Nanlux Evoke 1200 | Review, Test and Comparison to ARRI M18
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- My review of the Nanlux Evoke 1200. This really is all the light you need!
#nanlux #evoke #light
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Overview
1:12 Weight
1:35 Power Options
1:48 Design
2:00 Build Quality
2:15 NL Mount
2:46 Fresnel FL-35
3:25 Light Output
3:41 DMX, Wireless, Bluetooth
4:10 Evoke vs. ARRI M18
5:27 CRI, TLCI, lux
6:23 Conclusion & Verdict
About the Nanlux Evoke 1200:
www.nanlux.com/en/h-col-175.html
Order the Evoke in Switzerland:
dedotec.ch/collections/nanlux...
Nanlux Dealers Worldwide:
www.nanlux.com/en/h-col-149.html
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Loving these reviews! Such creative cold opens. Haven't seen anyone else doing this. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I might have a clever twist to these openings, stay tuned for the next one😎
Really impressive, hope you can give us more comparisons between mainstream brands in the market.
Precisely the information I needed, thanks!
You‘re welcome, glad I could help😎
Love the demo shot! Very fun and original in the light review community. I also like how you open your reviews with your demo. it creates a strong credibility for you as a reviewer that knows how to not just play with the gear but get good results from it. It’s the cinematographer’s side of the equation that’s interesting to me with your reviews, whereas a gaffer channel like Andrew Lock’s Gaffer & Gear is great if you just want to geek out on detailed specs, menu options and DMX capabilities.
Thank you for the kind words Andrew! To get feedback like yours really motivates one😎
Great review and very entertaining!
Thanks Jeremy🙌🏻
Thanks for making this. Hugely helpful info especially comparing it to the M18. If their numbers are true with the fresnel it would punch well above an m18 which would be wild. I’d be interested to see your results with metering it with the fresnel. I plan on getting one once released with my only gripe being there are no dimmer controls on the ballast. I could see that being problematic for when the light is high up on a stand. But with that kind of firepower at that price can’t really complain too much. Thanks again for this review!
You‘re welcome, thank you for your kind words. I‘ll try to make some measurements soon and if I do, I‘ll update this comment😎
Great Video! 🔥
Thank you😎
Nice video. Would love to see a follow-up with a couple of things. I'm surprised that reviewers don't do a simple comparison test, which is taking a standard size reflector like a 6x6 ultrabounce, filling the light to the edges by moving the light back and forth to deal with beam spread, then doing a 3m measurement from that. It deals with hotspots then, averaging the illumination out.
#2 is the app. I bought Nanlite products in November on the promise form Nanlite that they will have an app and they are "working on it". Keep in mind that much smaller companies, like Luxli, have had a great app for years for their lights. Even my cheap $150 Neewer RGBWW panel has a basic app. So, I lost faith in Nanlite / Nanlux because it is July, and I dislike using my 9 Nanlite lights due to that. Their "remote" is also a joke.Being forced to buy, learn, set up a DMX system just to operate one light high up on a stand, which is what you typically do with a light of this power, is unacceptable.
People, stop buying their broken promise and excuse for not not having an app yet. Even a basic one, just replicating the controls on the unit, plus a colorwheel / mixer, as a version 1, would be fine.Almost EVERYONE else has that.
I don't know about the Nanlux, but My Nanlite products are not acceptable below 30%, with way too much obvious color shift. I am talking about obvious on screen and eye, not even on a meter. They also cannot hit neutral (zero) on tint, due to when you are (-1) it is really magenta, zero is off, and (+1) is really green, and they are so far off on tint at zero, that I am constantly having to MANUALLY adjust the tint at almost every kelvin setting. Their larger Pavotubes are duper off, and don't even have a tint control, so I have to wrap gel around them to just have something close to neutral. CRI / TLSI is meaningless in their case.
My understanding is that this unit has a proprietary reflector mount due to size of COB. Do they have an affordable generic speedring for softboxes and Octos, or do they force you to buy double of what you already have?
I find that Nanlite and many of their users are more concerned about how the unit looks, and accessories, and output, versus actual color and temp setting accuracy, skintone, and how it tracks at power levels. No point in having 0.1 unless it can dim that far down and still have some usable color. A bit of drift at an extremely low setting is ok, as long as easily correctable I find that Nanlite fakes their 1%, and it is much brighter than that. My Luxli Cello, when at 1%, is super dim, like you could use it to match nighttime or very low ambient. Nanlite cannot go that low, even though they advertise it. I wish reviewers like yourself would be a little harder on the products, like Gaffer & Gear channel is. And even they miss some critical real life usability things in terms of color accuracy and neutrality on a sensor.
Hope this helps for a part 2 review and future reviews.
Thanks for your detailed feedback!
I don't understand the reflector test, where do you take the reading?
@@martinc12 take a section of wall, say 6'x6', and fill that area with one light, by moving it closer or farther. Be consistent in how the falloff is dealt with, so both light circles are similar size. Do a reading at a specific distance from the bounce source, say 3m, a common standard with output listings. Then do the same with the second light. The distance from light to wall / bounce will likely be different, and that is fine. The difference in output at meter position, after the wall "mixes" any hotspots, provides a "true" output strength, equalizing the reflector designs, hotspots, etc. This also provides a realistic comparison with shooting through diffusion, or bounce. It also evens the playing field for marketing BS. Let me know your findings when you start applying a standard such as this between lights.
because these arent reviewers, they are just loser youtubers who get sent things from loser companies.
WOW! That is a lot of light for $3,400 US. And compares nicely to the M18. Crazy!
When you say it has Lumen radio through Timo Two does that mean it has Lumen Radio built in, or you have to add a device into the dmx port to get Lumen Radio control
Hi James
Yes, the Evoke has Lumen Radio built in.
great job
Thank you!
For which settings would you recommand the M18 and for which the Evoke 1200?
Personally, I‘d choose the Evoke in most situations. It‘s way more flexible, faster to setup and adjust and I just prefer to overall handling. Maybe one could make a case for the M18 if the rest of the lighting setup is ARRI too. But at this point it‘s more subjective preference and maybe brand loyalty😉
Could you tell us something about the Evoke‘s noise level? Putting aside that running big HMIs often require a generator especially on outdoor locations and that their power supplies are noisy, too - the advantage of the compact design and low heat development of LED fixtures become less important once they produce a level of noise that makes them unusable in sound sensitive indoor shooting environments. Thank you for the review!
It‘s fairly decent to work with, but not completely silent. There is an option to turn off the fans, but the light output will drop drastically. I‘d say it‘s an equivalent to the „hiss“ of the M18 (which changes as you go through frequency settings). Realistically, you‘re probably gonna use the Evoke at a distance of > 3m away from the mic and that should be doable.
@@MichaelEgglerFilms Thank you!
fantastic review. subscribef
Fantastic comment, liked😎
At 0:05 is the light actually clipping the footage or did you raise exposure in post to get it looking like that
The light is definitely clipping the footage (but I was also going for that blown out look to demonstrate the output of the Evoke).
@@MichaelEgglerFilms ok that’s what I was hoping for! Thanks
Sure thing. Besides some digital light volume (and rotoscoping the ladder of course in the UFO shot), all the light is coming from the Evoke. It‘s absolutely crazy what output you get, specially with night scenes.
I'd like to see the spread of each light and then take a meter reading. I've heard other LED's claim to be nearly as bright only to find out that they were comparing full lensed spot on the LED and full flood on the HMI.
I measured both lights at the same spread. Basically the Evoke without the Fresnel (just the reflector) and then matched the M18 to it and voilà.
@@MichaelEgglerFilms good to know, thanks!
Hi, it's nice to meet you, I was wondering if you could do a daylight test with this light it will be greatly appreciated once again thank you for the video.
Hi
Thanks for the kind words.
I‘ll try to think of it when I use the Evoke for the next time😎
until the Apurture 1200d arrives. I am very interested how they compare
Same over here👀
So when does the light actually release to the public?
Well it‘s already out there, check this if you‘re from the US: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1641412-REG/nanlux_evoke_1200_led_light.html
And this if you‘re from Switzerland:
dedotec.ch/products/nanlux-evoke-1200-spotleuchte-1-2kw
@@MichaelEgglerFilms cool thanks
After that, no reason to use the arri m18.
Its a good old light about the last century but the time is over. 🙃
Fan noise?
Not too bad. Probably comparable to the „hiss“ of the M18. There‘s also a dedicated no fan mode, but it will reduce the output a lot.
@@MichaelEgglerFilms So would you say it can be used for interviews in a large room?
@@305kubrick Yes, I personally used it for projects with audio involved. Even if the environment is absolutely dead silent (which it probably rarely is) - in my experience you can easily filter out minimal static noise.
@@MichaelEgglerFilms Awesome, thanks!
lol at your Nanlux partner