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Lighting
Fixtures, modifiers and the grip that holds them up.
43 products · 5 groups · 16 makers
Point source
- ARRI Orbiter — One hard source, every optic
- Godox KNOWLED MG1200Bi — 1200W bi-colour — daylight through a window
- Aputure LS 600x Pro — The 600 with colour temperature you can dial
- Aputure LS 600d Pro — The daylight point source indie sets are built around
- Nanlite Forza 500B II — Bi-colour 500W point source
- Aputure LS 300X — Bi-colour 300W — the one-light interview
- Nanlite Forza 300B II — The 300W bi-colour workhorse
- Godox VL300 II — Daylight 300W at a budget price
- Amaran 200x S — The affordable bi-colour key
- Aputure Fresnel 2X — Turns a Bowens source into a hard, focusable key
- Godox Litemons LA200D — A first proper key light
- Nanlite Forza Fresnel FL-20 — Hard light and a tight beam from a Forza
- Amaran COB 60x S — Small, battery-friendly, a good first fixture
Soft panels
- ARRI SkyPanel S60-C — The soft source the industry standardised on
- Aputure Nova P600c — The bigger Nova, for a whole wall of soft light
- Litepanels Gemini 2x1 Hard — Soft panel with a hard mode
- Aputure Nova P300c — RGBWW soft panel — windows, screens, neon
- Amaran F22c flexible light mat — A 2x2 colour mat that rolls up
- Nanlite PavoSlim 60C — A thin RGB panel for tight rooms
- Nanlite Compac 200B — A cheap, big, soft panel
Tubes & pixels
- Quasar Science Double Rainbow — Twice the output, same hidden tube
- Astera Helios Tube — Battery, wireless, no cable in the shot
- Quasar Science Rainbow 2 linear LED — The tube that is on every set, hidden in every frame
- Aputure INFINIBAR PB6 — Pixel-mapped bar — practicals, car work, backgrounds
- Nanlite PavoTube II 30C — A four-foot colour tube
- Nanlite PavoTube II 6C 4-light kit — Four small tubes in a case — the hide-a-light kit
- Astera NYX Bulb — A practical bulb you can colour from across the room
- Aputure MC Pro — Pocket RGBWW — an eye light that fits in a pocket
- Aputure MT Pro — A pocket pixel tube
- Aputure F10 Barndoors — Cuts the spill off a Fresnel — the cheapest control there is
Modifiers
- Amaran 300c RGBWW — Full colour at 300W, Bowens mount
- Aputure Spotlight Mount SE — Gobos, hard edges, a window that is not there
- DoPchoice Snapbag Octa — Opens like an umbrella — the rental standard softbox
- Aputure Lantern 90 — Soft from every direction — ambience in one piece
- Aputure Light Dome III — The softbox most Bowens fixtures wear
- Aputure Light Dome Mini III — The Dome for small rooms and small fixtures
Grip & shaping
- Westcott Scrim Jim Cine 6x6 kit — Diffusion, bounce and negative in one frame
- Matthews Full set of apple boxes — A seat, a riser, a mark and a shelf
- Avenger 40" C-stand with grip arm — The stand everything else hangs off
- Manfrotto Variable Friction Magic Arm with Super Clamp — Puts a light where there is nowhere to put one
- Impact 25 lb sandbag — What stops a light landing on an actor
- Rosco Cinegel filter pack — CTB, CTO, diffusion — the colours a set runs on
- Neewer 5-in-1 reflector, 42" — The cheapest light on any set
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