What Has APUTURE BECOME?! // Nova P300c Review
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- The Nova P300c LED panel from Aputure is a fantastic fixture, but what does it mean for indie filmmakers on a budget. Is Aputure still a value brand?
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0:00 - Intro & Thesis
1:55 - Overview of the Nova P300c
3:53 - Light Emulation (Source & Gels)
5:13 - Lighting Effects
6:40 - RGBWW & HSI
7:21 - Output & Skin Rendering
8:44 - App & Remote Control
9:11 - Size, Build, & Noise
10:17 - Is Aputure Too Expensive?
11:44 - Aputure MC 4-Light Kit Overview
12:56 - Final Thoughts
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They are expanding, and well done to them for upping not only their game, but forcing others to up theirs. We have all benefited from Aputure and they deserve major kudos.
Start with : " I am Gerald Undone and the auto captions call me Jael Done Done"
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"I'm Gerald Undone, and I'm pretty fly, for a camera guy".
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Honestly, very happy to see the direction Aperture is going with their lighting. There is only so much development and innovation that can be made in the $700 market segment due to price constraints. It's just not possible to build something like a P300c for that cost, but to make a light as capable as a Skypanel for 1/3 of the price, that is a huge accomplishment and should be looked at in that way.
" I'm Gerald Undone and Every Second in the EOS R5 , 1 Minute passes "
LOL, funny troll
Explains the overheating, it's been running for hours when I think it's just been minutes
Aputure is the Blackmagic of lighting. That's pretty awesome.
I love your approach, Gerald! You're so considerate of your audience and have the most detailed breakdowns of the gear. Still such an amazing resource for everyone of any knowledge base.
Literally the best channel when it comes to gear. Thanks for all your hard work.
Love the product development at Aputure. The Nova is the light I've been looking forward to the most. It's the light I'll likely invest in next. Glad to see them bringing value to these expanded light categories. Software updates are also only going to make it more versatile down the line. Now to find $1800 😂
I'm very glad to see you take it down a notch. I know how difficult it is to be so detailed in all your videos and I would hate to see you burn out. Frankly I'm very impressed with your ability to speak so detailed and clear. You are one in a million. This video was informative and entertaining. Banana 🍌
Man, you’re not out of touch with your audience and Aputure lights aren’t a status symbol. It’s gear to do work. You’re showing us the good stuff and I appreciate it!
“Im Gerald Undone, and the day is about to get done”
Enjoyed this video, a day off from your normal undone vids is fine with me they are always great and informative 👊🏻😎
Your logic is so trustworthy and your ability to convey your findings are why I always check with you first before watching other takes on a review. Bravo.
First time I’ve been notified right away :) keep up the great work
By the way I really appreciate that you do table of contents so I know what topics are covered and I can jump to what i am most interested in.
thanks for this Gerald! This light and the Cineo HS2 are my new faves!
A lite overview works with my attention deficit... and a lite tone with some cracks - cracks me up - so thanks for all that Gerald.
So I use the arri sky panel on lots of my products there are so many times where I want to get creative and strap the light to a tree but I can't because if I drop a 10k light I'll die. I think the price is great and its another tool that gives me freedom and convenience to create at a very low cost.
I suspect that Aputure went "higher end" on this to make it solid enough for rental houses to stock it. While I'm more careful with rental equipment than I am with my own stuff, I too would be less "precious" about the risk of covering a unit that's 1/4 the price of a S60. (Not just damage, but getting it stolen, etc.) And in my market I see that a S60 rents for about $130/day, so a P300c would be something like $40/day ($120/wk?), which would also make me much more likely to rent one for a shoot.
That was a great final minute wrap up. Well done Gerald. Consider me persuaded on the brand.
Definitely on my priority list of next purchases! Thanks Gerald!
On Point, nice work like always man.
🙌❤Yooo this guy's stuff is just on another level man! Greattt perspective and explanation of what Aputure is doing Geralddddd!🙌🔥🤸♀️❤
I appreciate Aputure offering a wide range of products for all budgets and shooting styles. The Arri Skypanels are very popular for good reason but very expensive and out of reach for a lot of creators. This Nova P300C looks like a solid choice.
@Gerald Undone, thanks for using my intro. That was pretty fun for me. And of course, thank you for the great content. The light looks pretty amazing, though the stuff from Godox is probably a little more in my price range.
Another great job as usual. Thanks.
Thanks for this vid! The Aputure F7 is an absolute beast. I have 3 of them. I wish they had a mini soft box for them. I'm hoping I can find work in the next year to add 2-3 of these Novas to the gear list. An absolute must-have for run & gunners.
Great overview / non-review 😉 of this light Undone- nice to have a subjective video from ya every now and then!
Rad piece of tech. Thanks for another stellar review.
I love everything about these videos : great in depth explanations, concise scripts and nice voice and flow, and for once we get waaayyy more than just the clickbaity title
You channel is awesome, keep it up, you're the next LTT in the making
Your intros are so good! Why have I not subscribed yet?? 😂
"I'm Gerald Undone, and I impress people at Dairy Queen."
Haha he just said your quote at the end
I remember when Aputure has a small booth at the back of the South Hall at NAB and I loved their lights then. I bought an H528C and am still using it (in fact just yesterday). While they have slowly been building outside of *my* budget they have almost become the defacto light at a good price. I will be looking into Godox lights just for the price but my business doesn't require the most accurate lights so I don't have to ensure I have the best CRI available. *IF* I even moved into the indie cinematography arena and needed a more dependable light I would go with Aputure hands down. The people were great back in their small booth days have only gotten better while making better products. A great company to support.
I like the Aputure products, their company, and their mindset overall. I had a 300D, upgraded to the MkII and am looking forward to purchasing a 3 light kit of the 60Ds (are you listening Aputure?) and a 600D. I am a photojournalist who also makes one-man-band run-n-gun documentaries. The portable, bright battery-powered D series lights work extremely well for me. The Bowens mount is a plus for me as I already had domes and softboxes made by Phottix, which work great with the Aputure lighting system. Lately I have been bouncing my 300DII off a Westcott 7’ umbrella draped with an 8x8 scrimjim diffuser. Makes for something akin to an extremely portable 7’ octagon softbox. Produces a wonderful soft light that embraces almost everything it touches. Enjoy your reviews - keep up the good work! Thanks...
You're like to tech youtube what Eminem was to Rap. Changing the game, and everyone respects you, and spitting fire at like a million word per minute.
Bah! You're too kind, Tommy. Thank you!
Perfect analogy.
"I watch at 2x for more information density"
I am getting turned into a paste because it's so dense
I think it's a cultural momentum as a whole. People have been fed emotional sef-help stuff for a long time, and practical informative help is a niche unfilled. Gerald is rocking it!
This is facts! Your videos never waste my time.
I know this is not the point... you're talking about an exceptional lighting instrument and I'm watching the production value. Just want to say many thanks from a 30+ year video veteran for not peppering your video with jump cuts. It was a pleasure to watch cutaway shots. Cutaway shots!! Well produced, well demonstrated, nice tight voice recording... overall an exceptional example of what a demo video can be with not a ton of effort. Well done. And the light looks amazing. I am in the market for a smaller and more portable solution right now but the this light would serve my studio type setup nicely.
great video as always Gerald, even with difference in the video. thanks.
Love your reviews.
thanks for the review, this is a fantastic light and I might actually consider this o.o
looks superb.
On my list already.
I love how the raised volume of the voice while raising the intensity of the light.
I support everything Aputure is doing. They have established themselves as a highly reliable brand. Anyone using their products knows the quality you get out of their fixtures. Great video Gerald 👍🏼
This type of alternative review is good. Thanks
Intro: I'm Gerald Undone, and i prefer the metric system.
ohhh spicy
Now, on to a real comment. I am in the middle of buying a new set-up, and new to the film side as well. I initially selected 3 Aputure LS300X lights because they seems the best value for what you spent. I am now stopping one of those lights and adding the Nova P300c because as an add-on to the other lights, I feel that this can cover almost every shoot I plan on usually doing. The mark of a good company is not only providing quality and value...but in making products that you need. Aputure has done that.
I would 100% agree and I love what aperture is doing because they are also making a lot more cheaper alternatives like you said for these other companies. Competition is amazing and aperture is super quality!
Thx for grt review. Will still look forward to an in depth analysis of this light..esp on color accuracy, and it it's a match for 300D etc in that regard. I could be wrong but I felt some other reviews were a little 'kind' on this aspect when they did spectrometer tests (..but maybe not).
I HAVE TO GET ONE OF THESES LIGHTS! THANKS AGAIN!
This was a great video!
If this guy is not using a teleprompter, he is an absolute BEAST! As a rule, I try to avoid videos over the 10 min. mark, but for some reason I always watch all of his lol!
I considered this light and had the budget for it but decided to try the nanlite mixpanel 60 because it was pretty powerful, had a lot of the same features of P300c, and very important for run and gun it runs off one 14.8 Vmount. So far the nanlite is pretty awesome. Like Gerald I wanted one controller to rule them all - I actually emailed nanlite about it and they replied saying "Yes, one is in the very early stages of development. Too soon for an expected release date." so at least they're on it. Good stuff G
This light looks incredible!
This is hilarious! I put the MC-4 four light kit and a pair of Nova 300s with the soft boxes in my cart a few days ago. Waiting for them to come back in stock so I can order.
I like this video, it was chill and not a ad
I love when you're this happy about a product, the enthusiasm comes through 100%. And I wouldn't worry about being too "advertisey..." I think we all know gear can inspire creative work, so it's okay to be appreciative when a brand makes something right.
Just got my P300c from B&H the one thing no one talk about is the travel case it so good. Seriously the travel case deserves a review of it own!
Damn Gerald, I felt it in my bones when you mentioned those squeaks when taking it out of the box. Hate those too! 😖😉
I could listen to the Undone speak all day everyday! This light looks nuts, an indie's filmmaker dream come true... Jesus, I wish I won the lottery 😭...
I have many Aputure lights now. Some I bought used too. They're built well enough to not break with standard use. They just keep making lights I want so I guess I'll keep buying them.
I'm a big fan of Aputure and I really love their products. They're a well established brand and I don't mind paying a bit extra over other brands like Bronic / nanguang. It's also nice to see that they're not just making low cost products like the old H160 / H198 lights, but also moving to more high end pro lights that could compete with Arri, Litepanels & even Mole Richardson for half the price
Great man this was very good
These lights are perfect for the company I used to work for in Florida. We did mainly mid-budget commercials. Sure, there were a couple that we rented some big guns, but for the most part, we used Apeture and Godox lights. $1700 seems like a lot for a vlogger, but a working professional can pay it off in one gig.
Aputure finally has these back on sale as of today 12/24/20 on their site, everywhere else still has them backordered. Just picked one up, get them while you can everybody!!
At the rate Aputure is evolving, I'm betting we'll see something from them that'll take on the ARRI HMI's within a few years. Can't wait for that to happen!
Nice video as usual.
thanks for your engaged review. I would be curious to know your opinion about the Lupo lighting products.
This light looks fantastic!
Your videos are always throughout, easy to follow and entertaining. Thanks!
Also "I only wake up when the sun is measured 10000 lux at 151.65 million km away"
Great video Gerald, from reading the comments you definitely have some interesting followers 😆👍👍 "I'm Gerald Undone, and I've seen the light" sorry I just had to do it, my bad! 😔
Aputure are amazing and what they are producing is stellar. The big thing about them is even the higher price fixtures help the smaller budget fixtures in the end as they revise and bring the knowledge into the updates either software, utility add-on (Sidus link) or hardware revisions. There staff actually care about the user and super helpful.
Hi Gerald, your videos are brilliant and are an excellent resource - just wondering if you've made any videos about the Rayzr MC series of RGBWW solf panels? And if not, have you looked into them? Thanks
“Regular and Family Size” I literally died 😂😂 Great video Gerald!
It's a giant MC, and that's exactly what makes it so goddamn good. And it has rgbww leds, which makes it even more amazing
Am just commenting for the algorithm. Thanks for the vid
Okay, anyone who has ever handled expensive lights knows how incredible this light is for the money. I'm blown away an hopefully I can get one of these to go with my 300D at some point.
I’d appreciate more videos like this with your opinion on stuff. Think it’ll provide a good mix between your super technical videos as well as give your brain a bit of a break. 😎
Fantastic to see Aputure aiming towards higher budget grounds as after investing in story and talent, better light should always come before investing in better cameras.
Nice to see some content...While everyone is waiting for the A7S3...
Amazing stuff as per ushe Gerald, I really love your approach to reviewing products! To answer your question; I really don't mind Aputure moving forward, or perhaps in their case; slightly upward. They're paving the way for others to fill the lower mid-range market, as you mentioned, while stepping up their own game. What's wrong with that? But one criticism about this panel though - so many presets, but they don't seem to be in alphabetical order? Ouch, someone on the dev team deserves to be denied of next Mondays morning coffee break... Cheers dude! /Fred
Thanks! I've been waiting for them to catch up with the big boys. I'm tired of saving for WAY overpriced legacy brands. Aputure is STILL a value brand. I'm now waiting for their Arri S 60 level Nova. Cheers!
Hey Gerald. Great video. I know this would be kind of an odd request seeing as you're moving to all Sony cams now, but I'd love to hear a critical review of the GH5 & gh5S from you in 2020 comparing it to whats available on the market now (R5, R6, A7SIII, BMPCC4k) and the value proposition for indie/budget filmmakers.
I once got an light that broke due to weakness in the design. They did not only send me a new unit, but also they impoved the design. I have great trust in aputure, and think they have greate value products.
Two of my favourite things referenced right at the end, dairy Queen and Tarantino movies 🥰🥰🥰
Very similar to what happened with OnePlus phones. From flagship killers to flagship makers themselves, being forced to launch a medium range alternative with the Nord.
But l don't see Aputure release a value line of products as it wouldn't be worth the extra R&D and saturation of the market
I agree that if Aputure never started with selling the small 'value' lights and if they had started with the larger lights, they probably would not have the large fan base they do now. Started small and adding value along the way. Great business plan!
I sub'd to all notifications but I haven't got this notification. I saw this video on my recommended vids :-O
i'm a relatively new user of aputure and am enjoying its quality and ease of use.
One thing aputure is leaving on the table now that they're making color correctable lights is a product similar in quality to Sekonic C-800 or the 854. I think that would complete the took kit.
Just bought 3 for my cyc studio! no more paper drops for this guy!
I totally agree with you mr. It's a serious brand and there are filmmakers of all sizes on budget and Aputure back them.
Very nice and detailed non-review. This light looks like a wonderful addition to anyone’s lighting package however I don’t think I would ever buy it immediately. I’m very skeptical about the quality of Aputure’s customer service. I purchased two 120 D’s and so far both power supplies have failed. Currently one light is sitting in the corner with no functioning power supply. The process of getting a repaired or replaced unit has been so exhausting that I finally gave up. For one of my lights I was able to simply drive to their warehouse distribution center where I was handed a new power supply in exchange for the old one. Unfortunately I was unable to reach that point with the second power supply because they simply stopped responding to my emails in China.
All the formula all the mumbo-jumbo stuff that novice wouldn't understand and Gerald still manage to explain it in a way a noob like me still understand.
I have 4 MCs. Before they released the kit though. When I have money, I plan to get the Nova and the 4 MC kit.
I shoot low budget indie narrative, and while the 300Dmk2s are my workhorse lights, I frequently use the 120D, and especially the little F7 on almost every shoot. I can't wait to get a 600D and a P300C to complete my kit, which along with a few Quasar tubes and a couple of Falconeyes bicolor and RGB mats I already have, will truly feel complete.
Great video, suggestion...before putting on those simulated lights, please put up a warning so your viewers are prepared (am not affected by them, however, I imagine you may have viewers who could be) Awesome content as always.
Im buying this light!
Would love to see a review of the Nanlite Mixpanel 150 and how you think it compares to this :)
I'm looking at the purchase page of the P300c right now. I think Aputure should continue to innovate in lighting however they choose. I will always look to Aputure for lighting choices.
I think perspective is super necessary when talking about Aputure as a brand. Yes, they have been the budget option for a while, but I don’t think this light goes against that. I’ll be honest, when I first saw them announce this light I was one of those who scoffed at the price tag. But after seeing this “not a review” and what the actual competition is- the arri skypanel- it makes a lot more sense. I might have to consider one down the road
Awesome!
Nicely done video as always! I’m in debate between this and the Nanlite Mixpanel 150.
What are your thoughts on Nanlite? I saw your video on the Pavotube but curious if you’ve used anything else by them?