Awesome! Thank you! :D

Haha,, well thank you very much!!

Gerald is hugely popular for gear reviews, isn't he?

yes.. the love the use of colors and contrast in the background. So the main light on your face... The whole setup is so good.. Kudos to you for that. The product shots and lighting 👌🏻👌🏻. There are a lot of small things u have taken care of.. which make your production quality and presentation too good. You are definitely gonna grow.. and fast 😊🙏🏻

Thank you so much!

Yes he is :D

For sure, each filmmaker has different needs/wants and preferences. :) I'm happy to hear you're finding some things you like.

Thank you so much!! :D

That's a nice deal you got! The VL300 is great! :D

I ordered two VL200 lights from B&H and had them shipped to me here in Japan. Thankfully, the bozos in the shipping department goofed up and sent me two VL300 lights instead😅😎Lucky!🎉

Very kind of you! :D

Glad I could help!

Glad I could help!

Thank you!

Haha, for sure! It was his video that convinced me I should get one :p

@@FellowFilmmaker You're video is also amazing 😊😊😊

Thank you very much! :D

@@FellowFilmmaker I was waiting for the Godox, meanwhile I saw what could the best of both world you were saying in the nanlight 300 which is for $ 750 now. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1476381-REG/nanlite_12_2001_forza_300_led_monolight.html

Glad it was helpful! And thanks for watching!

@@FellowFilmmaker do you have any plans to review Godox flexible lights?

I have not at this time, unless there is a big demand for it I might consider it

@@spector175 she did some new lighting review for the long sticks , those might work also ..

You bet!

Yeah, that's one way they keep the fan noise on the actual light down

Much appreciated!

Happy to help! It's a tough choice! I know I really liked the Aputure 30d mkii, but sometimes saving money is helpful too

What about Nanlite Forza 300 compared to these. I'm about to buy a combo for my studio setup too. The budget is around $2.000

I'm not familiar with that light personally, so I really can't speak to it. I'm sorry! But I'm hoping to get more into nanlite lights soon to see if they are worth investing in :D

Super fun, right?! I'm excited to see how it continues to grow, thanks to many folks like you subscribing :)

@@FellowFilmmaker some day I can say, “She responded to my comments way back when she was below 1 million subscribers! Heck even before she was at 100k subs!”

Hahaha! :D I think I'd still try even then, but who knows, right? :p

Glad I could help

Awesome, thank you! So glad to have you :D

Thanks for sharing! I do really like the 300dmkii, but when it comes to just needing the raw power the godox does hold up well enough too. Just depends on the needs I guess. If budget was no issue I'd pick the Aputure 300dmkii :D

Haha, that's funny how that works! Happy to hear you enjoy the work I'm doing. :D If you have some ideas for collaboration, either now or in the future, feel free to reach out! I'd never feel too big of a channel to be a decent human being :p You can email me here if you have ideas: info.fellowfilmmaker@gmail.com

I appreciate that! :D

Glad I could help

Thank you so much 😀

My pleasure!

Nice! You won't be disappointed with the 300d2, it's a great light!

Good ideas! I will def. have to do one! I've got another lighting video in the works, so I can't wait to show that one soon! Thanks for all the support :D

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope it helped you out :D

Glad you liked it! And thank you very much! :D

I appreciate that!

Thank you very much! The subscribers will come, I'm sure! :D

I hope so too! Thank you!

My pleasure! And thank you!

Hope you like it!

It's always exciting to check what tools are out there!

So true! I love having the privilege in sharing about some of the tools I enjoy using :) So glad to have folks like you along for the ride!

thanks for sharing

Yeah, I'm sure folks care alot more about convenience at times

Thank you!

Nice! The VL series is great :D

So glad to hear that! I'm thinking of getting one of those.... haha, so many lights out there!

I was just terrified when i heard the SL60W in my Studio the first time. For Photography it actually worked great, but i was wondering how you managed to use it for this video without audible fan noise. Do you cancel it out or do you work with a mic so close to you that its not a factor? Teach me! :D

Haha, honestly I have no idea how it's worked so well in the setup I have! I have the light 3-4 ft away from me at full blast for these videos. I record into camera with a powerdewise cheapy $20 lav mic and then do a little EQ adjusting in post. That's it! So, either the fans are just nice to me, or something! I will say the quieter SL60W is less noticeable, where the older one I have is alot louder and can be heard if you know it's there.

@@FellowFilmmaker I read somewhere that Godox told someone that they would be building in fans that are not as loud into the SL60W. So if it is a SL60W you bought into 2020 it might actually be more silent. I got mine very early this year, to me it's pretty loud. I figured they just put out the VL Series and might not have changed the SL Series, if they did it must be quite the lottery not getting old stock by accident. Still also a very good light... i payed 99€ shipped, thats just a complete joke for the power you are getting.

:) Will keep that in mind!

:D

Good to know :D

So kind of you to say and do! :D Both are some killer lights!

I appreciate that!

Thank you! 🙂

Glad it was helpful!

You are most welcome!

Very happy to hear that! :D

They don't come with batteries, just the ability to be run on them. Thanks for watching!

Glad to have you! :D

No problem 👍 godox is great!

The 300d is a great light! I really enjoyed the control box :D

They are pretty matched, from what I can tell.

Thanks! 👍

Much appreciated!

Thanks for watching! :D They both are pretty great!

Appreciate that! :D

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll have to give it some thought and see if it works :D

Glad to hear it!

Thanks for the sub! I'm sure many more will come! they just gotta find the channel in the sea of youtube

Thank you very much! It sure is an exciting first milestone :p

Yes it has been on sale alot lately

The Aputure 300d mkii is quite the amazing light, I was very impressed with it

@@FellowFilmmaker I'm enjoying your channel so I've I've sub'd! Hit me back.

I wrote this before watching your video about sl 60 so i'm withdrawning noise issue :D I didn't even know godox improved fan in newer versions. Did you test both sl and vl series lights on high frame rate or shutter speed? Do they have any sort of flickering?

Thank you! I'm glad to hear the video was helpful!

No worries! I've tested them both with some high frame rates and I've yet to notice anything of concern.

I considered trying to show that, but I didn't feel I could do it justice. The shift was there but not terrible. I felt they were pretty close to each other compared to the review I did on the Aputure 120d mk2 and Godox sl-60w

@@FellowFilmmaker Cool, thanks for the reply

Thanks, will do!

Thanks for the sub!

Great 👍 Hope you enjoy :D

You are most welcome!

Good point :) I feel if folks want to know about all the lumens, CRI's, and other such things there are plenty of videos on those topics that are better at covering them. I do agree that color temp is very important but there are some really easy work around with the Godox lights that I don't mind doing. So mostly it ends up being a personal preference thing I suppose. But, I'm glad you found some lights that you like - that's the most important thing. :D

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for subbing :)

Absolutely! glad you enjoyed the video :D

No, they are set only to Daylight balanced

Thanks! And very nice! Hope you enjoy it

Haha, great question! Maybe it'll spike up soon :D

Thank you!

Haha, I suppose it could be Aputure does have some pro features, I'll give it that. Maybe not on every single light, but when they do have them they're usually quite nice. :D

Thank you! :D

Happy to hear that! And thank you☺️

Thanks for the tips, I'll keep them in mind! :D

It holds very well! That's why I love it so much. I find on the Godox SL-60w for instance that it cannot hold a dome well at all and will often drift down, which I'm not a fan of.

I've seen in another review, it holds v well on a larger 90-inch light dome.

Good to know

I hear that's a pretty good light. I can see what I can do on that in the future, but no promises on if I can do it!

Any time!

Haha, good for you! :D Hope you love it! It's a nice light.

You are welcome!

Awesome, thank you!

Agreed, it is a bit more like the mark 1... very hard to find those just laying around tho, haha! Everyone loves the mk 2, myself included.

Correct, thanks for mentioning it!

The VL150 also has a power unit, it's much smaller but I don't believe it has a velcro piece to keep it all consolidated. To be honest it's not too bad, but it is another piece to carry around and hook up, so I can understand why you might be turned off by it. I suppose if it's something you can't live with, there's always the Aputure 300dmkii (don't go with aputure 300d mki since it will have the same issue you are trying to avoid).

You are welcome! I don't have that one, but I've heard of many others who use it, so I imagine its a fine light. I do know getting the second version has better fan noise, if I recall correctly.

@@FellowFilmmaker 😊 thank you for your advice and all the videos that you made! Really good 👍👍👍👏👏👏

You are most welcome

Hmm, great question, I've no good answer for you, sadly. I'll have to keep that in mind as I do future reviews tho. And yes, the godox remote is not all that grand. It needs a redesign.

@@FellowFilmmaker Possible update. Something just occurred to me. Even though I have definitely verified (just with my Canon EOS R on RAW still images using an X-rite ColorChecker Passport) that it does have to warm up to get to it's most accurate color (which was the case for my Aputure panels, too), I think I failed to note something yesterday while doing the tests. During the day there is a lot of ambient sunlight bouncing off of houses and trees, and coming through my blinds. I thought it was dim enough inside with blinds down to do my test, but I'm rethinking that. The sun may have been brighter at one point in the test, and less bright during other parts of the tests. I did do a night test as well. There was a color shift from minute 1 to minute 5 or so at night, and then it was stable after that. It was less of a shift than during day, though. I'm sure there is a slight color shift for these lights while warming up, but not as much as I first thought. I think I just need to control my ambient outdoor light better.

Ah yes, daylight will definitely play a role if it's leaking in anywhere. I know in the past I had an issue like that happen. It's the reason I invested in blackout curtains :D

@@FellowFilmmaker Update if you're interested: I've now bought and tried the Godox VL150 and the Aputure C300d MK ii. I've never owned one of the COB style lights from either company, so I really didn't know what to expect. First impression? I'm super surprised at how similar they really are. The build quality of the Aputure is obviously better, but only by degrees. I hate the handle on the 300d MK ii. I'm actually so unimpressed with the handle that I'm wondering if mine is defective. Comparatively speaking the Godox turn knob with gasket is a dream. Just like several reviewers have said, the color accuracy is very similar (as far as I can tell). I do like the Aputure control box/power unit way better, but I'm not sure how much I'll ever use the additional features. Also, since I'm mostly looking to use these lights in a controlled home office environment where I'm not likely to move them around much I don't know if the control box situation matters to me. I can strap the Godox control unit and power block together and never worry about it again. I'm ordering the VL300 now to compare, and if it's as good as the VL150 I think I'll return the Aputure.

Nice! :D

You're welcome!

I'm not sure what you're looking for in a light or what is available where you are. You can always tray places like Pergear.com or shopmoment.com for gear

Fair enough. The reason I say they are comparable is because one is not overly louder than the other. As far as frequency, I agree the Godox has a different frequency that does tend to be a bit annoying. I personally haven't had issue with noise level yet since I don't have my microphone and light that close to each other usually. I stick the mic. close in this video so you can hear it and decide for yourself if it's something you could live with. Each person is so different and each setup is different. :)

Oh thank you!

Thank you! I have not tried those lights, sorry!

Nice! Which ones?

@@FellowFilmmaker The VL300s

Sweet! I think you'll like them alot! :D

@@FellowFilmmaker I think I will too. I already have an SL-60W. I love the light but the output isn't as powerful as I'd like.