I have 10 LED fresnels of various sizes and 4 small LED panels. They are all 5600K daylight balanced, so I have CTO gels to adjust them when I need them to match tungsten lights. They have some wonderful advantages over tungsten lights: they all run cool, they are all dimmable, and none of them draws requires more than 200 watts at full output. That means that I can plug the entire kit into one basic 15 amp circuit without fear of throwing the breaker. Despite the low power consumption, they still kick out as much light as tungsten fixtures that require five to ten times more power. Here's a list of them with specifics:
- Dracast 2000 Fresnel, 200w, 5600K, comparable to tungsten 2K
- 2 x Topfotos 200w Fresnels, 200w max, 5600K, comparable to tungsten 1K
- 4 x Topfotos 100w Fresnels, 100w max, 5600K, comparable to tungsten 650
- Zabolight Z5 Fresnel, 50w max, 5600K, comparable to tungsten 350
- 2 x Topfotos 20w Fresnels, 20w max, 5600K, comparable to tungsten 150
- 4 x Bestlight 900 Panel Lights, 50w, 5600K, output comparable to tungsten 500
- 4 x 50ft Stingers, 8 x 25ft
I also have a load of Kino Flo fluorescent fixtures with daylight tubes in them:
- 6 x 4ft 4banks
- 3 x 2ft 4banks
Apart from the lights, I have a fairly substantial grip package:
- 2 x Combo Stands
- 8 x 40" C-Stands
- 2 x 20" C-Stands
- 5 x Beefy Baby Stands
- 2 x Low Boy Stands
- 7 x Light Stands, various sizes
- 24x36 Scrims: 2 x Solid, 2 x Single, 2 x Double, 2 x Silk, 2 x gel frames
- 18x24 Scrims: Solid, Single, Double, Silk
- Clamps: 6 x Cardellini, 6 x Mafer, Duck-bill, 4 x c-clamp, 4 x Scissor, many grip clips
- Sandbags
There are also some expendables, like gels and gaff tape. What you would expect. There are also two carts: a RockNRolla R10RT and R16RT for moving it all.
I have gotten away from using them, but I also have quite a few tungsten lights in my kit. They're just so hot and take so much power that I now generally don't even travel with them. Nevertheless, here is a listing:
- Lowel lights
- 2 x DP Light (1000w)
- 4 x Omni (500w)
- 3 x Pro Light (250w)
- 3 x Tota (750w)
- 5x Lowel light stands
- Various Lowel lighting controls, bard doors, gel frames, gels, reflectors, and umbrellas
- Amvona and Photoflex Soft Boxes
- 2 x Amvona heads
- 1 x Photoflex head
- 2 x 1000w Mogul globes
- 2 x 500w Mogul globes
- 4 x soft boxes, 4x3, 3x2, 24x18, and one even smaller one
If it's not clear, I can only run 3 soft boxes at a time because I only have three heads. They make pretty light, but they're hot and two of them running 1000w globes will blow a 15 amp household circuit. Lately I prefer just to shoot LED fresnels through a silk.
