Your comments / experience with Dedolight's Ledzilla

[Jean Déraps]

I'm looking into an on camera light...this seems like a good one:

LEDZILLA

Does anyone have this or has used it to give some feedback?

Thanks

 

[Clayton Talmon]

I agree with you. It looks like a great light.
I have 3 Cool lite 600's and I feel this would be a great addition.

I have not gotten my hands on one yet.

I would love to hear from someone who has one - as well.

 

[Paul Kalbach]

I haven't used one, but examined one at NAB. I felt it was the best on board LED I've seen...

 

[axel ebermann]

I tried one but I think it is too 'pointy' as in focused
light source for a LED light.

My weapon of choice is the Lite Panels Mini.

 

[Jeff Garton]

I own two. I used them extensively when shooting a film in Mammoth cave. They are cool for what they do. Small, battery powered (I mounted the optional Panasonic battery plates to them). They can shoot a controlled beam, unlike more common LED soft lights. The beam is cutable, which can also be useful. The flip on CTO and diffusion frames are functional. They pack good punch in a concentrated area for a battery powered unit that size. I could lay them on ledges, or rig them on spider pods down corridors. Great units to position quickly. I was worried about the CRI, but they worked well with the HMIs that I was mixing them with. I generally avoided using them on faces, but inevitably they ended up as key lights for people briefly in a few situations and didn't have any issues with wacky skin tones.
Drawbacks: the two barndoors do not rotate. Spotting the beam does not make it brighter, it just makes the beam tighter. A bit strange. I also used two Litepanel Micro pros. These are not very robust instruments, but worked well. Very different quality of light tho. The Ledziillas are the only LEDs I know of that do what they do. They are not cheap, and I don't pull them out often, but they have proved invaluable when I need them.
Also, they were easier to carry than the 600 lbs of batteries we hauled around to power the Joker 200 and 400s.

 

[Mitch Gross]

You might find this useful.
http://blog.abelcine.com/2009/08/17/presenting-the-dedolight-mini-dlob-led-light/

And this.
http://blog.abelcine.com/2010/04/15/dedolights-new-ledzilla-attachments/

 

[Stephen Lovett]

I own a couple as well, (bought from AbelCine btw) and think they are great.

I agree with every thing Jeff said, but would add a couple of points. They last forever on a charge and there are a lot of power options. I had some Sony's from a previous camera that work super well.

I don't like the color of the "tungsten" flip down filter much, and found that warming it up a little with some 1/4 minus green and some 1/4 straw or something similar was needed.

They are also super light and small so you can put them just about anywhere for a rim or kicker. My favorite location last year was inside an old fashioned pot bellied wood stove with some orange gel and they cut cut really cleanly. Not much punch, and certainly no replacement for the dedo 150's, but they are a nice tool to have in the kit.

 

[Jean Déraps]

Thanks everyone! Mitch, thanks for the links. I'd already seen your informative video on the Ledzilla and just wanted to have some input from those who've used it in the field!