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Spekular – versatile continuous lighting kit<\/h1>\n

I use a range of continuous lighting in the studio<\/a> – it is essential for video of course, but even for stills, it is sometimes easier to work with continuous lighting than flash. When the\u00a0Spekular LED lights<\/a>\u00a0(B&H<\/a> \/ Amazon<\/a><\/em>) hit the market, they caught my eye. What makes them unusual is that the kit comes as 4 LED bars which can be hooked up as a panel, or in any number of shapes up to 8 bars. The Spekular website<\/a> shows some of the options. This kind of flexibility makes it a versatile continuous lighting kit.<\/p>\n

I have other LED panels that I have been using on location and in the studio, and I love them. But for a larger light source, I have to rely on the Spiderlite continuous lights<\/a>, which aren’t as powerful as I sometimes need them to be. That diffuser panel eats up a lot of light. Hence my interest in this new Spekular set – it is very bright! Now, all this versatility in how you can configure the strips, and the power of the light, don’t mean much unless the lights have a high quality of light, i.e., can deliver a pure white. The Spekular is\u00a0guaranteed to be 94+ CRI and 96+ TLCI. This is also discussed in a previous article on\u00a0buying a video light for Photography & Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a first test in the studio, I set three of the kits up as large hexagonal lights:<\/p>\n

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Camera settings & photo gear used during this photo session<\/h2>\n