Video lights for GoPro

[grouchyturtle]

Has anyone used the BigBlue Underwater LED Light System Kit for GoPro?

How does it compare to just using a pair of Halcyon Scouts with the LED upgrade?

$369.95 isn't a bad price, but rigging up the Scouts that I already have would be much cheaper.
If the Halcyon is brighter it's a no brainier based on price and performance.
If BigBlue is the winner, I guess it depends on just how much brighter.

Halcyon is rated at 5875 Lux at 3 feet/1m and 825 Lux at 10 feet/3m
BigBlue is rated at 250 lumens
Having trouble figuring out how exactly that compares?

 

[eelnoraa]

Halcyon scout beam will be way too narrow for Gopro's wide angle lens. You will get hot spot in your frame. You want a light with very wide, smooth and even beam.

 

[avigulf]

250 lumen is too little lights I believe for the Gopro. And to cover the wideangle you will need 2 lights with at least 60 deg. each.
No SPOT lights will work for video neither for photo.
Lumen= total "amount" of visible light emitted by a source, -> luminus flux= luminous power.
Lux= lumen pr. square meter\ feet ( SI-unit)

 

[grouchyturtle]

Wouldn't using a diffuser help?

I don't see it listed in the specs, but I can't imageing the tiny little lights that come with the BigBlue kit being too wide of an angle either.

 

[avigulf]

A diffuser will help, BUT it will lower the effect of the light a lot. If you have a POWERful spotlight, you can use a diffuser.
But it depends on your filming conditions and expectations.