What Light Would Work For Me?

[exte]

Think of it this way, did you spend $15 on your HV20? Then thereabouts you should spend for a proper lighting kit with all the trimmings...

[Halsu]

There are LED work lights that are indeed useful as video lights.

I have two cheap LED work lights (one bigger than the discussed one above, the other roughly same size, battery operated) which i use occasionally - not as key lights but as subtle fill / rim lights in situations otherwise lit with natural daylight.

No, they don't give out that much juice, and the color is hardly perfect, but one good thing is that while area from which the light emanates is relatively big, the beam is kinda narrow and spotlight like. The result is a softish light with decent directivity.

[wildside50]

I guess I didn't mean exactly that one, but I have used standard Hallogen work lights in the past and they are fine for what I need them for (I'm not shooting Citizen Cane here, just puppeteering videos meant for the web). The only problem is the massive amounts of heat. I'm not particularly worried about color temperature (for this application anyway), more limiting the cost of energy and heat output for my lighting.

I'm picturing an LED work light -- something relatively large, not a desk lamp. So if my example was poor, that isn't exactly what I meant, it was a quick find. More like something one would use in a garage while working on a vehicle or putting up drywall.

[wildside50]

Think of it this way, did you spend $15 on your HV20? Then thereabouts you should spend for a proper lighting kit with all the trimmings...

While I don't disagree in general with this statement, if I applied the logic to everythign one needs --

A 1,000 dollar audio setup
A 1,000 dollar lighting setup
A 1,000 dollar NLE
A 1,000 dollar lens/rig...

Pretty soon I can't shoot any video for 5 years until I save up for everything. I believe in something thats good enough for now, which is what I'm lookin' for til I can afford better.

I appreciate the input though.

[CycleWriter]

This post is a good example of what you get when you provide too little info. You asked about using this as "studio lighting." I responded on that basis. Now you say you want to illuminate some puppet shows. On that basis, a few of these might make excellent footlights for a puppet stage. Application is key, as is conveying your question appropriately.

[wildside50]

This post is a good example of what you get when you provide too little info. You asked about using this as "studio lighting." I responded on that basis. Now you say you want to illuminate some puppet shows. On that basis, a few of these might make excellent footlights for a puppet stage. Application is key, as is conveying your question appropriately.

You are right. I appologize.

[Hunterr]

A 1,000 dollar audio setup
A 1,000 dollar lighting setup
A 1,000 dollar NLE
A 1,000 dollar lens/rig

Well you definately don't need to exagerate. You said you were shooting a puppet show, after exte was under the impression that you needed studio lighting. I also thought you meant legit studio lighting.

And I'll fix that for you.

A 500 dollar audio setup
A 500 dollar lighting setup (Decent)
A 1,000 dollar NLE (FCS is 1200)
A 1,000 dollar lens/rig (Brevis is over that alone, no lenses or rails included)

-Hunter