This LED Lighting Hack Can Literally Illuminate Mountains
There’s no subject too big for this lighting rig. Learn how to create an ultra-bright LED lighting panel with this crazy DIY tutorial.
Quick Disclaimer: Due to the intense brightness produced by this lighting hack it is unsafe to shine this light towards aircraft or moving vehicles.
LED lights have quickly become a staple in the filmmaking community… and for a good reason. Having the ability to power your lights with batteries is an amazing advantage over traditional lights. LED lights have long been used in industrial-strength flashlights, so it was only a matter of time until a filmmaker repurposed these lights to create an amazing light setup.
This technique create by rctestflight shows us how to create an LED light panel capable of producing up to 90,000 lumens worth of light. The end result is so powerful that you can literally light clouds and mountains with the rig.
Here’s what the final LED light setup will look like:
The tutorial explains that using this setup will yield about 10 minutes of continuous lighting so you won’t be able to light that mountain for long, but using the light you could conceivably get some really cool shots.
Items to Buy:
- 10 – 100 Watt LED Chips ($17.99 Each) = $179.90
- 1 – Heat Sink = $24.96
- Thermal Grease = $5.30
- 2 – Turnigy 2200mAh 3S 25C Lipo Packs = $16.99
- 10 – LED Boost Modules ($3.06 each) = $30.60
- Wire = $7.85
- TOTAL = $265.60
Tools Needed:
- Drill
- Small Hole Saw
Here’s the tutorial created by rctestflight. If you’re into electronics and DIY build,s I highly recommend checking out their channel. Not all of the tutorials are filmmaking or photography related, but the channel is definitely cool if you’re into that sort of thing.
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