Which LED panel do you use?
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lightrules
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YEs looks like it has potential
Now, lets see if they will price it ridiculously such
that no one will buy.........
Now, lets see if they will price it ridiculously such
that no one will buy.........
phoakm
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most probably around SGD $100? The pricing in the e-bay looks reasonable. :think:
They are ridiculously cheap in China. Many versions available now, not just the Z96. I was with my friend in Shanghai and we bought an even more powerful version for around $80 SGD inclusive of charger, flip on diffuser/CTO, AA battery holder, and a rechargeable Li-on 3rd party camcorder battery pack and DC power adapter. Z96 is selling for around $75 SGD in China now. They are all capable of taking AA, or Sony camcorder battery packs.
phoakm
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Any Mass Order? I want to buy few to join them up. :bsmilie:
phoakm
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After watching that video, I can't wait anymore. Just got one off ebay!
I am new to ebay....how you select the item? I saw some prices are different on the same product.
Just click on the blue description from the list of products which will bring you to the actual item page. There is usually a 'Buy It Now' button in Blue. Just click on that which will bring you to a 'Pay By Paypal?' page. Obviously you must have a registered Paypal account before you can use paypal (which entails registering your credit card with them). Normally Paypal is the way to go as most of these companies don't accept cash or money/postal order as payment.
Btw THIS is where I got mine from. You may find cheaper but this is the guy that was recommended by the blog I posted earlier
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phoakm
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Thanks for the information. Lucky it is free shipment to singapore.
I just bought a whole bunch in my trip to china earlier this month. All the stuff are all gone. The remaining ones are mine.
phoakm
Senior Member
I just bought a whole bunch in my trip to china earlier this month. All the stuff are all gone. The remaining ones are mine.
:bsmilie: .... I just placed mine through ebay.
Congrats. I'm still waiting for mine to arrive. Btw, there is some mention of diffusing the light of these LED panels. What do people normally use to do this? Umbrella, small softbox, white A4 paper?
phoakm
Senior Member
For me I would use it as bare light and maybe with some flag to block some lights.
I use a variety of LED lights and recently gotten quite a lot of Z96s to form clusters of light bank.
3x1 config & 2x2 config.
Comparing the footprint & size with traditional redheads.
Color temperature of the Z96s have been fairly accurate.
Unfiltered is at an average of about 5600K, and with CTO filter is at about 3200K which matches very well with my tungstens.
Dimmer control isn't continuously variable like most of the other better units i had. The intensity control seem to be in steps.
So far the best part about these lights is the ability to customise the way I want my lights to react in terms of power & throw. 1x1 config, 2x1, 3x1, 4x1, 2x2, etc...
Using LEDs for video lighting is best left unblocked or flagged as they can cause multiple shadows which look quite irritating and unnatural.
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3x1 config & 2x2 config.
Comparing the footprint & size with traditional redheads.
Color temperature of the Z96s have been fairly accurate.
Unfiltered is at an average of about 5600K, and with CTO filter is at about 3200K which matches very well with my tungstens.
Dimmer control isn't continuously variable like most of the other better units i had. The intensity control seem to be in steps.
So far the best part about these lights is the ability to customise the way I want my lights to react in terms of power & throw. 1x1 config, 2x1, 3x1, 4x1, 2x2, etc...
Using LEDs for video lighting is best left unblocked or flagged as they can cause multiple shadows which look quite irritating and unnatural.
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Look good and sound good.
got extra set to sell to me bro? want to try for interview shoot over the weekend. If can rent for a day to try even better.
SMS you tomorrow.
I bought one from THIS ebay seller for US$65.95 incl free shipping. Depending on exchange rate, that works out to about $340-370 for 4. Unless the F970 batt holder and stand mount is $200, I would have expected it to be cheaper in China?
