Studio Photo Lighting Kit 1200 Watt Fluorescent
- 2… 600 watt 4 light heads, total output 1200 watts of power. Lights are fully adjustable. Perfect for both standard, high definiton video and digtial photography, since the light they produce is highly diffused.
- 8… Flicker free high output photo fluorescent bulbs, each light is 45 watts each and produces 150 watts of 5100k light, 8 bulbs equal 1200 watts of tungsten light. These lights are designed to capture more detail in all your images, since the “cool flo” bulb output has more of the color spectrum compared to tungsten bulbs. You will get more detail in every image.
- 2… Professional heavy duty 43″ white / black umbrellas. that create soft wrap around shadowless light. Perfect for both high and standard definiton video. Since the light that is produces is highly diffused.
- 2…8115 Pro light stands, made of black non-glare anodized aluminum tube construction, extra wide foot print on stands will hold up to 15 lbs., each stand is spring loaded helps to control lowering the light, smooth and easy raising and lowering of each section, extends up to 6 1/2 feet, rubber tips on legs to prevent movement. These stands will last for years.
Photography User Product Description
This is a new professional fluorescent compact lighting kit that gives you 1200 watts of true 5100 kelvin daylight output.These high output fluorescent bulbs are designed to capture more detail in all your images, since these fluorescent bulbs have more of the color spectrum compared to tungsten bulbs. You will get more detail in every image. These are “cool lights” that are very easy to work with and will give you professional images with every shot. This lighting kit is used for high production work and can be left on all day without heating up your enviroment. Bulbs are rated for 10,000 hours. These lights are a special flicker-free photographic fluorescent bulb made for digital cameras, that render natural skintones, without any filtration. When used with the 43″ umbrellas you will get almost shadowless light, that will wrap around your subject. Now you can have the latest in photographic lighting. Every major Hollywood film studio and TV stations now … More >>
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4:27 pm on January 17th, 2010
I bought these lights on the recommendation of a video guru guy on the net b/c I knew nothing about lighting a video studio. My studio is small so the lights are a bit overpowering when I use all of them, but I really like the flexibility to turn on only a few at a time. The dangling cords are pretty annoying though. I had to buy a couple of additional power strips to plug them all in at once.
I’m ordering additional gold umbrellas (bought originally with white) to warm up the tone a bit. Also have used them bouncing off the white carpet which is a nice soft effect.
Overall, I’m happy. Those 43 inch umbrellas are sure big for my room though!
Rating: 4 / 5
5:15 pm on January 17th, 2010
The 1200 watts in this don’t go quite as far as you’d expect. The inside of the umbrellas doesn’t seem as reflective as it should be, so I think this is probably closer to a 800W of actual light. Nevertheless, they work.
My only serious beef is that the flourescent bulbs all hum at 60z. With all 8 going it’s quite loud, but luckily my wireless lav mic that I use in the studio doesn’t seem to pick it up. But definitely beware that these lights are far from silent which is mainly why I’m only giving them a 3-star review.
One other oddity is that each bulb has it’s own power cord, so you’ll need 8 outlets (or a power strip) to plug them all into. I don’t know why the bulbs aren’t all plugged into one master cord because having 4 cords hanging down from each stand creates a lot of clutter. They conveniently don’t show the cords in the photo.
Despite the flaws, I still like these lights for the money. The color spectrum is nice and clean, and they do create nice shadowless fill lighting.
Rating: 3 / 5