This BUDGET lighting gear from Amazon is INSANE!

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[RyanKao]

Had a tonnnn of fun with this one. Hoping to do more like this, let me know what other types of gear or setups you’d like to see?

[YCImaging]

Mirror and 6x6 frame ideas were genius! Dope video bro

[TheAaronalden]

With all the cheap gear on the market I miss all of the old DIY days. It's good to see DIY is still alive and well! The fan is pretty genius, and the scrim frame is a great option as well!

[M.A.D.C.J]

Not commenting to win anything, just want to say that I'm glad you are still posting YouTube content, I look up to you so much as a filmmaker.

[Hahahasanaha]

The fan in front of the fog machine is genius, can't wait to try it. Love from Lebanon!

[sheldonnorton]

I found the best way to reproduce panels is to buy aluminum panels and learn how to polish them to various degrees of reflectiveness. You use a car polisher/sander with pads of 400 600 800 and 1000 grit and then aluminum polish for a mirror finish - lesser polishing for diffusion levels.
Works very well and then add corner protectors on the sharp corners.

For mounting use mini and regular magic arms with camera suction cup mounts to attach the various panels.

Saved… I dunno $6K. LOL

[Paneer_Panda]

Dude, Im a teen really into film making, and theses videos are super useful(even tho they're way out of my budget). Ive learned so much about lighting from your videos.

[ngowanjun]

As filmmakers who work with a limited budget and first starting out, these are actually some quite creative ideas to work things around, its always nice to see people solving problems rather than complaining I dont have this piece of gear thats why I can't create this💯

[MFMUK]

You deserve way more recognition you're one of the most helpful youtubers with highest quality content and honestly the best color grade on here.

[VideoRealmMedia]

Came-TV Tioga 310W is now out of stock and can only be found for $400+ on other sites. Really sad that companies do this once sales skyrocket after a YouTube video covers equipment. Do you have any comparable lights that you could recommend? Thanks for the video!

[britegames]

thank you for this video, as a student its very hard to find anything me and my friends can afford, that helped out a lot

[shaaban_]

Mann the finesse is inspiring. The true spirit of filmmaking

[yourmovies]

Hi there! What clamp did you use to attach the fan to the little smoke machine? Would love to do that aswell!

[leemichaeljustin]

Ryan what attachment did you use to connect the fan and the fog machine?

[elsecomojado]

Fantastic video bro, for reals. Understanding light is so much more powerful than consumer products.

[mirandatown]

Your videos have helped me so much you don't even understand. I've been trying to find affordable, good quality lighting gear that a student can afford and these ones are perfect. thank you.

[pseudomalandro]

Usually when I watch videos about budget gear, something that throws me off is how sometimes they say things like "this light is just 200 dollars" and simply show the gear. Here, I think you did an amazing job. Even though some of these are not as cheap as I would like, I just love the way you try to show us how good these are for the price, and also show how to take advantage on them. I even added some of these to my wishlist 😂 Props to you, bro!

[Genesis_simms]

0:32 if that is a iPad what app did you use to monitor for your camera because I’m currently using my phones to film but I don’t have a way of monitoring after setting everything up

[howevisual]

the fan+fog machine combo!! Love that--I've been wanting to do real haze for the longest time and only ever have time+budget to work with plain ole fog.

[Magic_Turski]

Using a fan for a fog is so simple yet so genius. I gotta try that. It's one of the most annoying parts of the process - when you know you might need more fog to match other shots, but you don't want to sacrifice time waiting for the fog to settle. Great tips!