After being recently announced, the Aputure amaran P60c and P60x are already shipping (alongside two new amaran COB fixtures), and I’ve had a chance to review both over the last several weeks. There are always tradeoffs for lower-cost products –especially in the lighting category– so do the P60c and x fixtures nail that delicate balance between cost and performance? Keep on reading to find out. In my mind, for better or worse, the Aputure brand has always been on the more affordable side when compared to other older industry staples like ARRI or Litepanels. So, when approaching this review, I was already curious about the budget category for a brand like Aputure that, along with their Light Storm and Nova product lines, I consider budget-conscious alternatives. There’s absolutely a stigma around budget options in filmmaking. Perhaps a given product isn’t high enough cost to justify the day-rate fee for the owner, or maybe there are just better alternatives well ingrained into the rental system in your particular media market. Or, an item might be of such low cost that in some minds, it just can’t be as good as a more expensive product. You get my point. The amaran series isn’t intended to garner a hefty kit fee or become a rental item, and that’s just fine. It’s meant for at-home content creators, students, and one-person bands or filmmakers traveling light on a budget. The plastic build of both the P60c and the P60x and power consumption by the more...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 8 November, 2021