3 LED Lights: Lupo, bitLighter, & LED GO

New LED Lights for video and filmmaking are hitting the market so quickly that I cannot possibly review them all. But here is an overview of three fairly unique lights I’ve had the pleasure to work with over the last couple of months. The first is the Lupo Superpanel Full Color 30, an RGBW light which effectively serves as a key or effect light with equal agility. It even includes special effects such as police car lights.

The second is called the bitLighter which is essentially a large flashlight (or torch for our British friends) that is specifically designed for video and photography lighting. It has a focusable beam which ranges between 10 and 56 degrees making it very useful for hard effects. You can also swap out the LED head to a variety of color temperatures between 2700K and 5700K.

And finally, we have a look at the LED GO E268C, and edge-lit LED pad about the size of the larger iPad Pro. This makes a very nice soft light to use as a key light or rim light. Because it is so thin, it is easy to use this light in places where traditional soft light sources (such as lights with soft boxes) could never fit.

Full Disclosure: Each of these lights was given to me free of charge from their respective manufacturers. None of them paid me beyond providing the light and they did not review this video before I posted it. All opinions shared here are my own.

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Links to gear:
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Lupo Superpanel Full Color 30 RGBW LED Panel - my new favorite background and effect light that also works as a key

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2MBVZSE

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bitLighter LED Flashlight/Torch - Incredibly small form factor for a lot of hard light

bitLighter: https://www.bitlighter.com/shop/

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LED GO E268C Bi-color Edge-lit LED Pad - super thin and light, making it a great soft light source for tight spaces

Vistek Canada (also ship to USA): https://bit.ly/2wzgDK9

Holdan UK: https://www.holdan.co.uk/LEDGO/LG-E268C

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Deity D3-Pro Shotgun Microphone - this was recorded in my car with the D3-Pro

Amazon: http://geni.us/zIxBt

B&H: Coming Soon

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Zoom F8n Audio Recorder

Amazon: http://geni.us/aXim

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2JvAnmj

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Panasonic GH5s Camera - my favorite small camera for video

Amazon: http://geni.us/hnP75j

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2Cbt6mY

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Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS Lens - this is the the lens I use more than any other on the GH5s

Amazon: http://geni.us/uMsKam

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2i6s2gv

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Copyright 2018 by Curtis Judd

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