Ahoj! This is Zdenka. Are you on a tight budget? Most of us are. Do you need strong video light?
Yes, Always. Are you a beginner? I am more on the intermediate
level but at one point I was starting out. Do you need strong continous light, cheap
light for photography? Yes. I can’t work with flashes anymore. An
interesting product came few days ago which I must say I enjoyed using as I was filming
my previous video with it. GVM P80S LED LIGHT. This is not a sponsored
video, GVM provided the product for a review. So let’s review this. Lot of people are
comparing this light to Aperture 120D because it is quite strong.
The only difference is that the 120D is quite expensive and this one is little over $100.
So let’s look at some specifications. It is COB continuous light,
colour temperature is 56000K, CRI is 97, it is very lightweight, it weighs only 0.9KG,
and it has universal Bowens mount so you can attach whole bunch of
accessories to it. It is quite small, size is 215x128x168mm. Let’s talk about the light
itself before I show you what you actually get. Which features it has
and which feature it doesn’t have. Now, I am using it right now as we speak and I
can pretty confirm that it quite strong. What I really like is actually the
skin tone. The skin tone is really nice with this light. Before I was using this I was
just filming all my other videos with the video ring light which is in a
similar budget range. So just to compare, here is the skin tone I would get with the
ring light. And here is the skin tone I would get with this GVM light.
You can see that the colour is so much nicer and of course it is mainly because of the
soft box which is provided and it gives nice softness to it. Let's
compare the strength. I have the ring light right now at full power. My camera settings
are ISO 250, my aperture is F/3.5, shutter speed obviously is 1/50th
because I am shooting at 24fps. And I am using Canon M6 Mark ii with the kit lens 15-45mm.
Now, I am going to switch the light, keep the same settings. And
now I am filming the GVM light. Now the power is at about 60%, there is no numbers again
so it is little bit over the half, I would say 60%. So let me now
turn it all the way at full power and see my settings. So now the light is at the full
power and I was able to drop the ISO to 200 from the previous setting
which was 250. And when it comes to photography if I am gonna be taking photos with this light
at full power at this settings, my camera settings would look
like this. For filming Youtube videos like this, this light is absolutely perfect. I
know I am switching from the ring light. So what do you actually get in
this price range? You get light….. The light arrives in a box with foam in it so you could
use it to store the light, it doesn’t come with carrying bag.
You will get the light, power cord, light stand and softbox. And obviously manual will
be there too. As you can see it is small and light. The material is
Aluminium Alloy with PC plastic. That is actually why it is so light. It has a cooling fan.
Now, how loud? We are going to test that later. Does it overheat?
Well, we are going to test that as well. In the front you have the light, Bowens Mount
allows you to attach all kinds of light modifiers. It is very simple,
just align with the hole and turn until it clicks. To take it off, pull the buckle at
the top and remove. Here are vents and let’s look at the back where you
have the brightness adjustment knob and here is where you can attach the power cord. As
you can see, there is no display, nothing, no numbers on the adjustment
knob. So you just turn it to make it brighter and darker. As I was using the light I noticed
that the bigger difference in the strength is in the first half,
from 0 to the first half. Then from the half to full power it is not so gradient. Angle
fixing handle is here. And here is where you attach the light to the
stand. The light stand is also very light. I would not over tighten the screws tough,
I would be gentle. The legs could be little bit wider. It is not going
to tip over it holds well, but since it is very light you don’t want to accidentally
knock it over. The power cord has this box here. I wish this part of cord
from the light was a lot longer as when I am using this light, I see that it is hanging
and the weight of it is pulling the cord down quite a bit. I would
attach it to a stand as it could potentially damage this area here. Let’s look at the
softbox. It is a smaller size. To ensemble it, it was very simple and
very straight forward. It is very easy to put it together. When you are purchasing this
light you can choose the modifier you want. You can go with the
light with softbox or umbrella or this light chimney. They certainly have few options to
choose from. 2 things need to be tested with this light which are
very important. One of them is fan noise. I can tell you it is quite quiet. So what
I am gonna do, I am gonna test it with my microphone here. I have my
microphone set up right here very close to me. It also depends what microphone you are
gonna be using. Right now I am using the Mirfak newly released
microphone, I am testing that one as well. Normally I use just basic Rode microphone.
So let me hold it in my hands and test the sound. And now the light is
on a stand as I would normally use it during filming, so it is few feet away from me. Microphone
is over here, so let me get very quiet and see what kind of
noise we are getting. In this space you can hear it very little. That can be further adjusted
in the post. I am gonna do that in Adobe Premiere Pro. I am just
gonna use the denoise feature there. If I compare it to the ring light which is over
there, the ring light has no fan so it is absolutely silent. This one has
fan but like I said, the noise is quite little. And the second test, does it overheat? When
I was filming with this light few days ago, I had it about, at about
60% of the power, I was filming for 2 hours and there were absolutely no issues whatsoever.
Last night I did a test when I cranked up the light, the strength
all the way to full power and I left it here for good hour and it didn't shut off, it didn't
overheat, it was fine, it works perfectly fine. When I touched it,
it was little bit warmer, the heat ring was quite warmer, but I don't see any issues,
it is not overheating. So my conclusion is I think it is pretty good
light for someone who is on a very tight budget. If you don't need the mode control, if you
don't need the channels and all that, and display, you just need
a light, I think it is just fine. Now I have very similar lights in the same price range
for photography. Those are flash lights. Actually the one is right
there. I bought it 14 years ago. And it still works well. I still use it these days. I didn't
even have to change the light bulb. The only thing I had to
change on those lights were the fixing knobs which attach actually the light to the light
stand. I over tightened them and they kind of cracked. So that's
the only thing but I think this light will be just fine and it's gonna last. If you are
interested to see the pricing in your currency based on where you live,
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