, this is a GREAT little light.
i personally think the pan light looks better.yes phone screens may make a difference too when playing back but i got to admit.panlight is better
That cake pan light is awesome for casual UA-camrs!
Godox SL60W is so good and under $150. It matches my 120D to about 85% which is very good considering it´s 1/6 the price.
To be fair: with a huge 90cm deep softbox (equivalent to the Lightdome) it´s around 190 bucks but anyway an awesome light not even for the price
DER PRiNZ - Photography yes you will need a softbox. Found one by neewer on ebay for $25 that works great. Its rektangular about 40x80 cm though.
I have the equivalent to the Apurture Lightdome form NEEWER for under 50 bucks new on Amazon
PWM, flicker and fan noise make it unusable for some people.
Dunno what PWM is but mine doesn´t flicker and I don´t have an issue with the fan even if it´s just 1 meter away from me.
A very helpful video
I’m wondering if processing the cake pan video could make the result more like the $1000 light video.
Oh this is so well timed. I’m waiting on a neewer led light to come in and expect diffusion to be poor (just a plastic panel that goes over the light) so already looking how to duplicate something similar. Expect a pan, a satin pillow case and a hairband to be doing a lot of the heavy lifting. No clamps so a plate and some double sided tape will have to do 😂
Wow this is awesome
Dear Daniel,
Great video! Cake pans are a great idea, but at Lowes I saw aluminum pans that are designed to catch accidental water spills from water heaters. They look exactly like cake pans but they are twice the diameter (27-32 inches) and the depth of each pan is about 5 inches. They are very inexpensive and I think they would work very well; though they would require many more LED light strips. What do you think?
Keith Dennis I was about to say the same thing! The water heater drip pan has been on my DIY light project list for a while. Now that LED strip lights are ubiquitous, I’m going to make it happen.
@@MichelangeloFlores
Hi! Thanks for the reply. I think the larger diameter would make a much more effective Key light and having a deeper depth would allow more led strips to be added. I hope you'll keep me posted on your progress.
Keep us posted!
Also if you have any links to products you use?
@@paddywackarts9523 Thanks for your reply. I'm looking at a company called Lumilum for high CRI LED, daylight balanced (5500K) strip lights (24volts). A roll of this strip is 16.4 ft. and costs about $120.00. Along with this, as you know, it will require an AC to DC converter, which is about $90.00. Anyway, I'm curious how long of a strip of LED's you used for your cake pan light. Because the water heater pan, I'm planning will require many more LED's than your cakepan.
Nevertheless, whether I need just one roll of LED's or two, The total cost, at most, including the water heater pan, will be about $360.00 which is, as you say, still way less than an APURTURE 120D.
@@keithdennis5085 you can get 2 Godox SL60W for that price.
Daniel, I had a bunch of LED strips just collecting dust for over 2 years. Thanks to your video I'll be making a couple of cool lighting setups. Thank you!
I’m definitely a pan of it!!!!!!! 🙌🙌😅
Your humor is deadpan
As videographer, you should know that CRI value is most important factor when chosing the LEDs. Most of daylight LEDs will give you bad color rendering.
I miss your banana. 😕
Wait. That sounded weird.
I miss the banana light in the background of your setup Daniel.
🤣🤣😜
😂😂😂😂😂
No homo
lol
Just ordered all the supplies through your links. This is a great light!!
Legit!!! Definitely one of my favorite channels also! Love your content! We definitely should collab. Blessings my brother. 💯🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥👀😎
Incredible! I'm from Brazil and I'll definitely making one of these for me!
A aputure 120d here in Brazil costs four and a half "minimum wages"
Where can I buy the clamp? Searched on Amazon but couldn’t find any similar to the one shown in the video.
While I was researching for a diy diffuser for my Ringlights, YT brought up your video. Thanks for this video 🤗 I think I will try to use my Ringlights with cake pans 🤗
Over a year later and Amazon still recommends LEDs and mount with the 14’’ cake pan
Can you send link of mount??
WOW, I prefer your DYI cake pan, light! Bravissimo and thanks for sharing!
1:57 - Mom calls. That look at the end... it sold it all.
Great video man, great humor, great! Keep it up!
DAMN I’m actually gonna make one of these the $40 pan looks better LMFAO
Justin Hopps Lmao No Joke 😂, I Was Gonna Buy Some Lighting Set Up On Amazon... NOPE Cakepan 120d
iiPryzee LOL damn straight right!!?
Justin Hopps likewise !! I’m like yo new key light
Sew the diffuser - hem the round piece of fabric and give it a wide bias binding around the edge. Add either an elastic or a cord with a stopper inside the binding, so you can fasten it neatly to the pan/reflector.
I'm doing this instead of a crappy ring light. THANK YOU Daniel!
The cri rating makes a difference in the aputure. The cake pan has a green cast and doesn’t glow the skin the same.
You can buy LED strips with just as high of a CRI as the aputure so customize your own version.
Any thoughts about these:
Onforu 16.4ft 5M LED Strip Lights Kits, 12V LED Ribbon with Power Adapter and Switch, 300 SMD 2835 LEDs, Daylight White 6000K Non-Waterproof LED Light Strips for Room, Kitchen Lighting, Party Decor www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DZT4SJC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_B7d0CbCP889KQ
Yep. And anyone on amazon can quote any cri they like, it doesn’t mean it’s true!
Paddywack Arts I suspect those are the cheap ones with bad color.