Hi, Carl here for ProAV TV and today I'm taking a look at these Fresnel lights from Lupo.
They call them their DayLED range, and they have three different sizes, a 650, 1000 and
2000.
These are named after the traditional tungsten lights which they aim to replace, I'm sure
you are all familiar with using a 1K tungsten fixture for example.
Well, the Lupo 650 is about as bright as a 650W bulb, and the same can be said for the
1000 and 2000 which directly compare to a 1K or 2K respectively.
So why would you use these over the traditional tungsten fixtures which have been around for
years?
The big thing is of course convenience.
We all know that LED's have several benefits, they don't get hot for a start.
If you run a 2K tungsten light for a few minutes, your going to burn your hands if you touch
it without gloves.
And sets lit with them can get uncomfortably warm, especially for your poor talent in front
of the lights.
With these, you can have them on all day, and they barely generate any heat.
They also consume a fraction of the power.
The big Lupo 2000 for example only consumes 220W, that's nearly a third of the power draw
of the tungsten equivalent for the smaller 650 light, they can even be run off batteries.
Plus you have a dimmer built in, and your not limited to just one colour temperature.
Theres BiColour versions of the 650 and the 1000, and you can also buy each of them in
either tungsten 3200 kelvin, or daylight 5600 kelvin.
So I think we can all agree that LED lights like these are far more convenient than tungstens,
That's sort of a given.
But the big question is do they do the job just as well?
LED technology as a whole just isn't as colour accurate as tungsten light is, but modern
LED lights do get very very close.
The daylight only versions of each of these Lupo lights perform very well, with TLCI's
of 97 or 98.
This measures how colour accurate the lights are in a score out of 100, and the only light
sources to get 100 are tungsten bulbs and the sun.
So a score of 97 or 98 is very impressive.
This does go down a bit with the bi-colour versions.
These are the scores for the bicolour Lupo 1000 and it gets 88 or 89, still good, but
if colour is really important to you I would definitely recommend going for the single
temperature options.
The Bicolour lights are also nearly half the brightness so you definitely do have to compromise
a little for the convienience of having BiColour, which is a shame.
The overall build quality on all these lights seems very strong.
They have a very simple design, and the casing of the light is made from carbon fibre reinforced
polymer which seems sturdy and built to last.
I'm not hugely keen on the button placement here.
Being on the side while the focus dial is on the back means that you cant see both clearly
at the same time.
And if they are up on a ceiling rig and your standing on a ladder to adjust it, your normally
positioned behind a light like this, then you can see where your directing it.
So if your behind the light, you'll have to awkwardly bend around the side of the light
to see the screen and buttons which could be a bit awkward up a ladder.
Then if your using them on a floor stand like we are here, you cant get to them if the light
is pointed horizontally, if its tilted down it works fine, but not if the light is level.
It's a small thing, but does make a difference.
Apart from that, these are great lights.
They are built to last for years, very bright, very colour accurate, and very controllable.
They are a
true modern replacement for the tungsten fixtures we all are so used too.
But what do you think of them?
Could they handle the work you do?
Let me know in the comments section and if you would like to buy one, the links to our
site is below.
Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next one.