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In this one, we're unboxing and reviewing the Godox
LED 1000 Bicolor II.
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Let's get into it. So, here it is.
It's the LED 1000 Bicolor II.
So, this here is a LED panel by Godox.
So, Godox have a bunch of differentl
LED lights and now continuous light.
So, they've moved from flashlights
into the continuous lighting game.
And they have so many different models.
We've actually gone through and compared quite a few of them.
So, if you want to take a closer look at that video,
click the link up above.
Now let's go through and unbox this product here.
Firstly, once we open it up,
we've got like a little white card in here,
this white card and has what looks like the AC adapter.
So, it's a standard AC adapter here.
It has a special connection point there
that will match up to the light
and you've got a standard figure eight cable there,
just the cable depending on the region that you're working with.
You've also got some instruction guides here
and a warranty card, and also a remote control.
So, this is the Godox RC-A5 II
and that's a standard remote control by Godox
that controls some of their other LED lights also.
Now, there is a new remote control
which is the RC-A6 and that's for the newer lights.
So, we'll show some of the compatibilities
of this particular remote control up on screen.
And we've got the light and that's it there.
So, there's no carry case or anything.
It actually just comes boxed in this card in here.
There's a bunch of foam pieces also.
And you've got the light here.
So, we've got the light on the stand here,
and you can see it's a fairly large LED panel.
It measures at about 43x46 cm, so almost a square shape.
And it's about 10 centimeters in thickness.
So, you can see there it's quite a slim light.
I mean, there are slimmer lights in the market but overall,
they've managed to put that all into a compact size.
Now, there's a total of 1024 LEDs on this light here
and it's split because it is a bi-color light.
So, that means it's color temperature
adjustable from 3200 kelvin to 5600 kelvin
and it has 1024 individual LEDs. However, the
LEDs are split between the two different color temps.
So, you've got 512 LEDs of the warmer color temp
and you've got 512 of the cooler white
LEDs. So, when you actually use the light
and you're controlling the color temperature
when you're adjusting on either end,
so if you're going to the warmer end or to the cooler end,
it actually uses less of the LEDs
and you're not getting as much output as you should.
However, when you go to that middle range of the LEDs
which is at about 4400 kelvin, that's when all the
LEDs themselves will be on
and that means you'll be getting maximum output
which is roughly about 4400 LUX at 1 meter.
Now, this light itself has all the typical specs
you'd expect from an
LED light that's used for video and for film
and it has CRI rating of 95 and a TLCI rating of 98.
And overall, it's a great continuous light
and it's something that is quite a popular shape apart from other
LED lights such as continuous COB LED light's the big ones
that allow you to mount bowens modifiers.
This one here is obviously a standard shape.
It has barn doors
that are already built into the light themselves
and there's also a slide in diffuser.
Now, the great thing about this light
is that there's a yoke bar too.
So, this yoke bar has two knobs on the side.
It allows you to tilt the light in any which direction.
Now, the main reason you'd have a yoke bar like this is,
one, you'll be able to mount it on a stand, two,
you'll be able to mount it onto a ceiling mount if you have one
or if you have a wall mount also.
So, if you have a permanent studio space,
a yoke bar is a con configuration
or a nice convenient know bracket to have for you
to allow to mount it into a studio space.
And on the back here, you can see the light itself.
You have AC powering.
It's actually a DC-AC adapter and it's 16.8 volts.
And then you've also got one battery plate here.
And that's for your V-lock batteries.
These are sold separately.
So, you can obviously power this via battery
and use this on location or outdoors.
And you've got an LCD display.
You've also got just a dimming knob.
You have channel and group functions
because there is wireless mode on this light.
This light here has 2.4 gigahertz
and you can control this light and a group of lights
because you can set them to different groups and channels
with this remote control here.
You've also got DMX controls too.
So, you have your DMX in and out which is convenient.
And you also have the larger
five pin DMX XLR connections here.
And you've got your on/off button.
And that's pretty much it.
So, just running through the menu here,
firstly we'll just switch the light on.
We've got it powered via just the AC here.
And you can see the LCD display shows a few things.
Firstly, it shows the battery capacity.
So, right now it's just full battery because it's plugged in.
You've also got the channel which is channel one
and also the group which is group A.
So, this is used to match that up with your remote control.
So, you can control this wirelessly.
Now, you can change this
using the channel and group buttons here.
So, when you press down on it, it highlights the group
and you can use the dial to change the group,
or when you press it again it highlights channel
and you can change the channel from 1 to 16 too.
So, you have a few different options there.
It's also convenient just in case you have interference
with other 2.4 gigahertz devices.
So, it's important to set that correctly.
Now you see there's also a percentage here,
so that's your output percentage.
The output percentage can go to a true zero
which means the light itself is actually off
and the other lights on. However, the actual LEDs are off
and then you can go up in 1% increments
all the way up to 100%.
And you can see you can do that in 1% increments too.
The only I guess thing that's a little bit inconvenient
is that there's not a true speed increase
and decrease of the intensity.
So, you have to spin it quite a few times
to get from 0 to 100.
So, if you really want to go to full output,
there's no real quick way to do
that straight away at a preset or anything like that.
Now, this dial actually doubles up as a button.
So, you can press down on it.
You can see it has an option there it's called set.
Now, right now it's on 3300 kelvin.
So, the range of the color temp
can be changed in 100k increments.
So, from 3300 kelvin all the way up to 56,
and you can see there it's flashing.
Now, you can adjust that here on the dial
or you can use the remote control to do that.
And that's pretty much it.
So, it's really that simple to use the light.
When you want to go ahead and use the DMX settings,
it actually turns off there because it means
that it's switching over to DMX controller mode
and that means it doubles back into your inputs here
to go back to your DMX controller.
So, that's just what that button's for.
But apart from that, the v-locking plate is right here
and that accepts all standard v-lock batteries.
And it's just really one of those convenient lights to use,
especially if it's something that you need
to take on location due to its size.
Just a few other notes about this light,
firstly the remote control takes two AAA batteries.
So, so that's something to take note of.
Also, in terms of the output, I mentioned this earlier
basically when you're on either end of the spectrum
of that color temperature range that 3300 kelvin,
you're outputting less than you are
when you're at the midrange of the color temperature range.
So, at 3300 kelvin, it's about 2200 LUX at 1 meter
and then at the midrange which is 4400 kelvin,
it's about 48000 lux at one meter.
And then at the top end, at the daylight range,
so if you're only using the daylight bulbs,
it's 2600 lux at 1 meter. So, just take note of that,
especially if you need it for a particular color temperature.
Either way, this light here is great
because it is nice and portable.
It's actually quite cost effective too.
We throw some of that pricing up onscreen
as well as the conversions.
But on top of that, it's probably a light
that you'd add to a overall lighting kit.
So, you may have two of these as part of a kit
or you may have this bundled with a COB light,
something like the Godox SL60 or maybe the SL150 II.
So, pairing that up with other continuous lights
would probably make this light a bit more versatile.
It's something that you can use as a key light for example.
If you're on location
and you're shooting like an interview scenario
or perhaps if you're shooting something
that's well lit on either side, you can use two of these
or bundling this into a three light kit
so you can have like a nice larger COB light
that has a soft box
that you can mount onto it to produce that light
and then using these as background lights
or perhaps room lights and hair lights.
They'd be really good for that. They're not that heavy either.
So, they're about two kilos.
And that means you can mount them onto stands
you can prop them up really high without having to worry
about stability and things like that.
And then on top of that, these bundles are really good too
because you can cut the light
and direct the light a little bit better.
And also, the bundles double up as almost like
a lighting modifier if you seal this up
and then cover it with perhaps a scrim
or maybe even some baking paper.
That way you can make a makeshift soft box
with this light too.
Now, the only other thing is that it doesn't come with--
Well, this light in particular anyway
because this is the bi-color.
It only comes in with the slide-in soft diffuser.
There's no tungsten version.
There is a daylight version of this light.
So, if you're after just raw output of daylight,
there is a daylight version
and that one there comes in with two sliding diffusers,
one with the soft diffuser
and also the soft orange color diffuser too.
So, that's something to take note of.
But overall, a really good light from Godox.
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