Gaffer & Gear 272 - ZHIYUN MOLUS B200 & B500

Gaffer & Gear 272 – ZHIYUN MOLUS B200 & B500

In this episode I look at the Zhiyun Molus B200 & B500 lights
These lights are impressively small and lightweight for their firepower

00:00 Intro
01:18 Features
01:49 Cons / Negatives
04:15 Pros / Positives
06:59 Run through of the light
08:14 Wired Remote (optional)
08:40 Build Quality
09:07 Price and what you get

09:43 Molus B200 – No Modifier
10:18 Molus B200 – Supplied Reflector
11:00 Molus B200 – Nanlite Fresnel
12:02 Molus B200 – 3200K
12:36 Molus B200 – 5600K

13:26 Molus B500 – No Modifier
14:18 Molus B500 – Supplied Reflector
15:09 Molus B500 – Nanlite Fresnel
16:08 Molus B500 – AC Power Draw
16:19 Molus B500 – Dimming
17:18 Molus B500 – CCT Accuracy
17:43 Molus B500 – Color Render TM-30 RF
18:07 Molus B500 – 2700K
18:33 Molus B500 – 3200K
19:03 Molus B500 – 4400K
19:32 Molus B500 – 5600K
20:11 Molus B500 – 6500K

20:39 Closing Thoughts

[TimoSund]

Another interesting piece of gear to my one man show. Thanks for testing prior I could hit the shops.

[Tommy_Beal]

thanks for reviewing this man! really helpful!

[tomcattermole]

I'll definitely take you opting out of saying the name over the white guy from the Zhiyun channel thats says 'Jaiyoon'.

[IvanGorbenko]

what would you prefer this B500 or GVM 650b ?

[pablomarin]

incredible how the orion 300 fs continues to be more powerful than this light with the nanlite frenel (flood mode)

[KaarloMedia]

Thank you once again for your thorough examination of these new lights! I can't believe the amount of options we have nowadays compared to even five years ago (and the prices have gone down comparably).

I do have a bit of an off-tangent question regarding the FL20G fresnel. I just bought the Nanlite Forza 720 and the FL20G. I've seen some YouTubers use this combination and they've had no complaints about it. However, the FL20G even has stickers on it not to use the Fresnel with over 500W of output.

In my short testing I haven't felt the heat build up inside the fresnel too much, but do you have more experience or suggestions?

[JoATTech]

As always lux readings below what they promised. But seems they are on par with GVM650B pro. And with aputure 600X. Which is impressive for 500W light.

[TheSunnySuttons]

According to the on screen text results, the B200 outputs 1/10 less than the B500, is that correct?
Supplied Reflector
B200 @3m = f8 1/10
B500 @3m r= f8 2/10

Nanlight Fresnel
B200 @3m = f11 6/10
B500 @3m = f11 3/10
So the B200 outputs more light, is that correct?

[barrygoyette]

You often offer up a certain dilemma when talking about the DeltaUV, regarding the camera "working to the Planckian curve or the Daylight curve". How does one tell? I'm sure this has been asked an answered before, but I've never seen a reference to either in any of the literature surrounding my various Canon Cinema EOS cameras and I've always been curious about it.