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Old 08-17-2009, 08:58 PM  
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
Had this kit for two years: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Combo_LED.html

But now I use a kino ring light on cam along with my main kino lights on stands and one kino overhead on a boom.

The ring light blows away any light on top of the cam. The reason is that when you use a light that mounts directly on the hot shoe you get the lighting a few inches ABOVE where you are aiming with the lens. But with a ring light you get a nice uniform light that is perfectly placed since it is shining from a circle around the lens.

The only drawback with the kino fluorescent ring light as opposed to my Lite Panel Leds is that the kino ringlight has to have a ballast which kinda weighs down my cam even more.

I would be interested in a kino LED ringlight IF it doesn't put out that "blue-ish" shade that the leds have always seemed to have a tendency to produce.

One thing for sure...the ability to light up scenes very nicely has never been better.
BH seems to speak highly of LED's

def would like more feedback from those who use it vs salespeople who are full of shit
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