Rob Katz
December 31st, 2013, 03:07 PM
chinese 500 led light-color correct-how?
so i recently bought a chinese sourced 500 led day light unit.
i got the adorama brand flashpoint (then on sale for $159)
Flashpoint 500 LED Dimmable AC Light VL500A (http://www.adorama.com/FPVL500.html)
there are similar lights on amazon (fancier is another brand) and ebay.
the light seems nice enough for the price.
i'm not sure i would use the dimmers.
in my testing i have set it to full blast.
at 10 feet on my interview subject (without diffusion), i was 4/5.6 at 1/48 and asa 500 (my fs100 is rated at asa 500.)
i ended up with the 500 led as a key light at approx 4.5 feet shooting thru diffusion which was about 2 feet from the subject and that gave me a useable 3.2.
but i am unsure of the color.
i've read of magenta spikes but without the proper tools and the knowledge to use those tools, i cannot "see" the spike.
in fact, the image looks fine to my eyes.
i manually white balanced, and the interview subject's skin tone looked lovely.
so, those who have also used these chinese 500 led fixtures:
do you gel to lessen the magenta spike?
do you have a standard color correct in post?
do you simply perform an accurate manual white balance and move on?
any and all thoughts are appreciated.
be well.
rob
smalltalk productions/nyc
so i recently bought a chinese sourced 500 led day light unit.
i got the adorama brand flashpoint (then on sale for $159)
Flashpoint 500 LED Dimmable AC Light VL500A (http://www.adorama.com/FPVL500.html)
there are similar lights on amazon (fancier is another brand) and ebay.
the light seems nice enough for the price.
i'm not sure i would use the dimmers.
in my testing i have set it to full blast.
at 10 feet on my interview subject (without diffusion), i was 4/5.6 at 1/48 and asa 500 (my fs100 is rated at asa 500.)
i ended up with the 500 led as a key light at approx 4.5 feet shooting thru diffusion which was about 2 feet from the subject and that gave me a useable 3.2.
but i am unsure of the color.
i've read of magenta spikes but without the proper tools and the knowledge to use those tools, i cannot "see" the spike.
in fact, the image looks fine to my eyes.
i manually white balanced, and the interview subject's skin tone looked lovely.
so, those who have also used these chinese 500 led fixtures:
do you gel to lessen the magenta spike?
do you have a standard color correct in post?
do you simply perform an accurate manual white balance and move on?
any and all thoughts are appreciated.
be well.
rob
smalltalk productions/nyc