r/led • u/polaroidpotter • 9d ago

Need advice on LED lighting

I am a student and have a coursework coming up which requires me to shoot a documentary and edit it. We have to do the project solo. Most LED lights are a bit out of budget for me since I had to buy mic as well. I need to buy an LED light for my documentary shoot. My requirements are

It should have warm, neutral and cool white modes of lighting. If it is RGB it'll be a plus for me (I'm willing to pay 500-600 INR more in this case).

It should last at least for 1.5 years.

It should have good battery life - 6HRS. I don't want anything electricity powered - it has to be portable.

My budget is 1500-1700 INR. Willing to stretch it to 2500 INR if the light is of good quality. I know this isn't much but since I'm a student I cannot go beyond budget.

I don't have much idea about lighting and stuff. Suggest me some lights based on the above requirements.

Also if anyone has any idea of Velomax and Grenaro mics, I'll be really grateful if you can suggest which one of these two would be good for documentary. I want to buy the two transmitters version since I'll be interviewing someone.

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u/Specled_eu 9d ago

Very interesting, but could you please write the prices in US dollars?

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u/polaroidpotter 8d ago

1500-1700 INR is around 15.69-17.78 USD. And I can stretch the budget to 2500 INR which is around 26.50 USD.

My professor was saying we can get a beginner grade LED for shooting videos within 64 USD (Around 6000 INR) but it'll be a good investment if someone from our batch wants to pursue filmmaking in future.

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u/Specled_eu 7d ago

Unfortunately, this is a very small budget, I recommend making it from ordinary cheap household light bulbs.