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  1. You mentioned that you sometime use it for close-up shots. Purely video or dlsr shot as well? What is the throw distance and if you have used them for like headshots, any change of seeing the quality?

  2. very cool video, the explanation of construction and applications are great, now i'll try to make my lights. Thx
    what color of lights u used? (links of lights and dimmer are fallen, could you please re-post)

  3. Watched quite a few DIY bank light videos tonight, but this is easily the cheapest and most straight forward guide for LED light strips I've come across. Definitely looking into this for lighting in tight areas.

  4. Again…love, love, love the video. Great job. Just one more question…how did you mount the lights vertical onto the stands? Did you mount a bracket on the back? I didn't see anything in the video. Thank you again for putting up the video and any suggestions or help.

  5. Best DIY led light panel video out there. Thank you.
    I was thinking about making 6 foot panels instead of 4 foot.
    Do I need 3 strips per panel then and how does that change with the power supply? Do I need more or is 5 amp still enough?
    Any help is much appreciated.

  6. im 4 minutes into the video and writing this comment. Its intended as constructive feedback so hopefully this helps.
    first thing is the sound. it seems the mic is switching off and on all the time causing a weird effect when you stop and start talking, maybe increase the mic sensitivity or use it in a "always on" mode will probably help with that.

    links in the description and prices are really helpful so, please keep up that information, just let us know what's the time of shooting so the viewers get an idea how long ago the prices you mention were correct.

    Usually i find intros very helpful and its true that the intro of this video is helpful, but it feels like it drags on a bit too long. its 8 minutes now and im still waiting to see some footage showing "how to"

    finally a small suggestion for others making this build, or a future attempt.
    the dimmer is pretty cool, however i personally use PWM analogue modules which allow me to have very fine control over the light intensity,

    feel free to comment if you disagree with some of the suggestions or if you got any more ideas, I am working on using LED strips to make lighting for my car repair videos, so anything i can learn from other youtubers is always helpful.

  7. dude that was lot of unecessary work. You can buy the same thing – with the hmm I can't remember what you call those lights but they are the long tube type lights- oh yea fluorescent lights the entire assembly w bulbs too for about $30. you did a lot of work when you could have just bought the fluoresecent lights. Nice work though.

  8. If I were to connect 4 of these rolls together, it looks like I would need to get the 12V 10A Power Supply. I'm not an electrician, is there any danger to feeding too many amps into the LED lights if they don't consume it all?

  9. I found the light to be very harsh and pretty much unusable without some sort of diffusing. Also the amount of LEDs used in your lights appear to be way more than what your suggested transformer can support, when I did it, the LEDs strobe by themselves.

  10. I built 2 panels from all the parts you listed. I used the wire clips instead of soldering. To prevent voltage drop I also got a DC female to 4 male power splitter and used the female connections that were provided with reels. It took about 3 reel per panel so I have and extra male connector open so I can daisy chain the panels together. My only problem is the lights are very cool in color and we having a difficult time white balancing. It's very rough on skin tones. Any advice?

  11. Hi, these look great.
    Could you comment on any Flicker issues please?
    Also, is it possible to give an idea on how bright the lights are – like an approx. f-stop reading at a certain distance?
    Many thanks

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