Hey guys, so today we're going to look at
the Neewer CN-160 LED video lighting
so here we go. Alright guys so I was
looking for some lighting to supplement
my video lighting in here. So I went
online and on Amazon, I was checking out
some of the lighting this one is only $33.00,
I'll have a link down in the
description if you want to check it out,
and it got pretty decent reviews so I
figured I'd pick it up and give it a
shot. So I'm going to do a quick unboxing
and then take a look at the
comparison of what it looks like with and
without this light. Inside, you know, we
got some basic foam in here, it looks
like there's a caddy for the battery
pack and here's the light itself, that's about
it. It looks like it's got some more
of the filter gels in here though the
one is in here, I'm going to put this off
to the side, the one is in here it just
kind of slides out and slide then really
easy and there is all the bulbs. So this
thing takes six AA batteries or
you can use I think it's a Sony or a
Panasonic battery for Panasonic D16, so
you can put Panasonic D16 battery in
here and snap it in there or you can use
six AAs so I'm going to go to the
AA route today. Alright guys so
here we are back from my battery so I'm
going to go ahead and pop these six
AA batteries in here
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and there we go that's all there is to
it. It kind of sticks out in the or it's
open to the back here the back cover
keeps the batteries in they're not going
to be popping out but I mean this is the
visual thing doesn't bother me. Then
there's a button on the bag that checks
the the power level so it's got four
lights and then on the side here it has
an on/off switch and the dimmable lights
so right now it's off I'm going to go
ahead and switch it on and that's the
lowest brightness and it's killing the
video I know but you could kind of get
an idea of how bright that gets will put
the gel in and you know it doesn't
really cut down on it too much so what
I'm going to do is I'm going to hook it
up to the Hatchi mounting the camera and
then do some some tests so the first
test I'm going to do is various levels
of brightness with the filter on and
we'll see how that looks
alright guys so here we are with the
first test it's full brightness I'm
squinting like crazy because this thing
is so bright it's ridiculous
it's on full brightness with the gel in
the hot shoe mount pointed right in my
face I still have my other my other
lights up here but you could probably
see a difference in the video because
this thing is absolutely blinding me
right now so the next test I'm going to
do right now is I'm going to turn off
the other two lights and just have this
one in front of me blinding there's no
way I could use this because it is so
bright that I can't even really see the
screen too much right now so here's what
it looks like with the studio lights off
and just the the light in the hot
treatment
alright so there we go just the one
light in the in the mount with full
brightness with the gel in the other two
studio lights are off and it's still
letting me out pretty well at this
distance it's the camera is probably
about four feet away from me right now
and yeah I'm going to turn it down a
little bit maybe do about half
brightness and see what that looks like
all right here it is about half
brightness and really I know you can't
even really see me so I'm going to end
this real quick but just so you know
this is the same distance with the gel
about half brightness alright guys just
to compare this is that same distance
same brightness with the gel out it's
about half half brightness about four
feet away alright guys and here I have
it set up over on the right of me behind
me a little bit for some backlighting I
have it on the full brightness with the
gel in there you can see this kind of
cat sunlight on the you know upper part
side of my face so I got my main light
my fill light and using that as a
backlight and it seems like this is a
much better use for this having it right
in front unless you have it you know
dimmed for some little extra light I'm
still seeing spots
so having it in front he is not going to
work out with this over on the side or
behind you right now I can't even see it
it's adding that extra light but it's
not blinding me that that's actually I
think a good use for this light or if
you're in a pinch and you're trying to
light up an area that's completely dark
it works pretty good for that it seems
like it's a it's a good device the price
is right you know 33 bucks it doesn't
feel too cheap it's definitely plasticky
but it seems like it's you know kind of
last a little bit the the shoe mount
that came with a slight is slid right
onto the camera I have it on a tripod
now twist it right on there no problem
with that so you know for 30 bucks you
can't go wrong I would definitely
recommend checking it out again I have a
link in the description and giving it a
try if you're trying to add a little
extra light on the cheap hopefully you
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