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So, I've got with me the brand new Godox
UL150 silent LED video light.
Godox have been recently releasing quite a few different
LED lights branching into that COB LED light market
including the VL150, 200 and 300,
and now with the new UL150.
Let's take a closer look at this light here
and see what's included as well as some of the features
that make it different from the other lights
they have available.
[Music] Just opening this up.
The first thing we see is the instruction guide here.
There's also a warranty card and the QC pass card.
And you've got some cables here. This looks like some DMX cables.
And a figure 8 cable.
As well as it's like a velcro strap
with a little mounting point.
I'm assuming this is going to be for the control pack.
Let's open this up.
Okay, there's a few bits and pieces in here.
Firstly, we've got the reflector.
This looks slightly different to the standard bones reflector.
It looks like it's a little more narrow.
It's also got a pattern on the inside here.
And having seen some of these before,
these are basically used to amplify
the light a little bit more.
So, usually they're at about a 60 degree reflector.
This one here is a little bit more narrow.
I believe it's 55 degrees. It's a bowens reflector too
because this particular lights are bowes mount.
And you've got the power adapter
that's to be used with the figure eight cable.
[Music] And you've got the light itself which is here.
Looks quite large. And also just the control pack.
So, having a look at the light just the first impressions
are that the actual light itself is larger than the VL-150.
That's to accommodate the large heat sink that's on the inside.
So, this light here is marketed as a silent light.
So, that means there's no fans which is perfect for filmmakers
and videographers who are concerned about having
that sort of ambient sound from the fan.
That way you won't have to worry about it
with this particular light because there are no fans.
And there's just a large heatsink on the inside there
that will help dissipate the heat when the light's in use.
So, I've got the UL150 set up on a stand here.
Firstly, let's take a closer look
at some of the physical designs.
The actual unit itself is larger than the VL150.
So, if you're comparing those two lights,
that's something to take note of.
It's actually larger physically as well as heavier.
So, it weighs about three kilos compared to the VL150
which is only two kilos
and that's because of the big heatsink on the inside here.
On the outside, you can see there's a lot of laser cutouts
on the actual chassis
and that's to further heat dissipate
when the actual light's on as well
as that really large metal heatsink on the inside.
You've still got that back handle here to help
with tilting as well as the u-bracket or the yoke bar
that you just need to loosen on one side here
to control the actual tilting and movement of the head.
Now the great thing about the movement of the head
is that you can actually move it almost 360 degrees,
so if you've got the cable plugged in on the back here,
you will be restricted
when going towards the bottom here of the oak bar,
but when you're actually rotating,
you can see it almost goes the full way
and the handle just hits on the opposite side there.
So, that's really good to see that they've included that.
And they've thought about the design because some other lights
including some of the larger cob lights,
they don't have that full movement for the head.
Now on the front side here,
you can actually see an umbrella mount
and that's built into the front part of the head here.
And it's also a bowens mount.
So, the bowens mount means that you can use bowens modifiers
including soft boxes, barn doors, snoots,
a whole bunch of different lighting modifiers.
On the front here, you can see COB chip
and that's your single point light source
as it's the same basically as all their other COB lights.
On the back here, you've also just got the DMX control plug
and that's a locking plug too
which is great just in case it gets yanked
and the actual cable won't get pulled out.
Overall it's a great design
It is a little bit heavier so you need to take note of that.
But the good thing about it
is that it actually separates itself with the power
or the control pack here and also the power adapter.
So, some units, some mono block heads that are
LED lights,they build all of the controls into one unit.
So, Godox have separated that similar to the VL150
where you've got the control pack separate
and you connect the cable here to the back of the light.
And you've also got the ac adapter separate too.
So, that means you can have this up on a C stand or a boom stand,
have some elevation with your light
and not have to go up to the light to control anything.
It also makes it less top-heavy, so that means you can safely
mount it at a higher position without any worries.
Now in terms of other accessories they've included,
firstly they've got this bowens reflector here.
And you can see that just clicks straight into place.
There we go. And they've also included a little strap here.
So, this is a little velcro strap.
They call it a fastener. You can see it's actually
got like a little v-lock plate here in the front.
And that just connects to the back here
at the actual v-lock battery mounting point at the back.
and that's if you're not using a battery.
And that's to lock in the ac adapter.
So, I've got the AC adapter here and you just need to wrap
that around the ac adapter there and mount
it directly to the back of the control pack here
so it's all in one unit there
so you're not having a separate unit lying around.
It also helps with the cable management,
so that's a really good feature.
Now on the top of the control pack,
there's a little plastic hook
it actually comes pushed in like that
so you can just pull that out there,
and that's what you can use to hang the control pack
off the light stand.
You've also got two antenna ports here
so you can screw on the two antenna ports
as well as just the cable connection to the back
there that goes down to the battery pack.
Now the light itself, the main feature of it
is that it's silent and it's fanless.
So, that's great because that means you're actually--
you can use it in so many different situations.
A lot of LED lights, that's their major drawback
is that sometimes the fan gets quite loud,
especially when using it for extended periods
or if you're using it at higher intensities.
So, this is one of the first lights, COB lights anyway,
that have a fanless design which is great.
It's perfect for close-up work, head shots,
just lighting in general if you're too concerned
about fan noise, this is the light to go for.
It still has that output of 150 watts,
so that's the same as a VL150. Although it does come at a cost.
So, it is slightly more expensive than the VL150.
However, if fan noise is important to you
then this is the one to look for.
A few things that are different to the VL150.
Firstly are that there's no remote that's included
that's the RC A5 Mark ii.
So, you can purchase that separately.
But if you're wanting to wirelessly control
this you'll need to purchase that optional remote.
And there's also no case.
So, the VL150 comes with a large case
and that there is not included with this VL150.
So, this light here is a no frills light.
There's no effects or anything like that other COB lights
like the VL150
and also this Aputure C300D or the C120D Mark ii.
They all have lighting effects.
This one here is a point source light.
It's literally just a single light source
that you can control the intensity,
turn it on or off and it has that 450 watt power.
Now, just going through the box again,
I actually missed the component that is included.
There's two antennas here
that just screw to the top part here of the control pack.
One's got a silver interior and one's got a gold interior
and that matches up to the silver
and gold mounting points here. So, you just need to ensure
that you mount them to the correct ones.
You can see one antenna is actually smaller than the other.
Now the reason you would need an antenna is to use
that wireless remote control that RC-A5 Mark ii.
And it's similar to the remote control
that's with the VL series of the VL150, 200 and 300.
You can purchase that separately and control this wireless.
So now, in terms of actually just using the light,
all you need to do is just turn the light on.
There is an actual 0% there,
so you can see 0% is an actual true off state.
And as you increase in intensity,
you can increase it 1% increments
all the way up to 100%.
So you can see that's quite bright there,
especially when using that reflector.
And that's pretty much it.
So, there's an on off button as well as a brightness wheel.
And lastly, it's just the group channel button here.
So, when you press down on the channel button,
it highlights channel.
And you can use the wheel to select your channel
or you can press again and that will highlight group
and you can change the group setting
to match up to your wireless remote control.
Apart from that it can be battery operated as well
if you're using v-lock batteries.
And on top of that, it's just a great source
light in terms of the actual fanless design.
It really is one of the first innovations
they made for COB lights in a while.
A lot of the lights, they have step-less or proportionate fans
where they would increase and decrease in fan speed
based on the output.
Having a fanless design completely for an LED light
which is important for a lot of filmmakers
as well as video makers,
it's great to see Godox is innovating with that also.
Finally, just the main technical specs for the UL150
which include that it's a 5600 kelvin light,
has a variance of plus or minus 200k which isn't too bad.
Also it has a CRI rating of 96 and a TLCI rating of 97.
And with the actual reflector on,
you've got a 58,000 lux reading at one meter.
So, it is a great single point source light.
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