Coen said:
Peter Parfitt said:
I think that the new Syslite will be a winner not only with the normal community but also the photographers. That slight change to colour temperature could make it an interesting fill light and that fixing accessory will be useful.
Eh... no. LED light is in the same category as CFL light; ugly! The color temperature doesn't say anything about even spectrum coverage. A normal flash will be more powerful with less weight and for less $$. Without the ugliness of LED lighting. For holding flash units at odd places we have light stands and gorilla clamps. Don't forget the 1/4" tread either on a lot of photography stuff; you can go crazy with that to mount stuff at all kinds of weird places.
I don't know what kind of speed lights I can get (good ones anyway) for less than $200. Last year I spent over $2000 on Canon's RT system; I picked up 4 600EX-RTs and their ST-E3-RT.
Power isn't always everything… there are times when even at 1/128th, I wish I could lower the output by 1/3 stop.
Also, with color, that's not an issue either, so as long as
ALL of the light sources output the
SAME color at the given output.
Ugliness? You'll have to elaborate on that. With lighting, the only things that matter are intensity, direction, and shape, all others can be corrected in post; even the three I mentioned can be corrected.
Peter Parfitt said:
Coen said:
Peter Parfitt said:
I think that the new Syslite will be a winner not only with the normal community but also the photographers. That slight change to colour temperature could make it an interesting fill light and that fixing accessory will be useful.
Eh... no. LED light is in the same category as CFL light; ugly! The color temperature doesn't say anything about even spectrum coverage. A normal flash will be more powerful with less weight and for less $$. Without the ugliness of LED lighting. For holding flash units at odd places we have light stands and gorilla clamps. Don't forget the 1/4" tread either on a lot of photography stuff; you can go crazy with that to mount stuff at all kinds of weird places.
I met a professional photographer at a woodworking show last year. He was near the Festool stand and we got talking about things photographic. He told me that he had 10 Syslites which he used in his studio to create various effects and fill. He said that they work well for video work and so I would like to give it a try.
Peter
I don't usually use constant light in my photography except obviously the sun. There are times (i.e. ring shots and such) that I do use constant LED lighting.
Now, if Festool willing, I'd be more than happy to give my two cents on the topic in the forum of a review. One thing Festool that I may be able to speak intelligently about, from a different perspective any way! [big grin]
I wouldn't mind having a SYSLite or two, or three, or four in my (camera) bag!