BUYERS’ GUIDE
LITEPANELS ASTRA 6X BI-COLOUR 1X1 £1038/$998 litepanels.com
LITEPANELS GEMINI 2X1 SOFT PANEL £3570/$3795 litepanels.com
Litepanels Astra 1x1 LED panels are lightweight and compact panels that deliver a bright and colour-accurate white light in the studio or on-location. There is automatic flicker-free performance at any frame rate or shutter angle, and at any intensity level. The brightest fixtures in the Astra family, Litepanels’ Astra 6X Bi-Colour LED panels have a maximumoutput intensity roughly equal to a 200WHMI fixture while drawing only 105W. With a CRI/ TLCI of 95, the Astra 6X’s colour rendition is perfect for flattering skin tones andwrapping your subjects with beautiful light.
The Litepanels Gemini Soft 2x1 RGBWW LED panel is a true soft light with over 16.7 million colours and 11 cinematic lighting effects at the touch of a button, as well as full-spectrum white light from 2700K to 10,000K. The top 300 industry- standard gels are built- in, with the ability to use either tungsten or daylight-balanced light, for a total of 600 gel options.WithaCRI rating of 99, the Gemini 2x1 LED creates consistent quality of light, with no colour shift or flicker at any frame rate or shutter angle and throughout the full range of dimming from 100 to 0%. You can also create and save your own custom lighting settings with six user-defined presets, then easily save the presets to a USB drive to quickly install to other Gemini fixtures. It’s pro kit that works incredibly well.
MANFROTTO LYKOS BICOLOUR LED £330/$299 manfrotto.com
the unit allows you to monitor all these controls, as well as battery status and your wireless function. The Lykos LED light set can be either mains-powered using the AC adapter, or through L-Type Li-ion batteries. They also come with a diffusion gel, and there is an optional Lykos LEDSoftbox formore diffusion. At 26x15.2cm/10.2x6inand4cm/1.6indeep, it’s a convenient bit of kit.
The compact Lykos Bicolour LEDpanel is small enough to take everywhere with you, but can produce big results. Using surface-mounted technology, these LED lights have special dedicated lenses that are super efficient to provide accurate colour. You can control the dimness and colour temperature either manually via the dials on the unit, or remotely through Bluetooth. An easy-to-read display at the back of
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