NanGuang Flexible LED Light Panel

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Does anyone have any experiences of this product as a much cheaper alternative to the Peter Hurley Westcott system?

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I actually thought that NanGuang light was quite expensive for what it is until I seen Hurleys version :eek:
 
Hurleys lights are amazingly expensive.
 
Michael Batten said:
Hurleys lights are amazingly expensive.
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Yes ridiculously so, probably because his name is attached to them, he does seem to think quite highly of himself :)
 
I think unless you need it for video, flash makes muck more sense, for £600 you can build a 3 striplight system with flash, same look, better product.
 
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Just a thought having never thought of it before ,but in my caravan awning I have a sabre L.E.D light tube ,this is not only extremey bright but costs just over £30 for the starter tube ,the advantages are it comes with a remote control which gives multiple light levels and you can also buy add on tubes to get even more light .someone with a bit of thought could easily convert this to a studio set up very cheaply indeed .hmmmm
 
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Just a thought having never thought of it before ,but in my caravan awning I have a sabre L.E.D light tube ,this is not only extremey bright but costs just over £30 for the starter tube ,the advantages are it comes with a remote control which gives multiple light levels and you can also buy add on tubes to get even more light .someone with a bit of thought could easily convert this to a studio set up very cheaply indeed .hmmmm
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The big issue is CRI. LED’s don’t have a very wide colour gamut. Whilst they’re fine for ‘seeing’ they don’t render colours correctly. So ‘better’ LED lights attract a hefty premium.
So your £30 sabre LED might look like great value compared to an ice light but it’s not a sensible substitute for pro photography.
 
Phil V said:
The big issue is CRI. LED’s don’t have a very wide colour gamut. Whilst they’re fine for ‘seeing’ they don’t render colours correctly. So ‘better’ LED lights attract a hefty premium.
So your £30 sabre LED might look like great value compared to an ice light but it’s not a sensible substitute for pro photography.
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interesting Phil I presume you mean in the way of white balance ,but cannot that be corrected in Lightroom etc ,also can the ice light l.e.d's be bought as a standalone strips as its quite easy to make home made tubes with a bit of d.i.y skills .
 
the black fox said:
interesting Phil I presume you mean in the way of white balance ,but cannot that be corrected in Lightroom etc ,also can the ice light l.e.d's be bought as a standalone strips as its quite easy to make home made tubes with a bit of d.i.y skills .
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CRI is more of an issue than colour temp.
A source with a low CRI has parts of the visible spectrum missing, so that can’t be corrected in post, like anything physically missing from an image, it’s almost impossible to create what wasn’t there.
There are high CRI LED bulbs available, but I habit seen any reasonable LED strips.
 
the black fox said:
interesting Phil I presume you mean in the way of white balance ,but cannot that be corrected in Lightroom etc ,also can the ice light l.e.d's be bought as a standalone strips as its quite easy to make home made tubes with a bit of d.i.y skills .
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Color Rendition is the ability (or otherwise) of a light to render colours accurately.
For guidance, flash and daylight has perfect rendition index (100) so all colours are reproduced accurately.
With Photographic LED, 90 is pretty good, and reds will then look orangey, orange will look yellowish etc. With household/security quality LED, 65 is fairly typical and reproduces colours extremely badly. And no, this problem cannot be corrected via whitebalance, because it isn't a white balance issue.

FWIW, I think that Lencarta has some of these flexible LRD light panels, don't know whether they're on their website or not yet and don't know about the specs, but it might be a good idea to give them a ring.
 
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