Be sure to watch the lighting examples at 5:54! Wanted to make sure you guys could get a feel for what this light could do. Numbers are helpful but results are better!

Great video, Caleb! The backdrop application looks great on your walls. An advantage of having neutral walls in your studio! 😜

This light was made for people looking to get an Arri Skypanel, if you're complaining about the price, you probably aren't one of those people.

The nova is my favorite light of the year - it redefines the standard of what you should get for $1500+ in lighting.

The P60C, not available at the time this video was made, is in my opinion and even bigger bang for the buck for indie filmmakers. The amount of colored light it puts out in a dark location is incredible. Just did a shoot in a warehouse with a HUGE metal staircase going up a wall, and I put this light under the stairs, behind clutter, and we blasted a high output fog machine from under the stairs upward as well. It is an incredibly intense and dramatic shot that would could not have done otherwise. The very saturated color was needed and the P60C provided it. I also used it to light a corner of a cabin interior. It also "revealed" a Freddy Kruger character (red where Freddy is discovered, and wherever he moves to). It does any shade of while light, any color, in any saturation, and provides soft light (though not incredibly soft, but great for many situations) especially with it's provided softbox. At $350 the P60C is a STEAL, especially for those of us who are not buying $1,700 lights every couple months. The P60C will likely fill your needs perfectly at a fraction of the cost.

@5:17 Did you leave off a 0 in the table for the 300DII?

before even watching the video i can reply with YES!!!! I got mine 2 weeks ago and just freaked out how cool that thing is! In 20 years of photography and 2 years into filmmaking, I can only remember being that happy for a light, when I bought my Broncolor studio equipment. That light is simply Fabulous and so convenient (and no, I'm not sponsored, just super excited!)

This is incredible. Looking at the way the color is filled into the background, I can see why you would use it for your thumbnails. You'll save so much time in post! I'd really like to have one, someday, once my bank account agrees with that need...

Not sure what's better: the light panel itself or the fact I just discovered your channel. I appreciate the densely packed no fluff straight to the point approach. Keep it up!

Man the production on this video was next level good Caleb for real. Excellent work man

@dslr video shooter at 1.04 you said.... alternitives lights compare with the nova who are cheaper.... i didnt hear one

7:44 Caleb Acapella coming soon

7:46, this is perfect

Awesome video Caleb. Vwery helpful. Love the way you use it as a backdrop

He’s the Lew of “Unboxing” but with all the gems on photography/ videography

Love it. Mine came last night. And must say lost some sleep playing with it. Trying to find the soft box in stock.

Aputure finally has these back on sale as of today 12/24/20 on their site, everywhere else still has them backordered. Just picked one up, get them while you can everybody!!

oh my the backdrop color options looks dope! so versatile! can't wait to see it more on your thumbnails and videos caleb! 👌🏻

Wow, now THAT's a LED light!! Holy smokes, that bad boy is incredible! I do have to say though, I'm very happy with my Switti 2 LED set w/stands that I picked up a few months back. Under $300, with a great remote, and variable brightness/temp. Proper lighting is a must.

Great review! Every time I see a review for this light I cannot wait to get one. Moving from all post to include production now and have ordered 2 Aputure LS300X, 4 MC's 2 AL-F7's and now 2 Nova P300c Panel lights. I am pretty sure I can handle most anything I need from this set-up! I guess I am buried in the Aputure ecosystem!

used as background light ... is freaking awesome ... I thought it was a colored paper background, you can use it as green screen

The light I *should* have ordered.

So great to see Aputure devote their manufacturing resources to yet another new model to give to influencers when the last 3 invoices I've had with their products it takes over 2 months to get in stock and ship. As awesome as their lights are (and the P300c looks to be no exception) I'm getting a little tired of their business model.

Getting this for sure, Been waiting for it to come out

Really basic question, but when do you use this type of light vs the aputure 300d? Are they used interchangeably, or does each have a specific use?

The examples when you use it to flood the background are insane! Custom back drops on the fly

Great coverage of this light! I had no idea you could match colors using your phone camera, that’s pretty awesome. The one downside I see is that the saturation doesn’t go to 200% so I guess I’ll have to keep looking 😅

looks good but when you add up everything that goes with the light i.e. softbox with grid,battery pack,4 batteries, it's going to add up to 4000 quick, Nanlite makes some good tube rgb lights 4 1200

I appreciate the honesty!! I also believe it is priced well below it’s real world output.

As a photographer i say I love this!

Excellent product demo, thank you.

Yes this light seems to meet the needs for my studio step up, We are shooting video my exercise style and well and talking head videos and love color effects it could create. Bought a Boling PI after watching one of your videos but has limitations. Thank you for the informative video. Peace

Great post as always. But as some already mentioned, there are something wrong with the numbers in your comparison table. 300D MII measures 45.000 LUX at 1 meter with the hyper reflector and around 11.000 bare bulb at 1 meter. A downside with 300D MII is the difference in kelvin. I have three and two of them are closer to each other than the third one which actually only measures around 4.700 kelvin. The other two around 5.200 kelvin. So not close to 5.500 and huge problem when in need of the three all together. I'm thinking the Nova is worth the extra bucks due to all the RGB settings it has.

I wonder why no one is talking about / comparing this light to the DMG Rosco models , the SL1 Mix and the Mini Mix. I use these and they are freaking awesome and also adapt to on location shoots, they can be literally handheld, feature all the Rosco filters obviously. It’s no wonder why Rosco bought this small French company, they make good lighting fixtures. Having experience the DMG Rosco, I would love to see how this one compares for the price. Great video nonetheless

Thank you for the review. It literally helped me in making my decision :-)

Great review, I love mine. In HSI mode the colours look about twice as bright as a litepanels gemini 2x1 in the same mode. Super useful!

Any tips on how to get the best solid color background like you had in your demonstration? I'd appreciate it. Great video.

Oh wow, I would love that but it’s more expensive than all my Pixapro lights put together - maybe one day but not just yet perhaps

What material is behind you when you are changing the colors? Is it a white backdrop?

those background uses are amazing. So clever

Caleb, would this be useful for lighting a very precise green screen? No reviewer seems to have discussed that yet.

I have to be careful. Gear acquisition syndrome can become a very real problem with my channel if I start buying this stuff. Great video! Thanks

I just wondering if a watercoolingsystem (option) wouldn´t do the job much more quite :)

Nice light for sure when compared to an ARRI or other higher priced equivalent unit, and especially to lower-end units because of it's feature set. If you are making enough income on video/photo projects to justify this purchase only the purchaser will know if it fits in their business plan. Now if I was a rental house, this might be a very good choice as an asset to rent to out to smaller productions.

that background colors thing really makes me want this could you upload something too Instagram showing how much space of colour it gives you at full output

Wow a few of these and you don't really need any other lights !! Grabbing a few to use on a small interview set

i want this so badly

Hi Caleb, in regards to your luminance chart @5:00, the Aputure website lists the 300D MK2 as 11,000 lux without the reflector and 45,000 lux with the reflector. Not sure where you got 1,190 lux from.

I would love an academy video on using this light!

If you are using the light under about 40% the fans may not need to kick on at all, but ootb they are on constantly and it's up to you to change that in the settings. You DEFINITELY won't need to have this light at 100% most of the time. It's bright!

Ok 7:43 that blew my mind

Great vids as always

You should compare it with Lightpanels, I am curious about results. I think this was made to compete with the Lightpanel Gemini 2x1 a 1x1. Those are even more expensive and similar in design and features.

4:57 it appears that you made a typo with the output of the 300d. What was the correct measurement?

5:15 Um Caleb I think maybe you were off by a factor of 10 on that 300d mkii number?

could i use this to lite up a 12ft green screen?

Great video. I'm hoping that you put out an A7S III tutorial in the near future.

Not happening this year... but that light looks awesome.

I'd be very interested in a P150c if they make one, hopefully it would be more affordable, and as a hobbyist I just don't need the raw power of the 300c.

Really great content as ever! And this light is out of this world, I just wish two things: 1)I still had an extra kidney as I sold my other one to buy a camera. 2) I had a bigger room where I could use this 😂 fantastic really!

hows the colour brightness in the average household room with windows up on sunny day? Interested in this for colour washes filming in industrial factories?

There's an error on LUX for 300DMII. I guess this adds to your comments ha

Ooo I wanted to see how the candle and fireworks look

Is there a typo at 5:18 for the output of the 300D MK 2?

Really wish I could afford this light.

Thank you for an awesome review! This light may just be a game-changer for mid-budget video productions. We're a recording studio and have started a live/stream concert series. These lights could replace all of our cheap stage lights that look horrible on camera. Our only concern is the fan noise since we'll be recording live instruments and there may be a ton of mics around. Would you recommend this light for our purposes or is it too loud? Thanks again Kaleb!

Love from india🇮🇳

I’m trying to make a good economical decision, the bulk of my work will be interviews, two people at a time, a host and a few guest. Plans are to shoot tv projects and internet content also. I’m thinking about starting with this light or a simple Aputure 120Dii, what do you suggest? Buy this light first, or purchase this after the projects began to grow?

I really want to see Aputure put this technology into a modular tube light system like the Came-TV Andromedas. I love the technology, but for my purposes, the output doesn't justify the form factor. I'd rather have some tubes that I could combine for a lot of output when the need arises.

Thank you for the video.

Amazing ligth , I loved it ...

It would be great to rent, I'll wait on the Godox version until I get the money up.

Looks like a great light for Unreal Engine Virtual Production!!

Incredible light. What color are your walls? (please be more specific than "gray"). Thank you.

Hi Cal, would you be so kind, as always, to give us your point of view of the new R5 , I mean whenever you can handle one and try it. Thanks , have a nice one.

I don’t need this light. But I want this light.

Do a comparison video between the aputure nova vs dracast palette. Please.

Crazy to think you can get 19 Aputure MC’s or this 🤯🤯

Thanks for the video! I wish aputure would make something in the $500 range in between the nova and the mc. I have two 300x's and two mc's. I find the mc's output is just not enough for me and I hesitate to buy more of them to try and get more output.

I've just baught one today and I can't wait to burn the eyes of my talents 🤣🤣🤣 They already can't stand a little Godox spot with a softbox on, they will catch fire instantly at 50% power with this one 😅

Great video. The price is fair for all that it does. Any chance of doing a quick sound text for us? Are you familiar with rotolight... have you ever used any of them? they have a few great lights that I don't see any content creators using. I have a couple. I really like them.

Can you do a test with 17 of the Aputure MCs and put it head to head with the Nova? Just for kicks and giggles?

The video ended and I couldn't see any of the alternatives in a budget you mentioned at the beginning :(

Thanks for the awesome review. I wonder if you would recommend this light as ceiling lights for a cyc studio?

Hey Caleb. When you’re illuminating your background are you using something like a savage background paper?? If so are you illuminating white paper or something like an 18% studio grey paper? What’s best in your opinion for the greatest reflection+color accuracy?

I just need to find them in stock somewhere!!!

Lil' late to the party but thoughts on the Elation KL Panel compared to this one? Same price range, but better color mixing.

I continue to research this light - and at 23 lbs....what is the best stand for the money that could carry this with confidence?

I can't find the video description. How do I find that.

Not sure if it’s worth the $1,700 but I definitely want it 😂

It's awesome!!!

When will you implement USB spec compliant USB-C charging? The power design you selected is non-standard. You can't use a standard USB-C cable to charge your light. I really really wanted to like your product. But I had to return it after finding out it's shortcomings with charging.

Yep, I'm enjoying mine :)

what is the name of the light stand (ground level) you used for the 300c for colored backgrounds?

This looks equivalent to 5 Amaran P60c in both price and power. BTW, could you remove the diffuser so we can see the LEDs inside?

I see faint green banding or green rings @7:45 in the bottom left beige background. Does anyone else see this?

How to control this light with console and sidus link app at the same time

But, can it do welding arc or shock patterns?

In the shots where you had four quadrants of different colors, around 7:20, where was the light positioned?

desurated colors are awesome man