Video Lights - Joys and Sorrows

On 4/16/2021 at 6:33 PM, Davide DB said:

Hahaha you need a gun permit for that 

The maximum power I used was this. When you open it like a cross and you light the scene from above you get a really nice effect

 

 

 

Crocs are color matching the light Davide :)))

52 minutes ago, Lionfi2s said:

Crocs are color matching the light Davide :)))

12 hours ago, John Doe II said:

These look interesting. Any user reviews out there ? 

Being todays Japanese, you just know it will be good stuff.

Haven't seen any, they were announced last May, and marketed very recently (the product page is less than a month old)

I'll let you know if I see any reviews, but I'm guessing will probably be restricted to the Japanese market for a while.

This profile here (Japanese only) explains that the lights were initially developped as something of a collaboration project with NHK teams, for 4K/8K footage.
https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1253757.htm
They market it as "supernatural light with premium colour"  and present the 5000K model as ideal for working on sunny days, and the 4200K as offering slightly more vivid colours.

In the debate on which lights are the best and having the elephant in the room (Keldan) i choose the rino (Weefine).

The 12.000 lumen (93CRI they say) and give that am not full time video man, but need decent equipment for my work (marine ecology/biodiversity/restoration) i choose to spend 500 euro less in comparison to a pair of Keldan 10.000 lumen.

Just arrive and the quality (have never see Keldan) seems quite robust. 3 options for power (keldan wins at that) but domed front glass element with blue filters as bonus seems a quite reasonable first uw video lights selection.

These will be used mainly in waters shallower than 50 m in Greece.

Any advice of owners of Weefine?

I think they have a remote which can operate both lights at once and also set brightness in smaller increments. Not sure if all lights are compatible though, but maybe worth looking at.

On 5/21/2021 at 4:37 PM, dpoursanidis said:

In the debate on which lights are the best and having the elephant in the room (Keldan) i choose the rino (Weefine).

I was misunderstood regarding Keldan. I think it's the best light out there I know that they are somewhat overpriced.

While all of the Chinese lights seems to share some construction detail, there are a lot of differences in the build and light quality.

My suggestion was to choose a brand with a good quality but, more important, a good after sale support.

On 5/26/2021 at 1:20 PM, Davide DB said:

I was misunderstood regarding Keldan. I think it's the best light out there I know that they are somewhat overpriced.

While all of the Chinese lights seems to share some construction detail, there are a lot of differences in the build and light quality.

My suggestion was to choose a brand with a good quality but, more important, a good after sale support.

No Davide,

I fully understand what you say. In my case, since i will not use them more than 50-60 hours per year (hope), and since i obtain from official retailer in Europe, i expect a short of decend after sales support if needed. Keldan are really good on that since are in Europe.

On 4/18/2021 at 12:28 PM, bghazzal said:

Haven't seen any, they were announced last May, and marketed very recently (the product page is less than a month old)

I'll let you know if I see any reviews, but I'm guessing will probably be restricted to the Japanese market for a while.

This profile here (Japanese only) explains that the lights were initially developped as something of a collaboration project with NHK teams, for 4K/8K footage.
https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1253757.htm
They market it as "supernatural light with premium colour"  and present the 5000K model as ideal for working on sunny days, and the 4200K as offering slightly more vivid colours.

 

more on the RGBlue Blackbody VM12 on the NHK website.... What a monster...



https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/open2021/tenji/16/3.html

Now THATS a light !

For when you absolutely must deep-fry every fish in sight.

On 4/16/2021 at 1:26 PM, bghazzal said:

Recently there was some news on the Japanese UW grapevine of a new video RGBlue light aimed at professional productions, the RGBlue BlackBody (sic, ehrm...) VM2, said to give up to 20,000 lumen at either 4200K or 5000K, and all that for roughly 4,900 euros a piece:
http://www.rgblue.jp/ja/products/blackbody/