From the course: Video Gear: Lighting
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Intensity and color temperature
From the course: Video Gear: Lighting
Intensity and color temperature
- Now we just got done looking at some of the major benefits of LED lighting, but since many of them are daylight only, there could be some drawbacks that you might want to think about when you're choosing your lights. In particular, if they are daylight balanced, we had to use things like gels in the past, right? - Yeah, and it's, you know, when you're using this kind of gear, probably you're all about speed and efficiency. And so every time I have to go and find one of these and slide it in front of the light that's time. It cuts down the output of these units that are already you want to have everything you've got because it's just such a small unit, so - Yeah. - If you want to get rid of those. - If you're putting a gel in front you are knocking down the intensity of the light by, you're not just changing the color, it actually sort of acts like a pair of sunglasses. - Exactly. - Now these particular lights all add a key feature. On the back of yours there, you have some dials…
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