LED Light

Hands on with the Godox MG2400Bi LED beast

Sep 30, 2023 John Aldred

We’ve seen a lot of big lights coming out of lighting companies in the last few years, and right now, it seems to be Godox’s…

Nanlite announces powerful AC-powered FC500B and FC300B LED lights

Sep 27, 2023 John Aldred

Nanlite has announced its new bicolour FC series LED lights. The FC series, so far, contains two lights. There’s the FC-300B (buy here) and the…

First look at Nanlite new PavoSlim panels

Sep 26, 2023 Udi Tirosh

If you’ve been around long enough, you probably remember that the LED lighting revolution started with LED panels. Then came the big LED COBs and the LED tubes. It’s nice to see that the panels are getting a renaissance, and it’s especially interesting to look at the new PavoSlim line from Nanlite. They have multiple configurations and sizes at what is probably the thinnest light I have seen to date. Specifically, the PavoSlim 60B/60C and PavoSlim 120B/120C.

Hands-on with Colbor’s colourful 220W RGB COB LED

Sep 20, 2023 Alex Baker

We covered Colbor’s innovative stackable CL60 lights last year, and since then, the brand has gone from strength to strength. Now Colbor has a bunch…

A small light fit for a Smallrig

Sep 17, 2023 Alex Baker

Smallrig has been leading the way lately in compact COB LED lights. Brand Ambassador David Zhou showed DIYP their smallest one yet: the RC 60B….

Using LED lights for wedding photography

Sep 12, 2023 Tom Saimon

Today, we are moving things up a notch by using LED lights for wedding photography. If you’ve ever photographed a wedding, there is a good chance you used a strobe to capture the event. Maybe it was a hot shoe strobe, or maybe you set up strobes on light stands in strategic places on the floor. But you can do better with LED video lights