Kamerar D-Fuse Softbox for LED Panel Lights

For interview or talking head video shots, I like to soften my Aputure Light Storm LED Panels (LS1s) to ensure that the light looks as flattering as possible. But one of the problems is that to do that, I’ve been setting up an additional light stand in front of the light and mounting a shoot-through scrim. This works beautifully in terms of softening the light but it is a bulky setup.

Kamerar just released a new series of softboxes made specifically for LED panel lights called their D-Fuse line. In this episode we take a quick look at the D-Fuse and compare its results with a shoot-through umbrella and plain old diffusion paper.

Full disclosure: Kamerar gave me this softbox free of charge. They did not pay me further to do this review and did not specify what I was able to say or not say.

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Gear mentioned in or used to record this episode:

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Kamerar D-Fuse Softbox (with 12” x 12” opening for 1x1 LED panels - this is the one I used for my Aputure LS1s)

Amazon: https://geni.us/uHsw

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Kamerar D-Fuse Softbox (with 9.25” x 9.25” opening for smaller LED panels such as those with approximately 500 LEDs)

Amazon: https://geni.us/jf0Pfj

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Also shot with Aputure Light Storm LS1s LED Light, Nikon D750, Audio Technica AT4053b Microphone, Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder, Rycote Cyclone Windshield

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Aputure Light Storm LS1s LED Light

Amazon: https://geni.us/pZg7

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1172653-REG/aputure_ls1sv_light_storm_ls_1s.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/APLS1SV/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xAPLS1SV

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Nikon D750

Amazon: https://geni.us/m5HBA

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Audio Technica AT4053b Hyper-cardioid Microphone

Amazon: https://geni.us/7IP2DO

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/642499-REG/Audio_Technica_AT4053B_AT4053b_Hypercardioid_Condenser_Microphone.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/AUAT4053B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xAUAT4053B

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Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder

DVeStore: http://www.dvestore.com/guy-says-gear-reviews/audio/audio-recorders-mixers/sound-devices-633-six-input-compact-mixer-with-10-track-recorder/#aid=6242

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Rycote Cyclone Windshield (medium - testing to see whether using it indoors muffles the sound. Doesn’t seem like it does!)

B&H Photo/Video: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1245728-REG/rycote_89102_cyclone_windshield_kit_medium.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/RYCWJKS/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xRYCWJKS

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Copyright 2016 by Curtis Judd

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