Neewer has launched two new panel lights. Good for video and nice for pictures too, these highly effective but reasonably priced arrays have barely totally different capabilities and open up a number of artistic prospects. Should you have been looking for this type of lighting, which might you select?
You could have observed that I’ve been enamored with Neewer gear. The reason being that I’ve been delving into utilizing extra studio lighting—not only for pictures—they usually produce some nice gear at cheap costs. I’ve been producing movies for folks too, and having good-quality illumination is crucial.
It’s not all the time potential to make use of a flash. One among my purchasers has epilepsy, and the very last thing I need to do is trigger her to have a seizure. Moreover, many individuals discover flash pictures an uncomfortable expertise, so having steady lighting could make the topic extra relaxed.
Everlasting lighting must be vivid sufficient for video and pictures. The excellent news is that new LED expertise is permitting steady lighting to be extra highly effective.
There’s one other massive benefit of LED over flash, too: you may have a lot higher management over the colour temperature. Within the case of an RGB gentle, there may be the extra exact adjustment of an unlimited gamut of colours accessible. Furthermore, the most recent expertise permits you to match the lighting to different colours inside a scene.
A panel gentle offers a comparatively equal unfold of sunshine over an space. That is ideally suited for video and a few sorts of portrait pictures the place you need the topic evenly lit. There’s a diploma of modification potential, however to not the identical extent as a highlight with a Bowens mount.
To take a look at, the 2 new panels are virtually equivalent. Nonetheless, they carry out in separate methods.
The Neewer AP100C
With a light-weight panel measuring 16 ¾” X 8 ¼”, and encased in an all-metal physique, the Neewer AP100C is designed for heavy-duty use. The glass entrance is protected behind detachable, hinged barn doorways that can be utilized to manage the unfold of the sunshine.
The physique of the lamp is mounted on a metallic U-frame, and it attaches to a lighting stand.
The rear of the panel has a menu and mode buttons, plus two lighting management knobs. Their operate could be modified by urgent them inwards. Pleasingly, they require a agency press to vary their operate, and 4 programmable push buttons mean you can apply presets. There’s additionally a backlit LCD panel that reveals the present settings.
Inside the vents on the again are two silent-running cooling followers.
In the meantime, on the bottom of the physique is the 20-volt energy enter socket, in addition to DMX out and in sockets. It’s also potential to attach it through a D-Faucet cable to a V-mount battery. These should be purchased individually.
It comes with an influence provide with a generously lengthy cable.
Like different lights from this producer, the AP100C could be managed through the Neewer app. That is accessible for each Android and iPhone. This app offers you straightforward management over the sunshine by way of varied tabs:
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The CCT (Correlated Coloration Temperature) tab permits management over coloration temperature plus the inexperienced/magenta tint of the sunshine. The vary of coloration is from 2,500 Okay–10,000 Okay with a +/-50 inexperienced/magenta correction.
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The Gentle Supply setting simulates the look of 14 totally different presets together with blue sky, moonlight, studio lamp, halogen gentle, and others.
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The Supply Match permits you to use your telephone digital camera to match the sunshine to that of a secondary supply.
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CTB (Coloration Temperature Blue) simulates a sort of lighting gel used to chill down the colour temperature of a light-weight supply.
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HSI (Hue, Saturation, and Depth) permits the blending of colours utilizing both a coloration wheel or sliders.
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RGB has purple, inexperienced, and blue sliders with values from 0 to 255.
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FX has 18 particular results that mean you can simulate a wide range of flashing and flickering lights from explosions and lightning to cop automobiles and candlelight.
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There’s additionally an FX Picker that permits you to report your personal sequence of flashes of various coloration values utilizing your telephone’s digital camera to pattern it.
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FX Music flashes the sunshine in time with music.
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XY adjustments the sunshine in accordance with the XY worth chosen inside the accessible gamut.
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RGBCW works equally to the RGB sliders however provides heat and funky white to the chosen coloration.
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Coloration Filters match 20 totally different LEE or ROSCO filters.
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There are additionally 4 dimming curves accessible: linear, exponential, S, and log varieties.
The sunshine is generated by 1,200 superior TIR LEDs, and it offers a most of 105 watts, making it exceptionally vivid. In line with the specs, they produce 31,500 lux at 0.5 meters at 5,600 Okay. I needed to know what that meant in actual life. So, with the sunshine set about three meters from a white wall, and setting my digital camera to f/8 in aperture precedence mode, I obtained a one-second publicity with it turned off. Switching on the panel elevated the publicity by over six steps to 1/eightieth of a second. At f/2.8, I used to be attaining over 1/five hundredth of a second—a lot quick sufficient for many studio pictures.
Though you possibly can regulate the settings on the rear of the panel, I discovered it way more handy and sooner to function the sunshine from the telephone app, which is able to function the sunshine from 15 meters (49 ft) away.
The sunshine could be linked wirelessly to different Neewer items through its 2.4G management. Plus, there may be DMX management that enables the sunshine to be managed by skilled mixing desks.
The Neewer AP100B
To take a look at, the Neewer AP100B is much like the 100C. Nonetheless, there are some performance variations.
Firstly, it’s a bi-color LED panel and never RGB. So, it produces a white gentle with coloration temperature changes from 2,500 Okay–8,599 Okay. You could be questioning why you’ll purchase this gentle and never the RGB model. It prices $80 much less and, on paper, it’s brighter, offering 38,600 lux at 0.5 m. Nonetheless, performing the identical check as I did with the RGB gentle, the shutter velocity was the identical on the similar f-stop and ISO.
Should you don’t want the RGB changes however coloration temperature changes are nonetheless necessary to you, then the AP100B is an efficient possibility.
The sunshine does include 13 scene results, 14 lighting supply presets, 4 dimming curves, and the flexibility to manage it by way of the app or DMX. It’s going to additionally hyperlink with different lights through its 2.4G management. Just like the AP100C, it will also be run indoors with its included 20 V DC transformer, or outdoor utilizing a V-mount battery through a D-Faucet connection.
Package deal Contents
- AP100C or AP100BRGB Panel Gentle with Barn Doorways
- Energy Adapter
- AC Energy Twine
- Steel Security Hook
- Storage Bag
What I Favored and What Might Be Improved Subsequent Time
What I Favored
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Nice construct high quality
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Brighter than different related lights
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Nice management by way of the app
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Improved and simplified rear panel controls
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Preset buttons
What Might Be Improved Subsequent Time
Specs
Neewer AP100C Specs
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LEDs: 1,200 pcs
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Most Energy: 105 W
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Most Illumination: 31,500 lux at 0.5 m (5,600 Okay); 9,800 lux at 1 m
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Coloration Temperature: 2,500 Okay–10,000 Okay (in 100 Okay increments)
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Brightness Adjustment: 0%–100% (in 0.1% increments)
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Brightness Output Modes: Fixed brightness mode, most energy output mode
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CRI/TLCI: CRI 96+, TLCI 97+
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Beam Angle: 45°
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Dimming Curves: S-type, Log-type, Exp-type, Linear-type
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Inexperienced/Magenta Compensation: -50 to +50
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RGB/CW (Pink/Inexperienced/Blue/Cool White/Heat White): 0–255
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Coloration Gels: 20 ROSCO, 20 LEE
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Hue: 0–360°
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Saturation: 0%–100%
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Particular Scene Results: 18 varieties
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Gentle Supply Matching Presets: 17 varieties
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XY Coloration Coordinates: 0.0000–0.8000
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Channels: 000–099
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Energy Provide: AC adapter (20 V) or V-mount battery (14.8–26 V)
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Management Strategies: App / 2.4G wi-fi / On-panel / DMX
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Fan Modes: Sensible, Medium, Excessive, Silent
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Working Temperature: -10°C to 40°C
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Dimensions: 20.8″ × 13.3″ × 3.4″ (53 × 34 × 8.6 cm)
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Weight: 7.9 lb (3.58 kg)
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Worth at Time of Writing: $279.99–$379.99*
Neewer AP100B Specs
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LEDs: 960 pcs
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Most Energy: 100 W
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Most Illumination: 38,600 lux at 0.5 m; 12,200 lux at 1 m
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Coloration Temperature: 2,500 Okay–8,500 Okay (in 100 Okay increments)
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Brightness Adjustment: 0%–100% (in 0.1% increments)
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CRI/TLCI: CRI 96+, TLCI 97+
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Beam Angle: 45°
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Particular Scene Results: 13 varieties
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Gentle Supply Matching Presets: 14 varieties
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Channels: 000–099
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Energy Provide: AC adapter (20 V) or V-mount battery (14.8–26 V)
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Management Strategies: App / 2.4G wi-fi / On-panel / DMX
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Fan Modes: Sensible, Medium, Excessive, Silent
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Working Temperature: -10°C to 40°C
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Dimensions: 20.8″ × 13.3″ × 3.4″ (53 × 34 × 8.6 cm)
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Weight: 7.9 lb (3.58 kg)
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Worth at Time of Writing: $228.09–$299.99*
*There’s a vital variation in costs for these things. This is because of whether or not there may be current inventory within the retailers or in the event that they should be imported and subjected to the brand new tariffs. Search for reductions too.
