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Old June 5th, 2012, 05:08 PM   #16
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Re: What's the best simple lighting gear for a single person doing run n' gun filming

Thank you, Oren. I appreciate the comments.
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Old June 7th, 2012, 10:41 PM   #17
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Re: What's the best simple lighting gear for a single person doing run n' gun filming

Ditto on Doug Jensen's lighting tutorial. I have been using a Litepanels Sola 3 Fresnel as a single light in a pinch. Wonderful creation, and it works nicely on outside interviews.
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Old June 19th, 2012, 09:32 AM   #18
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Re: What's the best simple lighting gear for a single person doing run n' gun filming

Tutorials pay for themselves very very very quickly.

For what it's worth, my "go to" backpack lighting kit includes a RIFA 55, a Prolight, a few CTB gels and diffusion, three collapsible reversible 5-color reflectors, a few stands, clamps and things, and two dimmers. I've pretty much used the same kit for five years, through several iterations of camera (PD150, HV30, HVX, Z1U, AF100/GH2). I don't light significantly different for the newer more sensitive cameras than I do the notoriously light-hungry HVX.

While the GH and AF CAN get exposure with half (or none) of the lighting, they still need lighting to make the image look GOOD.
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