NAB 2016: Aputure Light Storm COB 120t

At NAB 2016, we talked with Ted at Aputure for an overview of their new hard LED light, the Light Storm COB 120t. I can finally tell you that I’ve had one of the first few off the assembly line and love this light. I’ve been in the market for an affordable fresnel LED with good color reproduction. While I don’t have the barn doors, softbox, beauty dish, or fresnel lens just yet, I’m looking forward to getting my hands on those for a full review. If you’ve watched any of my videos over the last couple of months, the back light (kicker) was the COB 120t which I gelled with a CTB gel to match the daylight balanced Light Storm LED panels.

Special thanks to Scott Vanderbilt who was kind enough to bring his brand new Sony FS5 camera to film this series. He used this opportunity to learn his camera, so please understand that he did us a huge favor and also learned when auto focus would work or not work. :)

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Gear mentioned in or used to record this episode:

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Aputure Light Storm COB 120t Flood/Hard Light

Coming soon: May 2016 for the Tungsten model and accessories, July or August for the daylight balanced model

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Sennheiser MD 46 Dynamic Cardioid Microphone (great handheld mic for show floor interviews)

Amazon: https://geni.us/OtcNIGD

B&H Photo/Video: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/223940-REG/Sennheiser_MD46_MD46_Dynamic_ENG.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/SEMD46/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSEMD46

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Sony FS5 Camera (Yes, the focus was hunting - lesson learned that the face detect auto focus does not work well when faces turn to the side)

B&H Photo/Video: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1185424-REG/sony_pxw_fs5_xdcam_super_35.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/SOPXWFS5/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSOPXWFS5

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Copyright 2016 by Curtis Judd

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