Gerhart Enders Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I'm still pretty new to lighting. Recently I was able to try some kino flos for a few days and I was really happy the images I was able to get. I have saved up enough to buy a gaffer set, and I really would like to own a good set of lights so that I can just spend a lot of time practicing and testing things out to learn for myself. My question though, is this not a great investment considering how LED technology is coming along? Are there LED lights out now that I could get instead that have a similar look/output without having to deal with replacing bulbs etc. Or is there something better to buy for someone that is finally buying their own lights? I do a little bit of everything, portraits, photography, short films. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Kino is dirt cheap compared to an LED unit which would provided the same level of professionalism... At least from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted August 21, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted August 21, 2018 You could get Quasar Crossfaded in a Kino housing-- or the new Kino LED tubes in the same housing. That seems to be the way those things are going these days. The nice thing about the Quasars (not sure on the Kino LEDs) is you can easily pop out a tube if you'd like/need to place elsewhere and they are "tunable." you could also go cheaper with just the 3200/5600 switch Quasars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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