This is where you seat the barn doors into the light. The only mounting options are the yellow brackets on the front of the light. There is a safety chain on the barn doors and on the top of the light if you're hanging this light up anywhere. The yoke and light stand mount are made of aluminum and the single knob on the side allows you to easily adjust the pitch of the light panel. Materials, Barn Doors & Honeycomb Modifier
Let's take a listen with the fans on and my microphone in a few different positions in my normal studio for these videos. Since they are pointed at the back of the panel and the panel is so large, microphones shouldn't be able to pick the sound as easily. The fans can be silenced and they aren't that loud while you're in front of the light. I wonder if the fans could be removed from the light if the controls were detached and a cable was run from the box to the light. The menus are fast and easy to use, but a single button press would make this even better.ĭue to the design of the LD150RS, there is no external control box. I realize that this probably isn't the way Godox intended the presets to be used, but this currently isn't possible but it would be awesome to be able to toggle menu settings with the press of a preset button. When I came back the back of the light was cooled down and barely warm.Īn aside, I tried to hotkey the fan on/off to a preset button on the back of the light. Without turning it off, I turned on the fans and let it run for another 5 hours at 100%. The back of the fan was warm to the touch, but the front LED panel was barely warm. I've been using the light under 50% most of the time, so keeping the fans off has been no issue for me so far.Īs a test, I turned the light to 5600 kelvin at 50% and let it sit with the fan off for 5 hours. The fan noises aren't overpowering, but they do make noise. While the fans are off, you can use the 150RS at 50% total output in any mode. Onto the fans - the LD150RS has two fans in the back of the light that you can silence. There is no lag between adjusting the inputs and the light responding, which makes it easier when selecting an RGB value with lots of possible combinations.įor connectivity, there are ethernet and 5 pin DMX ports, a USB port for firmware updates on the bottom of the light, the power input, and a power switch. I've been doing a little hack with the presets for commonly used color temperature, RGB, and filters, since pressing the preset buttons jumps directly to that mode on the light and you can quickly change the settings from there to cut out going to the mode menu each time you want to change color modes.
The presets quickly fade to black while switching between them, so presets are a great way to configure commonly used settings but not great for fading between scenes since the panel quickly turns off between each preset. You can save 4 presets on the back of the light that will remember the color and the dimmer settings as well. Dedicated select and back buttons allow you to quickly navigate the menus quickly. You can also lock the screen if you're moving this light around a lot to avoid accidentally adjusting the light. It's nice to be able to quickly control your settings, output, and color temperature adjustments with dedicated dials and buttons. There is no shortage of dials and buttons on the back of this light. For what it's worth, you can't see them if you're using the softbox. I wish they made them the same color as the light gray control panel on the back - but I guess it fits with Godox's branding. I'm a fan of the black and gray housing, but the bright yellow edges around the light stand out a lot. It's nice to hold onto one of the handles while you're adjusting the pitch of the light, especially if you have the barn doors or softbox on the light. The handles on the back of the light make it easy to hold on to and move the panel. That being said, I'd still recommend using a heavy-duty light stand or C-Stand since this light still weighs over 11 pounds.
It would be nice to have an aluminum version of this light, but the cost would be significantly more and be much heavier.
The plastic feels durable, and I like that it keeps the weight of the light down. The body of the light is made of hard plastic. Digging into the LD150RS, in the box, you'll get the light itself, power adapter, barn doors, and a carrying case.
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