This whole kit weighs about 12-13kg and comes in a FAA approved carry on size Pelican case (my normal lighting kit is a lot bigger and weighs in at about 22kg without light stands). Also included are 3 Manfrotto nano stands and one soft box with a diffuser. You get three Sola ENG 3″ daylight Fresnel LED fixtures and three each of the following: 2-way barndoors D-tap power cables ball head shoe mounts that attach to TVMP adaptors 1/4-20 adaptors gel filter packs that include 1/4 CTO, full CTO and a diffuser and multi voltage power supplies. The kit basically gives you everything you need for a three point lighting solution in the one box. There are also a lot of situations where I have no access to mains power, so I need lights that can be powered by other means. In news and documentaries it is important to be quick, mobile and work efficiently – I am often given only 5-10 minutes to set up lights for an interview so sometimes I have to compromise. I was originally drawn to the lighting kit by the fact it’s a very compact lighting solution. An assignment in Mongolia was the perfect opportunity to test it I needed something that was not only light and portable, but that would also be up to scratch in any situation. I originally saw the Litepanels Sola ENG lighting kit at NAB and was keen to try it out in a real world situation – I spend over 300 days a year on the road, in a variety of different countries, covering a large array of topics.
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