LED Lights For Video & Film

 We've been curious about LED lights from a long time and in case you are too we are going to give you a quick round of what we found working with these instruments in a real life situations.  

     You probably got a great HD camcorder or HDSLR camera that fits nicely in a camera bag over your shoulder, an audio kit that is lightweight and battery powered and lights in a giant rolling case that weight more than anything you work with. Good quality lighting doesn't have to be big and heavy. A great solution for replacing those heavy, awkward lights is represented by the LED lights.
 

     Let's talk about good stuff first. The main thing we liked about LED fixtures is definitely the quality of light. If you search some information on the internet regarding these lights you'll see a lot of articles about them being used on anything from big movies to TV shows. These are definitely big time lights. The next thing we liked about LED lights is they're physically light and compact. If you just see how thin the LED 1x1 Panel is and that it weights practically nothing you'll realize why this would be such a big advantage when you're traveling a lot, for example taking these into the airplanes, or if you need to put them in tight spaces like corners or perhaps inside cars. Also, for you, Steadycam operators, these lights could be just what you were looking for.
 

     One of the main advantages of the LED Panels is that they are energy efficient and don't generate almost no heat. That's because, instead of using a conventional bulb filled with gas like tungsten or fluorescent do, these guys use a great number of really tinny LED lights that work together to create one big source.

The advantage of LED lights, beside being cool, is that they are very efficient, which means that if you give this light a certain amount of wattage, and give to a tungsten light the same amount of wattage, the LED light is going to be a lot brighter. Which brings it to the next advantage: that is built in versatility.

     The last big advantage is that you never have to replace a bulb in these fixtures which helps to defray the initial investment in the light itself and also means you don't have to worry about the bulbs going out in the middle of the shooting. 
 

     On the other hand, the biggest disadvantage that we can see is definitely the price, so these are not your low budget lighting alternative, these are definitely serious lighting instruments and they're priced accordingly. Even so, we try to vary as much as we can the line of LED lights to match both technical requirements and budget limits. As a matter of fact, don't overlook that the qualities of this  great new  lighting technology entitles the total investment cost so in fact both professional  and amateurs users should consider purchasing these lights as a step closer to a high quality result of their work.
 

     So the bottom line on LED Panels is that if you can afford them, buy them! They're lightweight, portable, easy to work with and versatile. In conclusion LED Panels are fantastic!