When I first opened the Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel box, I thought, “This light is pretty heavy.” But, that’s part of the point with this dual-panel LED light. It’s strong and made out of metal. Geared for videographers, I had to put on my other hat as I tend to think more in the stills world than the moving image.
I keep coming back to the beauty of the light coming from this light. Nice!
Note: I was sent the Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel for review. However, this is a completely independent review. All thoughts about this item are my own.
Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel — Technical Specifications
All technical specifications were taken from B&H.
- LED count: 1792
- Color temperature: 2700 (±150) to 6500 K (±300 K)
- Luminance: 5270 lx @ 3 ft. 4402.5 lx @ 1 m
- Coverage: 120°
- CRI: 94.2
- TLCI: 98
- Output power: 120 W
- Working voltage: AC: 100—240 V DC: 15 V
- Battery type: V-mount (14.8 V max)
- Mount: 5/8 in. baby pin, convertible to 11⁄4 in. junior pin Power supply output: 15V⎓10A; 150 W
- Cable length: 12.8 ft. (3.9 m)
- Dimensions (H × W × D):
- Light only: 13.1 × 21.4 × 3.1 in. (33.4 × 54.3 × 7.9 cm)
- With yoke: 16.25 × 23.6 × 3.1 in. (41.3 × 60 × 7.9 cm)
- Weight: 10.7 lb. (4.85 kg) (with barn doors and yoke, without batteries)
Pros
- Beautiful clean wash of light
- Metal construction for durability (see cons)
- Barn doors for light control
- Solid CRI (color rendering index)
- Ability to turn down power to 1%
Cons
- Weight (but at the benefit of durability)
- No way to change light power/color settings in large increments
- No official carrying case
Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel — Video power
This is a great studio light for video interviews. Adding a battery makes it a solid location light if you are working with a crew and want gorgeous light while being out of the weather. You need the crew because of the weight of the light and you’ll need a solid support stand as well. The white cover over the 1972 LEDS is perfect for spreading the light very nicely.
If you use the programs that seem to come in all LED lights these days you can emulate lightning, fireworks, rescue vehicles and more as part of the package.
Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel — Stills photo power
The light can be used as a single light for stills photography in the studio as long as your subject is not moving. The shape and form of the light is flattering and useful. I would find it even more inviting if there was an easy way to rotate the light into a vertical orientation. Being as it is so heavy I don’t see that rotation happening without some problems. This would be useful for studio business portraits and commercial photography.
Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel — In Use
Once the Genaray Twin light is mounted on the light stand setting the angle of the light is solid using metal teeth. Barn doors have the proper amount of friction to stay in place as well. The knob for setting the brightness and the color is small and moves in very small increments. A quick push of the knob as a button and you can quickly toggle back and forth from changing brightness to color. Brightness settings can go to 1%-100% in 1 degree increments. Color goes from 2700K to 6500K.
Genaray 120W Twin LED Bi-Color Panel — Carrying around
Since there is no specific carrying case to protect this light I recommend keeping the box in which this is packed and shipped. It’s a pretty strong box with a built-in carry handle. The packing materials for keeping things in place are stronger than normal and you should end up OK if you are not traveling and unpacking/packing as a matter of course.
