Litepanels
Litepanels has announced the release of its latest line of bi-color LED light panels, the Astra IP. The second series of lights from Litepanels to carry the name “Astra,” this new group comes in three sizes—the Half, 1x1, and 2x1—designed to provide a portable, powerful, high-quality lighting solution for film and television production.
Virtual Production environments encompassing LED volumes are an exciting, revolutionary addition to the background capture techniques used in video and motion picture production. A successor to established techniques like green screen and front and rear projection, this latest technology means that your surroundings are limited only by your background content.
ROE Visual LED Panels in the Vancouver PXO & WFW Stage
What is Virtual Production?
In basic terms, Virtual Production uses digital cinematography, LED volumes, game engines, and
Hard light is like a cup of black coffee: pure, raw, exhilarating. Put in the hands of a skilled cinematographer, it can smother a scene with tension, develop a character faster than words, or steer an audience's eyes across the film screen. It is the boldest flavor of light but, like that cup of black coffee, its edge can be softened by adding the right ingredients.
Figure 1: Hard light oozes drama
Jake
The Litepanels Studio X series of LED fresnels delivers dependable lighting for talent in a wide range of sizes, color temperatures, and mounts. Designed with the industry leaders at Quartzcolor, Studio X lights produce flattering, directional light from units built to endure the rigors of professional studio and broadcast environments.
Studio X lights feature a COB design and are available in six sizes: 60W (X2), 100W (X3), 150W (X4), 200W (X5), 300W (X6), and 360W (X7).
Litepanels has just announced the brightest and lightest 2x1 LED to date: the Gemini 2x1 RGBWW LED Hard Panel. Building on the success of the Gemini 2x1 Soft, Litepanels has created a unit for productions prioritizing power. The new Gemini can produce a whopping 23,000 lux of hard light with the possibility of dual and quad mounting to double and quadruple output, respectively. Impressively, the entire unit, including yoke and power supply, weighs only 25.3 lb, making it easy to rig
Litepanels has just announced the latest addition to the Gemini series: the 1x1 Hard RGBWW LED Panel. The new light adds a significant boost in power, as well as expanded light-shaping versatility, to the Gemini lineup, while retaining the form factor and extensive feature set that have made its predecessor, the 1x1 Soft RGBWW LED Panel, so popular with filmmakers
Announcing the Apollo Bridge wireless DMX and network LAN device, from Litepanels, a complete package that enables you to control virtually any DMX-enabled fixture wirelessly, no matter the brand. The Apollo Bridge spans the gaps in current wireless DMX and connects to your DMX fixtures via wireless DMX—LumenRadio, Ethernet, 5-pin XLR, and even over Wi-Fi. This flexibility means you have one box that can connect all your
Like many other photographers, I have found myself incorporating video into my practice with increasing regularity. Already irreversibly invested in studio lights built for stills, I have been reluctant to start a second collection of LED lights for video. Consequently, my experience with LEDs has been a mixed bag: Wallet-friendly models rarely deliver the quality of light or durability that my work requires, while the lights I prefer remain at a “rent-not-buy” price point. When presented with the
Mastering studio lighting can feel like a Herculean feat when you’re just getting started. Like any aspect of photography, it requires patience, practice, and plenty of mistakes before it comes naturally. In an effort to shorten your learning curve, we’ve rounded up 10 common issues that beginners encounter and how to fix them.
Technical Issues
Lighting setups can be as simple or complicated as your heart desires—or your shot requires. However, before you can begin to think about how to use your lights creatively, you need to understand how
Introduce a punch of light to your scene with the powerful new Vortex8 Light from Creamsource. This 2 x 1' LED panel fixture is a 650W powerhouse rivaling the output of some 1200W HMI units while offering an array of hue, saturation, and intensity choices. Its 512 LEDs create an ultra-narrow 20˚ beam with a massive 14,000 lux output in daylight at 9.8' with CRI/TLCI ratings of 95.
When you're a videographer on the move, portability is everything. Whether it's an outdoor action shoot, a multi-location shoot with interviews and b-roll, or a car video that requires riding around a track a few times, the key to building up your videographer kit is a combination of quality, portability, and preparedness. We are going to outline the basics for building your own on-the-go videography kit and suggest some useful products to help you get started.
Choosing a Primary Camera
Depending on your production requirements, the camera you
High end is a subjective term, and in terms of high-end lighting for film and video, you will be able to find such light fixtures in use on a variety of productions, in the middle of a cornfield on the next indie smash, or hanging in a studio grid for next summer’s blockbuster. Really, the best definition for what makes a light high end is that whatever it does, it does it well, without hiccups or failures, and is clear and simple to use, with good ergonomics. If you need to tape a gel to the light fixture, then you’re either not using it the
I remember when the first Litepanels 1x1 LED light was released. It was small, lightweight, bright, and could run on batteries or the included power supply. It truly revolutionized the industry. I bought one, but more on that later. I recently acquired the new version, the Astra 6X, and put Litepanels' claim to the test.
How Bright is the 6X?
Litepanels claims the Astra 6X to be six times brighter than the original Litepanels
While photographers have many options for their home studio lighting setup, continuous lights are a logical solution for beginners. As its name implies, a continuous light is always on, unlike the fleeting flash of speedlights and studio strobes. For photo and video, most continuous lighting comes in the form of tungsten, fluorescent, and LED sources, as well as HMI, though we aren’t going to focus on the latter here.
LED ring light in useLeo Alejandro
Benefits of Continuous Lighting
I always recommend that beginner studio photographers
Many photographers like to work with available light or “daylight.” Daylight, at the right time of day and under the right conditions, can make for beautiful lighting. However, it can be controlled only to a point. Photographers often want complete control over shaping the light. This leads to shooting in a studio environment with a studio lighting kit.
Using a 2-monolight setup.
Model: Baron Jackson
