Dedolight LEDs

[Ben Scott]

Saw a demo of the DLED4 and DLED2 today, along with a demo of the pretty sweet but not launched yet DLED7 Turbo.

Just offloaded my Arri L7c as it was too big to be used on most of my jobs and have been looking at getting a couple these to cover a bunch of different functions.

Anyone have much success with them? Any pros and cons?

 

[Martin Stevens]

Ben,

Dedolights make excellent lights.

Where did you see info on DLED7 Turbo?

 

[Ben Scott]

It was at a demo at CVP in London with DP Mark Moreve.

I absolutely love the standard Dedos but this was my first experience of their LED range. Just wondered if people had any real word experience of them.

 

[Nick Gardner]

One of my gaffers has two of the dedo LEDs. We use them all the time. They are great. Punchy, good color rendering, I like them.

Nick

 

[Ben Scott]

Cool. Do you know if they are the DLED4s or the DLED9s?

 

[Nick Gardner]

I don't. I think maybe the 4s but I don't know for a fact.

Nic

 

[Ben Scott]

Cool cheers

 

[M Harvey]

I love the DLED 4.1- have rented the bi-color a few times, and it's pretty hard to beat when you have to travel. It'll even fit in my camera bag, and you can throw it up on the kind of light stand that'll fold up into a standard suitcase. Grab a 18x24 folding flag frame and a silk, and you've got a modest key or fill that is much softer than a Litepanels 12x12 (the con is that this set-up is more clunky, requiring a second stand and a grip head).

Also, because the lens in the Dedo is so good, you waste little time flagging/barn-door fiddling and you have a very efficient, even beam of light. This is why I much prefer the Dedo LED to an otherwise-similar Cineo Foton2, which I found harder to control and which produced a messier field of light with more of a hotspot. When you're working at such low power levels, this makes a huge difference in the usability of one lights that might otherwise have similar specs.

The final plus I'll point out here is that you can get a remarkably wide spread to the light, which can be a lifesaver when you just need some subtle contrast. Lost the sun on a short film shoot and needed to create "morning light" in the background of a MCU, was able to achieve something pretty suggestive of harsh winter morning light just by spreading the beam wide on the floor behind the talent and opening up my lens...

Hope this helps!

 

[Ben Scott]

Fantastic thanks yes it does help a lot. With the DLED4 being touted as the LED version of their standard DLH4 I wasn't sure whether it had enough 'oomph' to work as a key for single interview setups in addition to its more regular role filling in or providing something either as a gobo or backlight. I believe the daylight version is about 15% brighter than the bicolour version but if the bicolour one is enough then the versatility might make it the worthwhile option.

Add to that the fact it is compatible with all their add-ons, softboxes, projectors etc then it's become real frontrunner for me. Thanks again!