Initial test run

Before spending too much time on converting my lights i put together a mock-up, this would enable me to revert the Elinchrom light if the results were not good.

This really is ruff and ready but it give an understanding of the light output i could expect.

This is an early days 100 watt lighting project.

I've watched loads of video's about these cheap 100 watt LED's and it seems that no one is actually using them for anything other than lighting up a brick or bit of grass with a bare wire experiment! so i thought i'd have a go at actually doing something useful with one!

Background:
I have a project coming up that is going to require more light than i currently have and in particular a real strong light for lens flares and back lighting, the budget being as it is ie. £0 i need to get some cheap extra light from somewhere.

The Plan:
I've bought a 100 watt LED + driver off ebay and am planning to modify an old hot light, an Elinchrom MiniLite to fit it. Marketed as "Driver Power Supply & High Power 10W 30W 50W 100W Watt LED Chip Lamp Bulb Light " on ebay it only took a couple of weeks to arrive from china.

As the title suggests this really is only step one with the LED only roughly installed, the purpose of this was to make sure the LED would produce enough light to warrant the a) loss of a perfectly good hot lamp and b) worth the effort of doing it!

So far its taken longer to do this video than it has to actually pull the Elinchrom to bits and fit the LED so time spent really is minimal !

Step two will be to tidy the installation up and produce a video on exactly what i've done.


Oh yeah and before anyone points it out yes i know i've put CLF and not CFL...!!! ;) doh!