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Do you ever find yourself asking what on camera light you should get for interviews, events, corporate shoots etc…? All at the same time wishing it has all the capabilities and restrictions; doesn’t get hot enough to bake a pizza on but still light the whole room, dimmable to get variations, able to change colour temperatures, light and portable, well constructed body and if I missed anything then comment on this post and you’ll be famous. 

As LEDs are becoming more more popular, more companies are developing new products to meet our industry needs – well at least trying to meet our needs. A popular LED that you will see at this year’s NAB show is Lowel’s Blender LED

The Blender LED has both daylight and tungsten LED, the top 6 are daylights and the bottom 6 are tungsten. Both can be controlled individually by a way of a dimmer on the back.

From what the person that owns this told me is that this LED is 2x the wattage of Litepanel’s Micro light but he didn’t have the exact wattage on it.  The light weighs around 2lbs  so that is 2lbs extra on your camera. You can get the adapter that attaches to this to take Sony L series, Panasonic CGA series and Canon BP series batteries and this has to be mentioned when ordering.

The video I shot below was a quick shoot, sorry for the bad footage but I just wanted to display the capabilities of each LED light. I shot this on the Canon XH A1 at 1/48th at f3.4. The first light is Litepanel’s Micro light, 2nd  is Sima LED and the last one is Lowel’s Blender LED.

Have a look and judge for yourself and if you have any questions pls don’t hesitate to ask and if you have comments then put them in.

For the HD version click here