Litepanels Sola Fresnel Series

**Ramesh Jai** · 02-16-2012, 06:05 AM

Anybody use the Sola 4 or 6? Good investment for someone who does TV commercials? Thanks

**Alan I** · 05-21-2012, 11:06 AM

Ive worked with the Sola 6 nice quality of light that you can shape and love that its heat free.
I like that the Sola 4 can be battery powered so you can place them anywhere without tripping over wires. Also the weight on the Sola 4 is pretty amazingly light

**Josh Beadle** · 05-21-2012, 11:15 AM

Make sure you are happy with the build quality before purchasing these. A bit plastic for my taste and for what they charge

**Ramesh Jai** · 05-21-2012, 01:34 PM

I went for the Arri L7. Haven't received it yet though..

**Matt Gottshalk** · 05-21-2012, 01:38 PM

I don't care how good their lights are, I will NOT support a company that uses lawsuits to squash their competition.

http://www.b-roll.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27435

**Josh Beadle** · 05-21-2012, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Matt Gottshalk

I don't care how good their lights are, I will NOT support a company that uses lawsuits to squash their competition.

http://www.b-roll.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27435

Then you must not buy anything made by a large corporation . . . including the computer you used to type your post ; - )

**shashbugu** · 05-21-2012, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Ramesh Jai

Anybody use the Sola 4 or 6? Good investment for someone who does TV commercials? Thanks

The Arri's put out twice as much light at higher CRI and are upgrade-able via firmware. Way better value. Beside litepanels are expensive crap builds. Creamware is much better

**Johnny Friday** · 05-21-2012, 02:02 PM

Shashbugu: what is Creamware?

**shashbugu** · 05-21-2012, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny Friday

Shashbugu: what is Creamware?

sorry I meant creamsource
http://www.outsight.com.au/products/...urce/index.php
very popular here in los angeles

**Jeff Zueger** · 05-21-2012, 05:10 PM

Have used both the Sola 6 and L7C. Although a handy light, the Sola seemed real flimsy. Still very functional with some basic controls, but overall seemed plastic and cheap.
The L7C overall is fantastic for a LED source. I would love to have 4 of them.. Lots of color controls and cuts like a knife.
Although I haven't used Creamsource, I was impressed with their products at NAB.
I'm most excited about the Zylight fresnel. It's not bicolor but am not worried about that as much as I used to be.
At $2k (hopefully) it fits a gap for low voltage focusable daylight sources.

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