blue_knight_usa
Well-known member
Hello All,
I finally jumped in and bought all the components for my new video lighting setup.
The difference with the covers on the soft boxes was very noticeable to me so I'll be leaving those on all the time. Much better color rendition.
Setup is as follows:
(2) - Hex Softboxes. These are a shape I have found to cast the lighting to my preference.
(2) - 45 watt CFL bulbs at 5500k and a CRI of 90
(1) - Backdrop Stand
(1) - Black 100% cotton muslin
(4) - 4 backdrop clips to hold the backdrop taught.
I need to steam out the muslin as it was just unfolded and hung up because I wanted to check it out and not steam or iron it first. You can't tell but if your camera is not set correctly, you'll see the backdrop and if it's wrinkled it's even more noticeable.
Short test, but hopefully for those who are thinking about making videos with a lighting set up, you can see the difference here.
I hunted Ebay for weeks looking at DIY stuff and realized that for the price of buying materials and my time, waiting for an Ebay auction deal would pay off and it did. I got all my lights with stands, bulb and softboxes for 50 bucks (thank you midnight auction end time!), and the Muslin normally $75, for $25 bucks from someone who bought it, never used it and so a great deal. Most muslins I saw that were cheap were paper thin, so you get what you pay for. The backdrop stand I found for 40 bucks. All in: $115.00 bucks and it's all portable and folds down in a nice small bag.
So you don't need to spend a fortune for a studio lighting set up. Could I spend $500.00 and get better quality items? Definitely. However if you are not moving things around and setting up at a home or office studio, the Elinco lights work fine. I was shooting during the day which is not great as there was a lot of light in the room but I think the video came out great as far as a nice solid black backdrop.
Having brighter lights like 65 or 85 watts during a day shoot would be better if your camera needs that light to stop down the aperture.
Here are my results:
http://youtu.be/74791AXRoW0
Cheers!
I finally jumped in and bought all the components for my new video lighting setup.
The difference with the covers on the soft boxes was very noticeable to me so I'll be leaving those on all the time. Much better color rendition.
Setup is as follows:
(2) - Hex Softboxes. These are a shape I have found to cast the lighting to my preference.
(2) - 45 watt CFL bulbs at 5500k and a CRI of 90
(1) - Backdrop Stand
(1) - Black 100% cotton muslin
(4) - 4 backdrop clips to hold the backdrop taught.
I need to steam out the muslin as it was just unfolded and hung up because I wanted to check it out and not steam or iron it first. You can't tell but if your camera is not set correctly, you'll see the backdrop and if it's wrinkled it's even more noticeable.
Short test, but hopefully for those who are thinking about making videos with a lighting set up, you can see the difference here.
I hunted Ebay for weeks looking at DIY stuff and realized that for the price of buying materials and my time, waiting for an Ebay auction deal would pay off and it did. I got all my lights with stands, bulb and softboxes for 50 bucks (thank you midnight auction end time!), and the Muslin normally $75, for $25 bucks from someone who bought it, never used it and so a great deal. Most muslins I saw that were cheap were paper thin, so you get what you pay for. The backdrop stand I found for 40 bucks. All in: $115.00 bucks and it's all portable and folds down in a nice small bag.
So you don't need to spend a fortune for a studio lighting set up. Could I spend $500.00 and get better quality items? Definitely. However if you are not moving things around and setting up at a home or office studio, the Elinco lights work fine. I was shooting during the day which is not great as there was a lot of light in the room but I think the video came out great as far as a nice solid black backdrop.
Having brighter lights like 65 or 85 watts during a day shoot would be better if your camera needs that light to stop down the aperture.
Here are my results:
http://youtu.be/74791AXRoW0
Cheers!