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In this one we're going to be unboxing and reviewing
the Yongnuo YN365 RGB LED light.
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So, I've got with me the YN365 RGB video LED light.
There's a lot of RGB lights on the market today.
So, there's been ones released by Aputure,
there's been ones released by Godox and Boling.
This one here is Yongnuo's version
and it's a compact LED light
that has an internal battery.
So, you can use this as a run and gun light
or you can use this as part of a lighting setup.
So, you've got RGB 16 million color options.
You've also got HSI.
You've got a color temperature reading
between 2500 to 8500 kelvin.
You've also got 10 different scenes or lighting effects
and you've got 12 watts of power output.
So, inside the box it's got this nice little slide out box cover.
Inside you've got a carry case.
So, this is a little pouch.
It's a zipper pouch. It's also padded,
so that's nice that they've included one of them.
And you've got the Yongnuo warranty card.
You've got a USB cable.
So, that looks like a USB type A to type C.
Also have a cold shoe bracket.
And you've got a little 360 degree ball head.
The light itself.
Also got the instruction guide here.
So yes, that's all that's included.
Now having a look at the light,
first thoughts are that it looks like it's a really sturdy design.
It's made from metal.
So, this casing here is like an aluminium.
You've also got the HSI card here, the color palette.
So, all the way up to 1530.
And you've got a little LCD screen
on the back here with buttons on the side.
And you've got a diffuser on the front that's not detachable.
So, this one is permanently fixed on the actual light here.
And you've got a little protective film
on the front here that you can remove
because there's a protective film on the actual light itself.
Now, the battery capacity is 3300 milliamps,
224.42 watt hours.
And the battery is also 7.4 volts.
And it says the power rating there which is 12 watts.
Well, you've got a couple of mounting points,
quarter inch thread mounting points on the left side
and also on the bottom here.
So, we've got the YN365 mounted on a small desktop stand here.
We're using the 360 degree ball head mount which is great
because you can actually reposition the light
anywhere which way you prefer.
Now, in terms of the specs of the light,
firstly you've got a CRI rating of 95 plus.
You've got a TLCI rating of 97.
You've also got the 1530 different HSI options
which you can use the reference on the top here which is great.
So, the reference is actually used by sight basically.
So, if you're looking for a purple,
you dial in somewhere close to the 500 mark.
So, that's a really good tool there
just to for as a quick reference to glance at it
and know what color to choose.
On top of that you've got two different RGB modes.
You've got HSI with those 1530 options,
but you've also got RGB which is great
because that means 16 million different options.
You can dial in the specific RGB number
and you can use photoshop or some other tool
to determine what exact color you want
and you can dial it in with that too.
So, that's a really great feature
and not many other RGB lights have that
On top of that, you've got the usual color temperature mode
which is just a CCT mode between 2500 kelvin and 8500 kelvin.
The reason for this massive range of color temperatures
are because it actually at the center of that range
which is roughly about 5500 kelvin
is when all the color temperature LEDs will be on.
So, you can have them at maximum output.
And that's usually where you'll find the strongest
output from the light is at that middle range,
at that 5500 kelvin daylight
which is the mode that most people would be using it in.
So, there's 150 LEDs in this particular light.
Now, there's 40 warm LEDs, there's 40 cool LEDs
and there's 70 RGB LEDs.
So, that means the LEDs that you can see here are actually split
between those different types of color temperatures
and the RGB LEDs.
Now the output's at its strongest,
the cool temperature
which is actually 360 lumens at one meter.
So, if you want the maximum output from the light,
you'd be using it at the cool color temperature
which is at 5500 kelvin.
And now in terms of the actual features,
there's no magnetic mode.
So you do have some other
LED lights or RGB LED lights that have a magnet function
because the actual back key panel is magnetic
and you can attach that to anything that's metal basically.
And there's no sort of articulating arm
like other models of RGB light such as the BLP1 by Boling
and also the Godox M1.
But it is a great little
RGB light that has a mounting point there.
So, that means you can mount it to basically everything
including a camera tripod, a mini desk stand
or if you have some sort of bracket or clamp
that has a quarter inch thread.
This is a mountable light.
Now, this particular light supports
USB type-C and it supports QC 3.0.
And it actually offers three hours
of full output at 8500 kelvin.
So, there's a substantial amount of power
and the actual battery life
while you're using it which is great because a lot of the times
they use smaller batteries in the inside of these LED units
and you can't change these batteries.
So, you're basically stuck with it
and if it has really poor battery life
then it's not really that useful.
So, three hours is great.
Now, it also only takes two and half hours to charge it to full.
And it does support that quick charge.
So, that means you can plug it in
even just for like half an hour or so
and get quite a bit of charge out of it
and a little bit more battery life.
You can charge this with a little AC adapter.
So, they provide that USB cable, you plug it in.
You can charge it with that or you can charge it
with a portable battery pack
or you can plug it into a laptop or a computer.
So, it's really convenient to use.
Just like its size is convenient it's meant to be a run
and gun setup light.
Let's go through the menu
and just how to operate the light
as well as the different lighting effects.
Now, going through the menu, firstly just the on button
which doubles up as a mode button also.
So, just holding down that for a few seconds,
you'll see the little model there YN365.
And the first mode we see here
is the CCT mode which is the color temperature mode.
You've also got a little battery indicator
and you've got the output here.
So, that little sun icon is the output.
You have a true 0% too which is great.
So, that means when it's on 0%, the lights actually off.
And you've also got the color temperature reading there too.
So, when you press down on set
you can go down and press plus or minus
to increase or decrease on that color temperature range.
Now, as mentioned, it goes from 2500 kelvin
all the way up to 8500 kelvin
and when you hold down on the plus or minus
it actually speed cycles through those color temperature readings.
Now, pressing mode or the on button there,
pressing it down just a single touch,
you're go into HSI mode.
Here you can set that H or the hue mode of that
and select the number
that you want by pressing plus or minus and quick cycle
through that 1530 different options.
And pressing set which increases the intensity of the actual light.
And then lastly is the saturation there.
So, you can decrease or increase that saturation going from 0%
all the way upto 100%.
Now, jumping into the next mode which is RGB.
So, this is where I mentioned
that you have 16 million different options available.
Different combinations of the RGB mode.
So, you've got those three numbers there.
You can find out what the exact RGB number is
and you can dial that in specifically for R,
specifically for G and then specifically for B there.
And whatever number that is,
you can reference that somewhere online
or use photoshop
or using other color tools to find that exact RGB number
and that way you can really fine tune the different colors
that you can get out of this light which is great.
Next mode here is scenes.
So, scenes are like lighting effects.
A lot of these lights have lighting effects pre-built in.
This one in particular has 10 different lighting effects.
So, this is lightning one.
You've also got lightning two, cinema, police, ambulance,
fire truck, fast RGB cycle and you've got a slow RGB cycle
and you've got SOS, and also candle light.
So, that's the 10th scene there.
So, quite a few different scenes.
These are great to use in low light situations.
So, if you're filming a particular scene
and if you're doing cinematography or videography,
it's really great for that.
Apart from that, it tends to be quite novelty.
Using different lights like these
are just great to add in,
especially if you have these particular scenes to do.
So, if you're mimicking like a fire truck
or an ambulance then it's great.
But apart from that,
it appears to just really be a novelty feature.
And then lastly, you just hold down on the power button there
and it turns off.
You got the USB charging port at the top there
and that's where you plug in the USB type-C.
Now, a few cons on the YN365 which include it's not magnetic.
There's no diffusers available for it.
You could make your own diffusers
such as like a little diffuser sheet
if you wanted to soften the light a little bit more.
And there's also no articulating arm or unique way
to mount it apart from the mounting points
that are on the left side and the underside here as well.
The pros however are that it has the HSI mode
which has 1530 different options there for colors
as well as the RGB mode
which gives you16 million different options which is really great.
Some of those other RGB lights don't have that.
The price also is quite good.
So, it's competitively priced against some of the other similar lights.
So, just for a reference the cheapest of them
would probably be the ALMC by Aputure
and that's roughly about AUD 170.
You got the YM365 which sits at about the $200 mark.
Then you've got the Boling BLP1 which sits at about
that $240 mark alongside the Godox M1.
So, that's your sort of price points there.
So, you can see it's competitively priced for its size.
The ALMC by Aputure is a smaller light,
provides a little less output
but it's really competitive with the price
and it's got this really good app for it as well.
What we'll do now is throw up the readings
from the color meter which includes the CRI rating
and also the LUX reading at one meter.
So, that was just a quick unboxing
and review of the Yongnuo YN365 RGB LED light.
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and visit our website hypop.com.au.
Thanks for watching.