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Hi all something I know very little about is LED light .
I'm after something (cheapish) that I can use to light portraits for night/sunset type portraits . Ideally something that I can adjust the light spread on,have a small head so not a big LED panel and with an ideal colour of 5500-6000k
I know you get what you pay for but this is for experimental purposes and if it works well I may invest in a "proper" one
 
I too think flash will be ideal. But if you are looking to experiment with Ambient light, the following 16W one is available used for £25. Reviews are good on amazon. I bought used stuff from this company before and had no problems.

VILTROX L132T CRI95 5600K/3300K Bi-color LED Video: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy VILTROX L132T CRI95 5600K/3300K Bi-color LED Video Light Dimmable Flat Panel Light for DSLR Camera with NP-F550 battery at Amazon UK.
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Stegosaurus said:
Why not use a flash?
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I do use flash at the moment but for night shots I want to use led as sometimes I can't get focus so have to light the bride and groom with a torch to achieve focus . I'll still use flash for all my day time stuff
 
sapstar said:
I too think flash will be ideal. But if you are looking to experiment with Ambient light, the following 16W one is available used for £25. Reviews are good on amazon. I bought used stuff from this company before and had no problems.

VILTROX L132T CRI95 5600K/3300K Bi-color LED Video: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy VILTROX L132T CRI95 5600K/3300K Bi-color LED Video Light Dimmable Flat Panel Light for DSLR Camera with NP-F550 battery at Amazon UK.
www.amazon.co.uk
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Thanks for that also see my reply above :-)
 
I do some macro photography at night, shooting at f/22. That's exactly when I use my led light. But I only use it to get manual focus and then use flash for the actual photo.
 
sapstar said:
I do some macro photography at night, shooting at f/22. That's exactly when I use my led light. But I only use it to get manual focus and then use flash for the actual photo.
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That's a bit of a faff for me with a bride and groom standing waiting freezing the parts off lol
 
A flash with a modelling light (AD300, 400, 600) would be the answer for me, though I don’t recall struggling to focus in similar situations.
 
Phil V said:
A flash with a modelling light (AD300, 400, 600) would be the answer for me, though I don’t recall struggling to focus in similar situations.
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There is some night shots where I literally can't see the bride and groom at all . I've struggled upto now by either using a torch or getting the groom to light up his phone so just thought an led light would be better and faster to get the shot
 
stumac said:
There is some night shots where I literally can't see the bride and groom at all . I've struggled upto now by either using a torch or getting the groom to light up his phone so just thought an led light would be better and faster to get the shot
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My TTL flash projects a grid of red light to allow the camera to focus. I assume most decent dedicated flash guns would do the same. An LED light that would be strong enough for a decent shutter speed will be very cumbersome and blinding for your subjects.
 
Stegosaurus said:
My TTL flash projects a grid of red light to allow the camera to focus. I assume most decent dedicated flash guns would do the same. An LED light that would be strong enough for a decent shutter speed will be very cumbersome and blinding for your subjects.
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My night shots are taken at 1/128th power on a speedlight so I don't think I require that much light
 
stumac said:
My night shots are taken at 1/128th power on a speedlight so I don't think I require that much light
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There’s a huuuuge difference between even a low powered pulse of light and asking people to stare at a constant light.

my flash transmitters give out a good enough beam to focus with, if you’re happy with your speedlight on such low power the modelling light on the AD200 would likely help with focussing, I can’t help with LED as I wouldn’t ever ask a subject to look at a ‘bright’ light (bear in mind in the dark, even a low powered light is ‘bright’).
 
Stegosaurus said:
Ah well, I can see you are hell bent on LED. Good luck!
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I am indeed lol. Ive used off camera flash for over 20 years and will continue to do so. The LED is just for a very small portion of the day
 
Phil V said:
There’s a huuuuge difference between even a low powered pulse of light and asking people to stare at a constant light.

my flash transmitters give out a good enough beam to focus with, if you’re happy with your speedlight on such low power the modelling light on the AD200 would likely help with focussing, I can’t help with LED as I wouldn’t ever ask a subject to look at a ‘bright’ light (bear in mind in the dark, even a low powered light is ‘bright’).
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I wouldnt ask them to look into it. My night shots are contrasty and it would be placed well off to the side but youve got me thinking about the modelling light on the ad 200 so cheers :)
 
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