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Hey hey RadioTrefoil! Thank you so much for checking out this video and the kind words! Currently the two works that I've done are on Amazon US, one was just recently released (Assassins Game/ served as Principle DP). The other is my first feature film from 5 years ago (Project E.1337/ Wrote and Directed, 2nd DP), but I have to say that I'm disappointed with how the distribution company mislead audiences with its posters and tampered with the original sound mix and color grading. I am waiting for their contract to be completed so I can re-releasing the original version. Here are the trailers you can see of those films and links to their Amazon page. *Trailer* *Assassins Game:* czcams.com/video/OOMTlbB66FU/video.html *Project E.1337:* czcams.com/video/G_SgqEfoNFs/video.html *Amazon Links* *Assassins Game:* amzn.to/2D1jP7e *Project E.1337:* amzn.to/3glIjqc Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
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Great job on this one. I like your reviews. Really clear but with a deep testing. Do you see the new one they came out Sokani X180 180W. It's more powerful and I think it can be powered by xlr to dtap. Nobody talk about it. It's a job for our best reviewer... 🔥🔥🔥
Hey hey NineSevenPictures! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! I'm happy to hear you enjoy the format of my reviews. I was not aware of the Sokani X180, I did a quick google and it looks like it's not available in the states just yet. We'll see if Sokani reaches out again for me to take a look at this x180 (most likely around 150w class LED chip, not 180w) The whole x80 number instead of x60 is sly marketing language to make it sound like its more powerful. The design of X180 looks solid, hoping they put in better fans to try and cool down that heatsink since traditionally the Sokani's have a more mechanical wrrr sound. We'll see if I can get a review unit for you all! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
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Hey hey Joao! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! So glad you enjoyed this video! This is an older video, but I do have the Amaran 60 series on hand and will be comparing them against all the 60w COB led's I have reviewed since. (including the Godox ML60 series) Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
I think Forza 60 was always meant to be a small specialty light in the Nanlite lineup - and then the smaller proprietary mount starts to make a lot more sense, as it allows for considerably smaller, often cheaper and high quality specialty attachments like a projection attachment and a proper fresnel with barndoors. When you start calculating the cost of a properly good projection attachment and fresnel for Bowens mount and then add to it the fact that not every light with Bowens mount works well with every Bowens mount fresnel or projection unit, having a small, high quality light that is carefully matched to such attachments makes quite a bit of sense.
Hey hey 10 Rolls of film! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! Good point about the Forza 60 being more of a specialty. I wonder if someone could make a bowens Fresnel that has a rear element adjustment so that you can tune it work with various brands of COB LEDs? Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
This video is just about at the right time for me since I'm contemplating to buy a pair of SL 60 from Godox. It just reassures me. One other company making great Bowens mount LED's is Jinbei I got a 100W from them already but they are harder to find on E-Bay... Jinbei also have a 60W version which can go from the electric outlet but also can incorporate a pair of NP970 Sony battery Great video as always :-) good job!!!! and Thank You!!!
Hey hey again Bánáti! So glad this video came at the right time and was helpful! I have heard of the JinBei LED's but never bought one as they were harder to find. Though I've heard good stuff about them! Hopefully we starting seeing more interesting COB LED's make their way to markets. Mainly more Bi-color ones without shadow issues and eventually RGB too!
@@TLDR_filmmaker Yeah Bowens mount COB led's are great, especially when the fan's are silent enough :-). I used fluorescent bulbs before them 4 or 5 85-125W in a softbox was also nice but not dimmable no hard light option only soft, and they were a nightmare to carry to locations. These small LED's are a lot better even the non battery versions. Thanks for the great video, I really appreciate your work!!!
I got a local dealer who sells this one: www.mikrosat.hu/jinbei-led-efii-60-led-lampa JINBEI LED EFII-60 it would be interesting since I already have some NP-F970s but here it is very expensive, I haven't found it on E-bay yet.
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as a small studio I would go Godox. What I have learn from strobe light for still photo were 1. buy at the price point that can you buy second/ third unit easily 2. buy a company that going to last in the market for long so the the next unit at least have a close temp/ WB to first unit 3. i just want to type non-sense to add on the number to your comment section. your show deserve more view man
Hey hey again Love First! The Sokani is placed quite well in between the two, I only wish the Godox had a battery option. At that point it would be no questions that it poses the best value of all.
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Thanks for ur super helpful videos. Do you have a shootout for 150w cob lights? I’m looking to buy a light which is strong enough to be a key light and my only light. And strong enough to light up a large softbox well enough to light up a space for 3 people. I’ve been considering the godox 150, but it’s not rechargeable. Could these 60w lights be enough, or as my only light I should be going for a 150w? If so, what dyou reccomend?
Hey hey Владимир Камский! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! There really isn't any markings on the outside. That being said, at this point in time I believe almost every seller has the Version 2 now and that Version 1 is no longer in stock. Some sellers also specifically say it is version 2. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
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TLDR Filmmaker Thanks so much for the great work. Actually someone recommended your channel to me when I was asking about lights. I have watched your other video on Godox sl150 and yet to tour this beautiful channel. You are really doing amazing. Keep up your great work
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Hey hey Motivation Tube! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! I believe at the time I was using the Synco D2 going through a mixer, however I have since changed it to the RODE Videomic NTG as it's much easier of a setup and sounds great! My review of that mic is here: czcams.com/video/b_ijgoO93e0/video.html Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one! Greetings from the USA!
Great review! So if the magenta shift in the Sokani is corrected by a gel, does that mean the skin tones will be thrown off (shifted towards green) or will they still be where they need to be?
Hey hey Benton! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! They will still be where they need to be as your cameras color profile is generally programed to pull the skin colors towards the line. With LED's the longer you use them they will shift towards green slowly. So at some point these X60's will color accurate lol. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker Thanks for your reply! It would be a great test to have a reviewer ; ) leave the Sokani on and check its color every day or so, until the magenta shift is neutralized. Will it take longer than $100 worth of electricity to correct them? Does it take longer than a couple of weeks of burn in? Is there a limit or plateau to how green an LED can get? Maybe the Sokani once burned in to neutral will hold its color better than the Nanlite Forza 60 which will shift towards green away from neutral?
Frankly I'm hoping Aputure go head to head against the Forza 60, I'd like something in the 60w COB range with the option for artnet/DMX control. It would be incredibly handy for kitting out smaller locked off studios.
Hey hey Alex! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! Apurture is definitely rounding out with their announced 100x and 200x. There is a 60D they were talking about, but idk if those have been released yet. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
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This video was really helpful. The only thing I could've asked is to have a person to compare to when you showed the spotlight on the wall with reflector on. ¿Could you tell me what surface was the Sokani covering, or what is it's beam angle with reflector on?
Hey hey Lluc! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! I show the reflector here in the original V1 review here: czcams.com/video/0grRgLyzdlE/video.html I do not know the exact angle, but I figure it's probably the stardard approx 60 degrees. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hi, thanks for the review, really like you videos, already subscribed /i have two questions. 1. for the laofas parabolic softbox, whats the difference between 35inch and 47 inch? does light going to be softer if the softbox is more deeper? /2. Godox SL60w with softbox and neewer 660 led panel light with softbox, which one has better quality light in general, thanks in advance. have a good day.
Hey hey Chris! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! The 47" softbox will give the softer light, not because its deeper, but because the 47" means how round it is (Diameter). The larger your illuminated source is, the softer the light becomes on someone because the light has the opportunity to wrap past structures that can create shadows. Think of the difference of you sitting in front of a large screen TV in the dark vs a tiny LED flashlight pointing at you. The little LED will just light up your face and give you that horror film look with the shadows, but the large 60' TV from the same distance will blast light all over you and your face will look more pleasant than hard shadows. The Godox SL60 with the softbox will give the better light than the 660 with a softbox, this is because the Godox has much more light output power at "daylight" than the 660. And because you are going to illuminate a large surface, you want as much power behind it as you can to really light it up. Hope this helps! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker you explained so clearly and simple, i understand now. thank you so much for share your knowledge to us. will use your links to get my setup. keep it up for your videos..really like it. and i know your will have 1M subs soon. ;)
Great video! I’m re-watching and the Sony battery to power for the sokani caught my eye. Please could you share a link to what that device is or elaborate about what to buy for it to work etc? Seems like a major selling point if you needed to work in the field with power. Could it work to a v mount battery?
Hey hey again Rashid! The link the Nanlite battery grip is inside the description for ya. As far as a V-mount battery with a D-tap, someone in the comments in my standalone video had said it fried the Sokani, I'm not sure why as it should be in the correct voltage range.
Hey. Great video. You referred that skin tones on sokani were the best by vectorscope but there wasn't any video comparison of a real person. Could you make one?
Hey hey Roman! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! Glad to hear this video was helpful! Unfortunately I probably won't be doing live subject skin tone tests because of my skin naturally leaning more to the darker tones and haven't reached to the levels of other reviewers where they have model subjects to work with. However if you take a look at the color charts on a laptop or larger screen. The Skin chips on the left side of the chart will give you a wider scope of different skin types so you can see how they look compared to the other lights. The only thing I would personally do, this differs depending on the creative, when using the Sokani for skins, you'll probably want to up the saturation a tiiiny bit on the skin tones to give it more richness, and then depending on the subject and your personal taste, you may push the Hue of the skin tones more to yellow or red. Hope this helps! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
ehhhh I’ve used the godox with the exact same softbox and it DEFINITELY did not hold it up, It fell forward against the light stand and no matter how hard you tighten the yolk it will not hold up that softbox.
Hey hey Gabe! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! I wonder if the SL60 you used was the first version? I do know they've updated it without any clear marking unfortunately. This yolk in my version has teeth in it that holds once you lock it in place, its not going anywhere with this Laofas Softbox attached. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hey hey Mohd! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! The Sokani has a heatsink inside with a fan. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
i have a question.... why cant you use sl60w with a v mount battery you can d tap v mount and power the ligth right??.... or is there a buildin power stopper something like that....
Hey hey again dutch4motion! The power supply is built right into the light itself and does not use a traditional DC barrel for power. However, if one is savvy with circuitry, I'm sure you can take a look at the board and see where the DC is being converted and create a way for DC voltage from a battery to power it. The only major obstacle that will stand in your way is a Battery Management Chip that won't ruin your battery type. Definitely would be an interesting project for someone to tackle, converting non-battery operated lights to battery one. That being said, some people just start using camping generators for certain set's. Easier to just plug lights in on location, no need for an army of V-mount batteries. Just depends on how the crew likes to work.
I have the Forza and love it. Having trouble trying to find a battery that won't fry it outside of Forza's npf battery handle accessory though. Used a D-tap to power plug cable into a 190wh Tanaka battery and fried it. Any suggestions from anyone?
Hey hey CreativeVUZE! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! That is odd, I would think that D-taps were rated at 14.4v, which should be find for the Forza operating at 15v. Unless a fully charged Tanaka Battery d-tap exceeds 15v by a good margin causing the Forza to fry. If you have a multimeter could you take a measurement of the D-tap at full charge to see whats going on? Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hi man, one question, Does the Nanlite Forza 60 Battery Grip also work with NP-F970 batteries? because on the official page it indicates that it works with NP-F750 batteries. Thanks
Hey hey Ruben! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! Yes, I am using a third part NP-F970 equivalent. The only difference between the NP-F batteries numbers is just capacity and how many amps they can deliver when requested. Their voltage rating is still the same so you won't fry anything if you use a larger or smaller NPF battery. Hope this makes sense! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hey hey Loi! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! If Sokani reaches out for me, I may review it, but as of right now in the USA theres not easy way to get one. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
I'm also curious about this one. Plus one thing about the Sokani: is there any solution to the short cable for the included power adaptor (when you are NOT operating it from battery)? I mean it's quite annoying dangling around in the air.
Hey hey again Jimmy and Tamás! While I haven't personally put it through the test, the Nanlite was able to last approx 1.5 hours at full brightness. I suspect the Sokani will be near the same as they are identical in terms of their internal built and power requirements. As for the power adapter cable not being long enough (the DC end). Some people will use Paracord and find a way to create a loop so that you can hang it off of a light stand twist knob. Thats probably the easiest way to go, if you are savvy with a soldering iron you can splice more wire length to it and extend it. The final option is one I'm not too certain with if it would be a good idea. You could potentially buy DC male and female plugs and create your own plug in extension. The only thing is you gotta make sure whatever wires gauge you use is similar to the one coming out of the power brick so that your extension wire does not overheat. Hope this helps!
Hey hey again John! It is a bit hard to compare as they are in different classes of LED output. But essetnaially, these 60w sit in-between the 20D and 120D in terms of output. Color quality wise, until I can get a 120D, you will have to cross reference other reviewers to see if they also shoot a test chart and hopefully provide vector scope reading to see where the colors shift off to. For the most part, the 120w class is a very nice multiple purpose LED for id days 80% of shooting situations. The 300d is the major all-rounder for someone that doesn't know what shooting situation they may be in. The 60w class is for the creator that always has good control of the lighting in the room no matter where they go. From there they can use a set of 60w and craft the look they need in conjunction with their camera settings. The 20D are fun accent lights to give dimension for a lighting setup, I probably wouldn't use it as a principle key light. Hope this helps!
Hi mate, I have a question about my youtube setup, also some of my Commerical photography, and videography works - I m considering sl60w but my question is that is sl60w enough powerful for me, currently, I m using Lumix g85 with kit lens 12-60mm and I also considered a 90cm dual layer of diffusion softbox with grid, kind of 6-8 feet from the subject and same distance between subject and camera also, can I m able achieve iso 200 particularly for 30fps 4k 100mbps setting with a shutter speed of double of my fps because natural video motion effects, what's ur opinion✌✌
Hey hey Rohit! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! In my opinion based on your setup, I do not think a 60w would be enough, you may want to go to a higher class LED like the Godox SL150 just to give you wiggle room. However this may be a moment for you to determine what you may want to do in the future because if you will want to try other types of videos or lighting up larger diffusion curtains, you may want to start looking at the 300w class of LEDs. The reason I say this is because of your lens having a variable aperture, you may have moments you want the aperture to by smaller. These are just my thoughts based on the information you've given me and how I would approach my purchasing with those desired settings. Hope this helps! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
thanks for the reply and I know that everything is not always like a piece of cake sometimes we have to swallow some pils also. now, as of ur opinion- godox sl 150, but it is very much expensive for me and it is completely out of my budget what if i buy 25mm 1.7 lens and pair with godox sl60w- did it workout for me(90cm dual layer softbox with grid) or do i still look at for sl150 version😕😕plz gave ur strong opinon,
Hey hey Edmund! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! If you are looking between the two, the Godox will be cheaper overall (last I checked) and provide a good light. They are basically the same thing. Unfortunately I'm not a fan of this idea of shrinking the 60w to these sizes with a proprietary bowens mount. They are great for a small portable setup, but if you plan to just use these in a home studio where you always have power, I feel its better to just get the older Godox SL60w saving a decent amount of cost. But if portability is your main concern, then I would just go with the one that is cheapest as performance from what I've seen so far are very similar in this 60w class between the ML60 and Forza 60. Hope this helps! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker Thanks for the reply. Yes i am only using these lights for a simple interview lighting setup. I don't have a lot of setup time for each job that I do and I require something small, compact, lightweight and battery-powered. Anyway, keep up the good work you have done for your channel. Liked and Subscribed!
Ah gotcha, in that case whichever one is cheapest for you to acquire for your setup (Godox) it will do well for your needs. Thanks for subbing, I will continue do my best with my content!
Hey hey Dory! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! The $216 price was a promotion they've been running, its back to $290 now :( Honestly I wish they competed at the $200 price point, I'm not sure why they are placing themselves so far out. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
You definitely got it just in time! The promotion ended at the end of June. I think the MSRP for the Forza 300 is usually $100 cheaper than the Aputure Counterpart, when they were running their promotion it was a heck of a deal. So glad you were able to get both before the promotion ended! Thank you so much for subscribing as well! I really appreciate it!
Hey hey Jaume! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! Yup, thats exactly what you'd need to do if you want to get something closer to Tungsten or to correct for Green/Magenta tint, or just getting a different color all together. Just remember the most saturated you want your color, the thicker in color the gel needs to be, which in turn lowers your overall output. Each color will behave differently in terms of max color output. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@JaumeMS Ah I C, some softboxes like the Aputure Domes have a internal Gel holder. Other regular softboxes you're going need to fine a way to tape the gel inside at the bowens mount area.
Hey hey m77ast! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! I choose to use 6ft as my distance of choice because a 3ft distance is only good for a medium close up shot where as some filmmakers may need to know if they can light a shoot wider than that. In my theory I feel its better to know a lights potential at a further distance to better judge the use cases available for a variety of shots. I'm still trying to determine if there is a finite way to convert Lux readings to know if a certain light is technically bright enough for the camera lens and settings you wish to use for a certain shot. Once I figure that out and make it simple, then these tests will be much more meaningful with lux numbers. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker yes! 6ft or further is super helpful to me! We're not all making CZcams videos and I rarely have my lights that close to any subject. Thanks!
Hey hey Jimmy! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! You're not wrong if we talk about power draw of the entire unit. But that gets really iffy to try and based a lights ability off of that number. It's more accurate to compare them by the the LED chips watt output rating of 60. The reason I say this is because if you were to have a really really inefficient 60w chip that requires 100w of power draw to reach the same max brightness as these three. You can't really try and market to people that its a 100w light when it produces the same brightness of another light that draws 80w. There are misleading marketing tactics that will use the power draw numbers instead of the actual watt output of the LED. This is why I say the Sokani is a 60w LED, not an 80w. Theres a lot more to this because of the efficiency conversion of a 120v AC to get down to the 15v DC in the powerbrick that then gets further converted to the LED chips 24-30v DC (usually) needs. Hope this makes sense! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hey hey Yade! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! I probably won't be reviewing the GVM 800, at least not a traditional video review. I got quite a few questions between the GVM 800 RGB vs the Neewer 660 RGB that I reviewed. Long story short, the Neewer is most likely going to be brighter as it has more LED diodes in RGB, and Tungsten and Daylight, compared to the GVM. The GVM would probably last longer in its battery life because of having less LED's to power. Build quality is probably about the same, both with mental construction through I think the GVM's barndoors look like plastic to me. Feature set, they are the same with their app control etc. Hope this somewhat helps! Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker thanks a lot !! Do you know what Light Can i use on budget for a wide greenscreen 3meter H x 6meter L Thanks a lot for engaging with us
You're most welcome! I'm cheating in that I have answered this before so I'm going to copy and paste from a previous viewer, hope this helps! There are more practical cheaper solutions for a green screen that I would recommend, a LED panel like this is a bit overkill on the budget for what you get out of it in terms of lighting a green screen. I would suggest getting something like this: amzn.to/2KtAoct (You'll need to buy its own light stand) and I use these LED light bulbs: czcams.com/video/p-rDtf2Jra8/video.html (Or you can purchase different more powerful ones) This setup gives you a softbox thats larger than this square softbox for the LED panels, it also gives you much more light output than the 660s can give. And at the end of the day, for less than the price of one panel and softbox you are able to light up the entire green screen. The reason I would go this route is because chances are your green screen, once it's setup, isn't going anywhere. The 660 panels have other features do not apply for the green screen, so you'd be wasting money on that vanity. Of course you can mix and match, instead of having a bunch of 660s, you can use the cheaper softbox to light the green screen and then use the 660s as lights to light yourself. But, even then, if the green screen is going to be setup in its own space, I would just continue with the softbox route for lighting yourself. LED panels are more or less meant for portability between your studio and a film set. If your studio is the film set, then I would just save the money so that you can get more lights, more power, work on the content, and then eventually invest in something more expensive if needed. But for the most part, a green screen setup is pretty much left stationary and never really changes. (These are my affiliate links, by using this link I get a small commission that directly supports the channel at no additional cost to you. If you choose the link I sincerely appreciate your support of the channel, Thanks!)
Hey hey Carlos! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! I was actually asked to review the Godox ML60, but unfortunately I had to decline because of two major reason. They followed the Nanlight Forza 60 design and price range, which to me is not worth the investment for a 60w cob light with a proprietary bowens mount that requires an additional adapter just to use normal bowens modifiers. Godox would have easily won the 60w battery if they simply improved the design of the old SL60w and added battery options, but instead they choose this route that does not support cohesion with their other lineups with the 100-150-200-300. The price point also coming in at over twice the cost of the original 60w does not sit well just for battery operation. I did give them my thoughts on not to go forward with this design concept, because it doesn't make sense to the customer who may already have other godox lights. But I guess they told me about it when the units were already in production. I'm sure the light performs well, possibly the fan noise may be louder as they need to move to a smaller fan. But for the price point and locking someone into a system at almost $300 compared to $130, there are other ways and options to get a 60w into your kit. Aputure will be coming out with their 60w soon, I look forward to seeing how they compete in the 60w space and at what price point justification. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker thank you very much for your point of view. I chose to get the new godox, although it was the same price as the nanlite bi color, but it comes with accessories that if I were to buy the part for the ninlite it would be much more expensive, finally I bought the godox even for taking the Chinese black friday 11:11, this is my first light even in which I invested, I am also anxious for the aputure but I already expect a value maybe well above the nanlite. Anyway, I believe that it suits me well so far, because I am not a big producer, but I always liked to know if I would be investing right in each equipment. Anyway thank you very much, I am very happy with your return. I'm sorry for the English because I had to use the google translator. I'm from Brazil, big hug.
You're most welcome, and no worries about using good translate! The Godox will perform well and I think you'll have a great time playing with it and using it for all sorts of projects! Enjoy it and have fun! fique seguro e saudável. Te vejo no próximo vídeo!
So I found this V-mount to barrel adapter www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1212014-REG/swit_s_7104_d_tap_to_5_5mm_dc.html/qa It carries up to 14.4VDC and the Sokani v2 uses DC 15V, 6A adapter(AC100-240V 50/60Hz). Assuming all other adapters are the same, can someone confirm this works? Would be really awesome to use V-mount batteries instead of NP-F's Also, I have a GVM 80W and that uses DC30V. So I doubt you'd be able to use V-mount nor NP-F batteries.
Hey hey Adriel! Thank you so much for checking out this video and asking a question! So in theory it should work, the only thing is there was a user that said when he attempted a D-Tap (14.4vdc) into his Sokani that it fried it. It doesnt' make sense why his fried. I personally have not tried it yet, but you may want to get a multimeter and just check to see what the DC barrel plug is actually giving out in terms of voltage before you actually plug it into the sokani and power it up, just to be safe. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
@@TLDR_filmmaker That's a bummer! Thought I was onto something 😔. I don't have great understanding of electricity but I believe it might be possible to replace v-mounts with battery banks. Since they can go up to 100W nowadays. So far I've been able to find a USB-C to 15v cable m.aliexpress.com/i/32996464270.html
I think for the Nanlite if you want to use a large modifier you could hang a counter balance of the yoke on the back. I'm pretty sure I saw some CZcams video suggest that. Not ideal but still achieves the purpose.
Hey hey Nathan! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! Definitely, I've hung the battery grip on the back part of the light to give it some counter balance. Definitely not the most ideal, but you do what you gotta do! :D Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hey hey JustVape BR! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! It's 80w in terms of its overall power outtake. The LED chip itself is actually classed at 60w. This is a bit of a marketing intentional mis-information to make it sound like it's more powerful when it's only 100lx or so brighter which doesn't quite equate to having 20 more extra watts. If you look at an Apurture 120d, its a 120w class LED, but uses about 150w or power to operate. They don't market it as a 150w light. Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
Hey hey again Stephen! The 80w classification is actually just misleading advertising language. The LED chip itself is a 60w class chip while the entire system requires 80w to run. So saying its a 80w light makes it sound like its more powerful when its not. Aperture 300d actually uses close to 350w of power, but they do not advertise it as such because the LED chip is a 300w class chip. Hope this makes sense.
Hey hey Wolfgangk1! Thank you so much for checking out this video and commenting! Im not sure I agree with that because of how I tested them against each other in the same conditions and then recommended each one based on certain criteria of how someone would use them and what situations would match that selection. Godox was the value selection at the sacrifice of Battery performance, Sokani was the odd one out in terms of colors, but the skin tones lined up so it may not matter + battery power ability, Nanlite only made sense for the studio owner that is making a large investment into a grip kit for the company. I didn't say one was vastly superior over the others and that filmmakers should not consider the others. But if you believe this means I wasn't being objective taking into account someones specific situation and needs instead of arguing that one completely beats out the others... then all I'm going to say is, "Yes, I do know the Guac is extra." Thanks again for stopping by! Stay safe, healthy, and I’ll see you in the next one!
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I really appreciate you for making this very thorough and well put together video with specific chapters. I like your energy.
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Thanx bro! I was looking for some review like that, really awesome!
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Just wanted to say great video as usual, and I appreciate how you reply to all the comments. Is there anywhere I can see your finished works?
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Currently the two works that I've done are on Amazon US, one was just recently released (Assassins Game/ served as Principle DP). The other is my first feature film from 5 years ago (Project E.1337/ Wrote and Directed, 2nd DP), but I have to say that I'm disappointed with how the distribution company mislead audiences with its posters and tampered with the original sound mix and color grading. I am waiting for their contract to be completed so I can re-releasing the original version. Here are the trailers you can see of those films and links to their Amazon page.
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good video with great info, I liked and subbed right after you mention that the Nanlite is "expensive" and for working people with steady cashflow
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Great job on this one. I like your reviews. Really clear but with a deep testing. Do you see the new one they came out Sokani X180 180W. It's more powerful and I think it can be powered by xlr to dtap. Nobody talk about it. It's a job for our best reviewer... 🔥🔥🔥
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I'm happy to hear you enjoy the format of my reviews. I was not aware of the Sokani X180, I did a quick google and it looks like it's not available in the states just yet. We'll see if Sokani reaches out again for me to take a look at this x180 (most likely around 150w class LED chip, not 180w) The whole x80 number instead of x60 is sly marketing language to make it sound like its more powerful.
The design of X180 looks solid, hoping they put in better fans to try and cool down that heatsink since traditionally the Sokani's have a more mechanical wrrr sound.
We'll see if I can get a review unit for you all!
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Great reviews as always!
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You should include the Amaran in the comparison. Congratulations. Video very useful.
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So glad you enjoyed this video! This is an older video, but I do have the Amaran 60 series on hand and will be comparing them against all the 60w COB led's I have reviewed since. (including the Godox ML60 series)
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I think Forza 60 was always meant to be a small specialty light in the Nanlite lineup - and then the smaller proprietary mount starts to make a lot more sense, as it allows for considerably smaller, often cheaper and high quality specialty attachments like a projection attachment and a proper fresnel with barndoors. When you start calculating the cost of a properly good projection attachment and fresnel for Bowens mount and then add to it the fact that not every light with Bowens mount works well with every Bowens mount fresnel or projection unit, having a small, high quality light that is carefully matched to such attachments makes quite a bit of sense.
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Good point about the Forza 60 being more of a specialty. I wonder if someone could make a bowens Fresnel that has a rear element adjustment so that you can tune it work with various brands of COB LEDs?
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This video is just about at the right time for me since I'm contemplating to buy a pair of SL 60 from Godox. It just reassures me.
One other company making great Bowens mount LED's is Jinbei I got a 100W from them already but they are harder to find on E-Bay...
Jinbei also have a 60W version which can go from the electric outlet but also can incorporate a pair of NP970 Sony battery
Great video as always :-) good job!!!! and Thank You!!!
Hey hey again Bánáti!
So glad this video came at the right time and was helpful! I have heard of the JinBei LED's but never bought one as they were harder to find. Though I've heard good stuff about them! Hopefully we starting seeing more interesting COB LED's make their way to markets. Mainly more Bi-color ones without shadow issues and eventually RGB too!
@@TLDR_filmmaker Yeah Bowens mount COB led's are great, especially when the fan's are silent enough :-). I used fluorescent bulbs before them 4 or 5 85-125W in a softbox was also nice but not dimmable no hard light option only soft, and they were a nightmare to carry to locations. These small LED's are a lot better even the non battery versions. Thanks for the great video, I really appreciate your work!!!
I got a local dealer who sells this one: www.mikrosat.hu/jinbei-led-efii-60-led-lampa JINBEI LED EFII-60 it would be interesting since I already have some NP-F970s but here it is very expensive, I haven't found it on E-bay yet.
Helpful review... thanks🙏
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Top review!! Tks bro.
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Gracias mi loco!!!!
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This video is... lit!
This video is practically lit with practicals 😆
as a small studio I would go Godox. What I have learn from strobe light for still photo were
1. buy at the price point that can you buy second/ third unit easily
2. buy a company that going to last in the market for long so the the next unit at least have a close temp/ WB to first unit
3. i just want to type non-sense to add on the number to your comment section. your show deserve more view man
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All three points are completely valid haha!
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very good video. I will probably use sokani v2 mainly because I need the battery options and l like that it is already bowens mount.
Hey hey again Love First!
The Sokani is placed quite well in between the two, I only wish the Godox had a battery option. At that point it would be no questions that it poses the best value of all.
great video... comparison of brightness without reflectors you say 'godox the brightest, nanlite the second and godox the last'
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I mispoke during that part.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker thank YOU for spending all that time comparing the lights for us to make an easier decisions. Really good stuff, thank you
Thanks for ur super helpful videos. Do you have a shootout for 150w cob lights? I’m looking to buy a light which is strong enough to be a key light and my only light. And strong enough to light up a large softbox well enough to light up a space for 3 people. I’ve been considering the godox 150, but it’s not rechargeable. Could these 60w lights be enough, or as my only light I should be going for a 150w? If so, what dyou reccomend?
Thanks for your review! What are the external features to distinguish Sokani X60 v2 from the first? Are there any markings?
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There really isn't any markings on the outside. That being said, at this point in time I believe almost every seller has the Version 2 now and that Version 1 is no longer in stock. Some sellers also specifically say it is version 2.
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Thank you so much for this beautiful comparison
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TLDR Filmmaker Thanks so much for the great work. Actually someone recommended your channel to me when I was asking about lights. I have watched your other video on Godox sl150 and yet to tour this beautiful channel. You are really doing amazing. Keep up your great work
thanks a lot for the videob
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What microphone do you use for this video?the sound is so good
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I believe at the time I was using the Synco D2 going through a mixer, however I have since changed it to the RODE Videomic NTG as it's much easier of a setup and sounds great! My review of that mic is here: czcams.com/video/b_ijgoO93e0/video.html
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Great review! So if the magenta shift in the Sokani is corrected by a gel, does that mean the skin tones will be thrown off (shifted towards green) or will they still be where they need to be?
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They will still be where they need to be as your cameras color profile is generally programed to pull the skin colors towards the line. With LED's the longer you use them they will shift towards green slowly. So at some point these X60's will color accurate lol.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker Thanks for your reply! It would be a great test to have a reviewer ; ) leave the Sokani on and check its color every day or so, until the magenta shift is neutralized. Will it take longer than $100 worth of electricity to correct them? Does it take longer than a couple of weeks of burn in? Is there a limit or plateau to how green an LED can get? Maybe the Sokani once burned in to neutral will hold its color better than the Nanlite Forza 60 which will shift towards green away from neutral?
Frankly I'm hoping Aputure go head to head against the Forza 60, I'd like something in the 60w COB range with the option for artnet/DMX control. It would be incredibly handy for kitting out smaller locked off studios.
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Apurture is definitely rounding out with their announced 100x and 200x. There is a 60D they were talking about, but idk if those have been released yet.
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I'm leaning heavily toward the Sokani 😎
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@@TLDR_filmmaker Cool dude keep the videos coming, I've learned a lot from them 😎💯
I sure will! Thank you so much for your viewership!
This video was really helpful.
The only thing I could've asked is to have a person to compare to when you showed the spotlight on the wall with reflector on. ¿Could you tell me what surface was the Sokani covering, or what is it's beam angle with reflector on?
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I show the reflector here in the original V1 review here: czcams.com/video/0grRgLyzdlE/video.html
I do not know the exact angle, but I figure it's probably the stardard approx 60 degrees.
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Hi, thanks for the review, really like you videos, already subscribed /i have two questions. 1. for the laofas parabolic softbox, whats the difference between 35inch and 47 inch? does light going to be softer if the softbox is more deeper? /2. Godox SL60w with softbox and neewer 660 led panel light with softbox, which one has better quality light in general, thanks in advance. have a good day.
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The 47" softbox will give the softer light, not because its deeper, but because the 47" means how round it is (Diameter). The larger your illuminated source is, the softer the light becomes on someone because the light has the opportunity to wrap past structures that can create shadows. Think of the difference of you sitting in front of a large screen TV in the dark vs a tiny LED flashlight pointing at you. The little LED will just light up your face and give you that horror film look with the shadows, but the large 60' TV from the same distance will blast light all over you and your face will look more pleasant than hard shadows.
The Godox SL60 with the softbox will give the better light than the 660 with a softbox, this is because the Godox has much more light output power at "daylight" than the 660. And because you are going to illuminate a large surface, you want as much power behind it as you can to really light it up.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker you explained so clearly and simple, i understand now. thank you so much for share your knowledge to us. will use your links to get my setup. keep it up for your videos..really like it. and i know your will have 1M subs soon. ;)
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Great video! I’m re-watching and the Sony battery to power for the sokani caught my eye. Please could you share a link to what that device is or elaborate about what to buy for it to work etc? Seems like a major selling point if you needed to work in the field with power. Could it work to a v mount battery?
Hey hey again Rashid!
The link the Nanlite battery grip is inside the description for ya. As far as a V-mount battery with a D-tap, someone in the comments in my standalone video had said it fried the Sokani, I'm not sure why as it should be in the correct voltage range.
Hey. Great video. You referred that skin tones on sokani were the best by vectorscope but there wasn't any video comparison of a real person. Could you make one?
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Glad to hear this video was helpful! Unfortunately I probably won't be doing live subject skin tone tests because of my skin naturally leaning more to the darker tones and haven't reached to the levels of other reviewers where they have model subjects to work with. However if you take a look at the color charts on a laptop or larger screen. The Skin chips on the left side of the chart will give you a wider scope of different skin types so you can see how they look compared to the other lights.
The only thing I would personally do, this differs depending on the creative, when using the Sokani for skins, you'll probably want to up the saturation a tiiiny bit on the skin tones to give it more richness, and then depending on the subject and your personal taste, you may push the Hue of the skin tones more to yellow or red.
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ehhhh I’ve used the godox with the exact same softbox and it DEFINITELY did not hold it up, It fell forward against the light stand and no matter how hard you tighten the yolk it will not hold up that softbox.
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I wonder if the SL60 you used was the first version? I do know they've updated it without any clear marking unfortunately. This yolk in my version has teeth in it that holds once you lock it in place, its not going anywhere with this Laofas Softbox attached.
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how about heat dissipation, i do not see sokani has heat sink , does it get hot very quickly ?
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The Sokani has a heatsink inside with a fan.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker thanks a lot bro , oh i got , so it is fine to operate it for long shoot session without getting too hot , right ?
i have a question.... why cant you use sl60w with a v mount battery you can d tap v mount and power the ligth right??.... or is there a buildin power stopper something like that....
Hey hey again dutch4motion!
The power supply is built right into the light itself and does not use a traditional DC barrel for power. However, if one is savvy with circuitry, I'm sure you can take a look at the board and see where the DC is being converted and create a way for DC voltage from a battery to power it. The only major obstacle that will stand in your way is a Battery Management Chip that won't ruin your battery type. Definitely would be an interesting project for someone to tackle, converting non-battery operated lights to battery one. That being said, some people just start using camping generators for certain set's. Easier to just plug lights in on location, no need for an army of V-mount batteries. Just depends on how the crew likes to work.
I have the Forza and love it. Having trouble trying to find a battery that won't fry it outside of Forza's npf battery handle accessory though. Used a D-tap to power plug cable into a 190wh Tanaka battery and fried it. Any suggestions from anyone?
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That is odd, I would think that D-taps were rated at 14.4v, which should be find for the Forza operating at 15v. Unless a fully charged Tanaka Battery d-tap exceeds 15v by a good margin causing the Forza to fry. If you have a multimeter could you take a measurement of the D-tap at full charge to see whats going on?
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Hi man, one question, Does the Nanlite Forza 60 Battery Grip also work with NP-F970 batteries? because on the official page it indicates that it works with NP-F750 batteries. Thanks
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Yes, I am using a third part NP-F970 equivalent. The only difference between the NP-F batteries numbers is just capacity and how many amps they can deliver when requested. Their voltage rating is still the same so you won't fry anything if you use a larger or smaller NPF battery.
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Please do the Sokani X180
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If Sokani reaches out for me, I may review it, but as of right now in the USA theres not easy way to get one.
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also what's the runtime for the 2 npf batteries you have on the sokani? I was going to get a dtap to power cable solution but the npf seems cheaper
I'm also curious about this one. Plus one thing about the Sokani: is there any solution to the short cable for the included power adaptor (when you are NOT operating it from battery)? I mean it's quite annoying dangling around in the air.
Hey hey again Jimmy and Tamás!
While I haven't personally put it through the test, the Nanlite was able to last approx 1.5 hours at full brightness. I suspect the Sokani will be near the same as they are identical in terms of their internal built and power requirements.
As for the power adapter cable not being long enough (the DC end). Some people will use Paracord and find a way to create a loop so that you can hang it off of a light stand twist knob. Thats probably the easiest way to go, if you are savvy with a soldering iron you can splice more wire length to it and extend it. The final option is one I'm not too certain with if it would be a good idea. You could potentially buy DC male and female plugs and create your own plug in extension. The only thing is you gotta make sure whatever wires gauge you use is similar to the one coming out of the power brick so that your extension wire does not overheat.
Hope this helps!
Not sure if these are even comparable, but how do these compare to say an Aputure 120D or LS Mini 20D?
Hey hey again John!
It is a bit hard to compare as they are in different classes of LED output. But essetnaially, these 60w sit in-between the 20D and 120D in terms of output. Color quality wise, until I can get a 120D, you will have to cross reference other reviewers to see if they also shoot a test chart and hopefully provide vector scope reading to see where the colors shift off to. For the most part, the 120w class is a very nice multiple purpose LED for id days 80% of shooting situations. The 300d is the major all-rounder for someone that doesn't know what shooting situation they may be in. The 60w class is for the creator that always has good control of the lighting in the room no matter where they go. From there they can use a set of 60w and craft the look they need in conjunction with their camera settings.
The 20D are fun accent lights to give dimension for a lighting setup, I probably wouldn't use it as a principle key light. Hope this helps!
Hi mate,
I have a question about my youtube setup, also some of my Commerical photography, and videography works -
I m considering sl60w
but my question is that is sl60w enough powerful for me,
currently, I m using Lumix g85 with kit lens 12-60mm and I also considered a 90cm dual layer of diffusion softbox with grid, kind of 6-8 feet from the subject and same distance between subject and camera also, can I m able achieve iso 200 particularly for 30fps 4k 100mbps setting with a shutter speed of double of my fps because natural video motion effects, what's ur opinion✌✌
Hey hey Rohit!
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In my opinion based on your setup, I do not think a 60w would be enough, you may want to go to a higher class LED like the Godox SL150 just to give you wiggle room. However this may be a moment for you to determine what you may want to do in the future because if you will want to try other types of videos or lighting up larger diffusion curtains, you may want to start looking at the 300w class of LEDs. The reason I say this is because of your lens having a variable aperture, you may have moments you want the aperture to by smaller.
These are just my thoughts based on the information you've given me and how I would approach my purchasing with those desired settings. Hope this helps!
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thanks for the reply and I know that everything is not always like a piece of cake sometimes we have to swallow some pils also.
now, as of ur opinion-
godox sl 150,
but it is very much expensive for me and it is completely out of my budget what if i buy 25mm 1.7 lens and pair with godox sl60w- did it workout for me(90cm dual layer softbox with grid)
or do i still look at for sl150 version😕😕plz gave ur strong opinon,
Need some advice Godox ML-60 or Nanlite Forza 60 ??
Really cant decide between the 2.
Hey hey Edmund!
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If you are looking between the two, the Godox will be cheaper overall (last I checked) and provide a good light. They are basically the same thing. Unfortunately I'm not a fan of this idea of shrinking the 60w to these sizes with a proprietary bowens mount. They are great for a small portable setup, but if you plan to just use these in a home studio where you always have power, I feel its better to just get the older Godox SL60w saving a decent amount of cost. But if portability is your main concern, then I would just go with the one that is cheapest as performance from what I've seen so far are very similar in this 60w class between the ML60 and Forza 60. Hope this helps!
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@@TLDR_filmmaker Thanks for the reply. Yes i am only using these lights for a simple interview lighting setup. I don't have a lot of setup time for each job that I do and I require something small, compact, lightweight and battery-powered.
Anyway, keep up the good work you have done for your channel. Liked and Subscribed!
Ah gotcha, in that case whichever one is cheapest for you to acquire for your setup (Godox) it will do well for your needs. Thanks for subbing, I will continue do my best with my content!
Nanlite Forsa 60 is 216$ everywhere. amazon b&h and even on Nanlite website
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The $216 price was a promotion they've been running, its back to $290 now :(
Honestly I wish they competed at the $200 price point, I'm not sure why they are placing themselves so far out.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker honestly I got the forza 300 for 749$
And the forza 60 for 216$ 3 days ago from a local store in Michigan.
and I just subscribed :)
You definitely got it just in time! The promotion ended at the end of June. I think the MSRP for the Forza 300 is usually $100 cheaper than the Aputure Counterpart, when they were running their promotion it was a heck of a deal. So glad you were able to get both before the promotion ended!
Thank you so much for subscribing as well! I really appreciate it!
One question, is there any way to shift the color temperature in these lights by placing any gels or something like this?
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Yup, thats exactly what you'd need to do if you want to get something closer to Tungsten or to correct for Green/Magenta tint, or just getting a different color all together. Just remember the most saturated you want your color, the thicker in color the gel needs to be, which in turn lowers your overall output. Each color will behave differently in terms of max color output.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker Yea, i have one doubt tho. While using a softbox, where do i place these gels?
@@JaumeMS Ah I C, some softboxes like the Aputure Domes have a internal Gel holder. Other regular softboxes you're going need to fine a way to tape the gel inside at the bowens mount area.
Hi why are you doing the test at 6ft. We need it at 1m which is approx 3ft right?
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I choose to use 6ft as my distance of choice because a 3ft distance is only good for a medium close up shot where as some filmmakers may need to know if they can light a shoot wider than that. In my theory I feel its better to know a lights potential at a further distance to better judge the use cases available for a variety of shots. I'm still trying to determine if there is a finite way to convert Lux readings to know if a certain light is technically bright enough for the camera lens and settings you wish to use for a certain shot. Once I figure that out and make it simple, then these tests will be much more meaningful with lux numbers.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker yes! 6ft or further is super helpful to me! We're not all making CZcams videos and I rarely have my lights that close to any subject. Thanks!
technically the sokani has an 80w power draw making it an 80w light
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You're not wrong if we talk about power draw of the entire unit. But that gets really iffy to try and based a lights ability off of that number. It's more accurate to compare them by the the LED chips watt output rating of 60.
The reason I say this is because if you were to have a really really inefficient 60w chip that requires 100w of power draw to reach the same max brightness as these three. You can't really try and market to people that its a 100w light when it produces the same brightness of another light that draws 80w. There are misleading marketing tactics that will use the power draw numbers instead of the actual watt output of the LED. This is why I say the Sokani is a 60w LED, not an 80w. Theres a lot more to this because of the efficiency conversion of a 120v AC to get down to the 15v DC in the powerbrick that then gets further converted to the LED chips 24-30v DC (usually) needs.
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Hi keep it up
Can you revw the GVM 800 please ?
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I probably won't be reviewing the GVM 800, at least not a traditional video review. I got quite a few questions between the GVM 800 RGB vs the Neewer 660 RGB that I reviewed. Long story short, the Neewer is most likely going to be brighter as it has more LED diodes in RGB, and Tungsten and Daylight, compared to the GVM. The GVM would probably last longer in its battery life because of having less LED's to power. Build quality is probably about the same, both with mental construction through I think the GVM's barndoors look like plastic to me. Feature set, they are the same with their app control etc.
Hope this somewhat helps!
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@@TLDR_filmmaker thanks a lot !!
Do you know what Light Can i use on budget for a wide greenscreen 3meter H x 6meter L
Thanks a lot for engaging with us
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I'm cheating in that I have answered this before so I'm going to copy and paste from a previous viewer, hope this helps!
There are more practical cheaper solutions for a green screen that I would recommend, a LED panel like this is a bit overkill on the budget for what you get out of it in terms of lighting a green screen. I would suggest getting something like this: amzn.to/2KtAoct (You'll need to buy its own light stand) and I use these LED light bulbs: czcams.com/video/p-rDtf2Jra8/video.html (Or you can purchase different more powerful ones)
This setup gives you a softbox thats larger than this square softbox for the LED panels, it also gives you much more light output than the 660s can give. And at the end of the day, for less than the price of one panel and softbox you are able to light up the entire green screen. The reason I would go this route is because chances are your green screen, once it's setup, isn't going anywhere. The 660 panels have other features do not apply for the green screen, so you'd be wasting money on that vanity. Of course you can mix and match, instead of having a bunch of 660s, you can use the cheaper softbox to light the green screen and then use the 660s as lights to light yourself. But, even then, if the green screen is going to be setup in its own space, I would just continue with the softbox route for lighting yourself. LED panels are more or less meant for portability between your studio and a film set. If your studio is the film set, then I would just save the money so that you can get more lights, more power, work on the content, and then eventually invest in something more expensive if needed. But for the most part, a green screen setup is pretty much left stationary and never really changes.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker thanks a lot from France love your work
You're most welcome! Sending all my blessings from the USA!
Any predictions about the new Godox ml60?
Hey hey Carlos!
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I was actually asked to review the Godox ML60, but unfortunately I had to decline because of two major reason. They followed the Nanlight Forza 60 design and price range, which to me is not worth the investment for a 60w cob light with a proprietary bowens mount that requires an additional adapter just to use normal bowens modifiers. Godox would have easily won the 60w battery if they simply improved the design of the old SL60w and added battery options, but instead they choose this route that does not support cohesion with their other lineups with the 100-150-200-300. The price point also coming in at over twice the cost of the original 60w does not sit well just for battery operation.
I did give them my thoughts on not to go forward with this design concept, because it doesn't make sense to the customer who may already have other godox lights. But I guess they told me about it when the units were already in production.
I'm sure the light performs well, possibly the fan noise may be louder as they need to move to a smaller fan. But for the price point and locking someone into a system at almost $300 compared to $130, there are other ways and options to get a 60w into your kit. Aputure will be coming out with their 60w soon, I look forward to seeing how they compete in the 60w space and at what price point justification.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker
thank you very much for your point of view.
I chose to get the new godox, although it was the same price as the nanlite bi color, but it comes with accessories that if I were to buy the part for the ninlite it would be much more expensive, finally I bought the godox even for taking the Chinese black friday 11:11, this is my first light even in which I invested, I am also anxious for the aputure but I already expect a value maybe well above the nanlite. Anyway, I believe that it suits me well so far, because I am not a big producer, but I always liked to know if I would be investing right in each equipment. Anyway thank you very much, I am very happy with your return.
I'm sorry for the English because I had to use the google translator. I'm from Brazil, big hug.
You're most welcome, and no worries about using good translate!
The Godox will perform well and I think you'll have a great time playing with it and using it for all sorts of projects! Enjoy it and have fun!
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So I found this V-mount to barrel adapter
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1212014-REG/swit_s_7104_d_tap_to_5_5mm_dc.html/qa
It carries up to 14.4VDC and the Sokani v2 uses DC 15V, 6A adapter(AC100-240V 50/60Hz).
Assuming all other adapters are the same, can someone confirm this works? Would be really awesome to use V-mount batteries instead of NP-F's
Also, I have a GVM 80W and that uses DC30V. So I doubt you'd be able to use V-mount nor NP-F batteries.
Hey hey Adriel!
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So in theory it should work, the only thing is there was a user that said when he attempted a D-Tap (14.4vdc) into his Sokani that it fried it. It doesnt' make sense why his fried. I personally have not tried it yet, but you may want to get a multimeter and just check to see what the DC barrel plug is actually giving out in terms of voltage before you actually plug it into the sokani and power it up, just to be safe.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker That's a bummer! Thought I was onto something 😔. I don't have great understanding of electricity but I believe it might be possible to replace v-mounts with battery banks. Since they can go up to 100W nowadays. So far I've been able to find a USB-C to 15v cable m.aliexpress.com/i/32996464270.html
I think for the Nanlite if you want to use a large modifier you could hang a counter balance of the yoke on the back. I'm pretty sure I saw some CZcams video suggest that. Not ideal but still achieves the purpose.
Hey hey Nathan!
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Definitely, I've hung the battery grip on the back part of the light to give it some counter balance. Definitely not the most ideal, but you do what you gotta do! :D
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Sokani X60 it's actually 80W not 60W, that's why lasts brighter a bit longer.
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It's 80w in terms of its overall power outtake. The LED chip itself is actually classed at 60w. This is a bit of a marketing intentional mis-information to make it sound like it's more powerful when it's only 100lx or so brighter which doesn't quite equate to having 20 more extra watts. If you look at an Apurture 120d, its a 120w class LED, but uses about 150w or power to operate. They don't market it as a 150w light.
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@@TLDR_filmmaker Appreciate your detailed answer, thanks for the info buddy. Great channel, keep it up the great work
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The sokani is not a 60 watt light its 80
Hey hey again Stephen!
The 80w classification is actually just misleading advertising language. The LED chip itself is a 60w class chip while the entire system requires 80w to run. So saying its a 80w light makes it sound like its more powerful when its not. Aperture 300d actually uses close to 350w of power, but they do not advertise it as such because the LED chip is a 300w class chip. Hope this makes sense.
@@TLDR_filmmaker interesting. So power draw is 80. What is the power draw of the other two?
Most likely nearly the same. The extra power draw is for the power brick to convert the AC voltage to DC.
I've noticed that your objectivity goes out the window when you get a freebie
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Im not sure I agree with that because of how I tested them against each other in the same conditions and then recommended each one based on certain criteria of how someone would use them and what situations would match that selection. Godox was the value selection at the sacrifice of Battery performance, Sokani was the odd one out in terms of colors, but the skin tones lined up so it may not matter + battery power ability, Nanlite only made sense for the studio owner that is making a large investment into a grip kit for the company.
I didn't say one was vastly superior over the others and that filmmakers should not consider the others. But if you believe this means I wasn't being objective taking into account someones specific situation and needs instead of arguing that one completely beats out the others... then all I'm going to say is, "Yes, I do know the Guac is extra."
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How so? All his reviews are always very scientific and unbiased.