Meet The Gaffer #324. Two experiments using the Godox P600Bi HARD 1x1. #1: P600Bi HARD vs F600Bi using the same diffusion. #2: P600Bi HARD vs The SUN www.godox.com
Glad to see someone talking about this light. It immediately caught my eye a few months ago since 600w of hard light is pretty impressive for the size and price given it's basically a bicolor vortex 8 at half the size, 2/3 the weight, and 1/5 the price...
Yes, I didn’t go into much detail re crossfading and the like, but no doubt other RU-vidrs will get to that. There is a lot to like in the offerings from Godox. What I don’t know about is customer support and repairs. It’s something a number of us have been harping on because it’s what we expect from brands that are offering “pro” tools, but is often lacking from newer, rapidly rising brands.
Love that opening move with the mask ... but slow ... it ... down! Yours in one of the best "backstage" video shows offered on RU-vid. Thanks for taking the time and care with it. And not using fill light on this one!
Thanks for watching and responding. I’m actually trying a few different changes, tempo being one, along with snappier Titles and Thumbnail, as part of a RU-vid related experiment😆 Some things may work while others may not!
Thank you. My apologies, but I probably won’t be making a separate video for that one test. It’s going to act in a similar way, and would probably work best with a double break, where you spread the beam with a small frame of diffusion before it gets to the 8x8, like an inner baffle in a larger soft box. Hope that helps!
DO you know if the F600 light mat can fold to (roughly) 30x60cm, or is it limited to 60x60cm? I need to find this out as i'd be transporting the light in a thinktank production manager case. Thanks for the great reviews!
DJI is expanding into so many different markets. And it would seem with quality products that are in demand. Such a departure from the drone company they started out as. Let us know how that mic kit performs over time Luke.
To this point, I’ve been using the Sennheiser AVX system with Lumix GH cameras and it works great. Recently, I added a handheld with a newish Sennheiser wireless system that also works well with mirrorless cameras. I had tried the original Lark system from Hollyland, but it stopped working pretty early on. Now they have a Lark Max system, which has hopefully fixed earlier issues. Rode is out with a similar set, that a lot of RU-vidrs are touting. I bought the DJI set and so far so good.
@@meetthegaffer Also use the AVX for OMB sit-downs , what are the advantages over the AVX , ? besides internal recording ? is that the reason you changed .. advantage I found with AVX is its using 1.9 GHz where all the others are 2.4Ghz , which is the same as mobile phones or something like that .. are these also 2.4Ghz.? Also how are you finding the intellytech mega6 , thought you might have used it for this video .
@robinprobyn1971 I’ll keep using the AVX, but the DJI is a nice back up and really well suited to get good audio while working with the iPhone when my GH setup is too cumbersome or not fast enough. I haven’t used the 6FC in a bit, just because the 4x4 has been super handy and locations large enough to accommodate the extra size. The Intellytech is easier to fly (menace arm) when I need something brighter than an Air Mat and not as large as a COB with a dome.
The test with the P600Bi outside the house at the end is impressive. Do you think you can have something "similar" in the global illumination of the scene with the f600bi and the grid? Thanks
For the inside comparison we used the same diffusion with both units. On the outside I wanted to see how the “hard” light aspect of the unit would play. The Flex light doesn’t really have a similar hard light aspect, even without the diffusion. The F600Bi would not have the same punch or characteristic because its emitters are spread out much more than the small panel’s emitters.
As a hard fixture hits a diff maybe 30% of the light bounces back off to behind the set - this would make the 180FC vs 220FC to be entirely as expected fir the same watts burned. This bounce/leak can provide fill to the scene.. or just be a waste. neither hard or soft seems good or bad. Pack down.. this we could have seen a little more of. In the past I though hard light + softbox got smaller than a big (say 2.1) panel like a sky panel, but if these soft panels stack or roll they could pack very efficiently. Id guess a 3.3 or 4.4 soft panel is better than a 1.1 panel (which you cant do a good beam with anyway) but a 600 into an 8.8 might be more better than either and take a fresnel too for other lighting styles.
@@meetthegaffer yep the floppy panels are a massive win for (not) taking space on the set. Ive completed a film recently and the F21c was the winning fixture.
@@TheSpivJust search for make-up heads or similar. I would aim for between really light and really dark skin and some contours, nose, so you know what you’re into if someone’s features are more prominent. Hedley comes with glasses too, which is good for seeing how your light will play in reflections. Some people add a wig or build up the complexion with putty. There are YT videos available😉
