Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai. Today and take a look at this GVM SD200R
light. Includes RGB and bicolor support. Keep in mind they did send me this light.
I will be keeping it. Let's get started! First off let's start with what's included with
this kit. You got the light itself, of course, and it has this integrated u connection. Which has a
standard connector for any type of light stand. You get this Bowens mount reflector. Fits right on
there very easily. Locks into place, that's it! You also have this little diffusion
that actually locks into a area a little bit closer to the COB LEDs themselves...
Slightly more diffused light. A little safer actually if you have this on when you're using
it because that can get extremely bright. Then you have this nice padded
case. It's got a zipper. A few sections that you can move around if you want.
With the power adapter it actually includes a little strap that you use to attach to light
stands, so that's very nice. You've got the actual LEDs.
It's a mixture of RGB and bi-color. These connectors here are for the diffusion.
These are for the Bowens mount on the exterior. Got the Bowens mount release right there,
and you've got a grip material. I think it's some type of plastic.
Then here's where all the action happens in the back.
Got your handle. This is a plastic backing as far as I can tell.
And you've got your release connector for power.
Might be able to pick up the sound from my lapel microphone It's not super loud.
Here's the main mode dial. Right now we're in rotation mode basically means this control
all the standard stuff. Press it.. again.. we've got slave mode the channel and master mode.
So if you want to control from here as well as the app and DMX.
Single tap will allow you to adjust either power or your color temperature in this case
and then you can use the dial so we've got the 2700 all the way up to 7500.
And if you go to zero power it will turn off the light itself.
If you long press the button in the middle of this dial you can go to RGB mode and
if you press it one more time you get saturation. Let's go over a few of the other specifications.
Of course, some of this I'm not able to test. In this case you've got color rendering index
of 97 or better. Color temperature for bicolor is 2700 to 7500.
Hue goes from 0 to 360. Saturation 1 to 100 percent.
Does have a mix of aluminum and plastic throughout the light itself.
The maximum power rating of this light is 200 watts.
Let's take a look at the power being used by this light throughout the different modes.
Right now we're using around three watts for zero light being output.
Around 143 watts for 100 percent... So in this case we're actually using 225 watts
which is over their 200 watt rating. What I'm going to do now is switch the
different modifiers out so you can see what the difference is based on the same power rating.
So in this case I'm going to do 10 power 5200k color temperature. Video is set to manual.
Previously GVM had sent me a 1500D panel kit. I'm going to try to link these two up and see if
they work together. Put this into slave mode on channel one. Put this thing into master mode...
So really that easy! From either light based on which one is the master which one's the
slave mode. RGB on both of these so I can do wireless control with both and with color.
Depending on the situation you get the benefit of something like this,
the panel, or a point source type light. You can also control it through the app
with your phone. The GVM led app. It says GVM II at the moment and the little icon.
You need to sign up to actually use the app, which is unusual
but just know that that's the thing... A few other aspects of this light.
It is nice that it doesn't have a controller like a third piece of something to
take with you and having to deal with. This light stand is not included. You're
going to want to get a really robust light stand for a large light like this.
This u-frame is fully integrated into the light. It's not meant to be removed or taken off.
You've got the two knobs on the light so you have to loosen them...at
the same time and you can do a full 360 degrees as long as you don't have stuff attached to it!
There are little threaded teeth on the both sides so that it's going to stay affixed.
One more thing I can do here is take some photos with this light.
Of course you've seen what it's been doing this whole time with video. Photos are good, right?
Let's do photos... Obviously when companies send me
products I'm going to be careful of what I say and opinions I give, but so far it's
been working well. I haven't had any issues. It's really nice that you can connect it to
their other lights wirelessly and then use one to control and such.
So you could use a backlight in this case, one of the panels, and then use
this as the main key source. Things like that... Works really well or if you want to use their
phone app it does function, so that's an option. That was a look at the GVM SD200R full RGB
bi-color Bowens mount connector diffusion connector light and a nice compact case.
Anyways, I'm Scott from Photography Banzai. I hope you enjoyed the video, thanks!