In order to get you up to speed, make sure to read our inital article about the Aputure LS 300d when it first surfaced at NAB. This is one of the most powerful daylight balanced LED light out there right now. And since we’re talking about Aputure here, the LS 300d is clearly aimed at the indie filmmakers community. $10.000 price tag? No, sir! Cheap, low-quality gear, then? No, not at all! At Aputure, it’s all about having an open ear for their customers and giving them what they really want.
The LS 300d is an upgrade to Aputure’s already existing LightStorm 120d LED. It takes –well, obviously– 300W of power in order to pump out a tremendeous amount of daylight balanced light. Aputures official rating states 31.000 Lux @ 1m when using the Bowens reflector which creates a 60° beam angle.
Also, the CRI / TLCI ratings of this light are really high (≥96) which translates to even and accurate color rendition, no magenta/green shifts can be found here. The color temperature is rated at 5500K.
The main feature of the LightStorm series of light is the fact that they operate with a single chip-on-board (COB) LED source. An ordinary LED panel consists of multiple light sources since each LED is a light source on its own. This is why LED panels cast these unnatural und unflattering multi-shadows. While you can fight this effect with the use of some diffusion but you won’t be able to cast a clean, hard light with a LED panel. Ever. With the single-sourced LS 300d, you can!
The unit itself is surprisingly compact and lightweight, it’s only 30% bigger in size compared to the LightStorm 120d. One thing to mention: Yes, there are two fans inside the unit. While this might scare you away because of the suspected noise, Aputure promises to have you covered on this. The two fans rotate at a bare minimum in order to prevent the LED from damage. Also, they are rotating on different speed levels so that noise won’t stack up.
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