Aputure has introduced the LS 600D LED level supply gentle, a scaled-down model of its LS 600D Professional. It packs the identical punch, however drops just a few of these “professional” options in trade for a extra approachable worth.
Though it’s not fairly as superior because the LS 600D Professional doesn’t imply the LS 600D isn’t helpful in skilled environments. Aputure claims the very same energy because the Professional, with an output of at the very least 8,500 lux when paired with the corporate’s Hyper-Reflector or as much as 29,300 lux at three meters with the F10 Fresnel.
It options the identical Bowen’s Mount that has come to be the business normal and might due to this fact be used with a bunch of lighting modifiers from the aforementioned reflector by way of numerous softboxes. A part of the LS 600D’s promoting level is that it has a considerably smaller management field than its Professional sibling: it ideas the scales at 7.14 lbs, practically half the load of the 12.79 lbs field that comes with the LS 600D Professional.
Regardless of the smaller management field, the LS 600D Professional maintains the identical 2.4G Distant Compatibility, DMX512 In and Out, amd the Sidus Hyperlink functionality of the Professional controller.
Aputure is promoting this gentle as designed for indie filmmakers, content material creators, and photographers and many of the options the corporate has disregarded when in comparison with the Professional mannequin align with that mentality. Aputure dropped the LumenRadio CRMX, Artwork-net compatibility, and controller box-based battery-charging performance, however these usually are not options that the typical content material creator goes to demand. That stated, the corporate additionally ditched climate resistance on this mannequin, which is unlucky as that could be a characteristic that content material creators at any stage would respect.
Aputure lists the pinnacle unit of the 600D as barely heavier than the 600D Professional, regardless that the our bodies share the identical bodily dimensions: The 600D weighs 10.34 kilos whereas the 600D Professional is 10.23 kilos. Minor, however nonetheless notable.
The LS 600D makes its strongest argument for itself within the cheaper price: $1,390. In comparison with the $1,890 Professional mannequin, that’s a big financial savings for what quantities to a majority of options that almost all received’t miss. In Aputure’s full line of merchandise, the LS 600D slides in between the 300D II (which retails for $949) and the LS 600D Professional. The Aputure LS 600D will begin transport in Could.
