Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

Dave, you mentioned low light three times, and that might be useful for the original poster Barefooties since he seems to be barely lighting his sets. But us professional producers including yourself are using enough light to do surgery with on our sets, lol! Upgrading to a new camera is nice but most people shooting their own content would be better off getting excited about a pair of Kino-flo four foot four-banks (plus some extra lights) and learning how to use them than upgrading to the the latest technology videocamera and thinking that alone will make their video better.

I recently started filming a new project on a custom built studio set for the first time in quite a while and I had to set up a record six lights to light the set the way I wanted: the two large Kinos with daylight balanced bulbs as key lights; plus a Lowell Riffa 1000-watt softbox for fill, a Lowell Riffa 500 watt in the back corner as a hair light, plus a small Lowell Pro light to illuminate the back wall at a low angle and a small Lowell V-light light higher up to light the side wall and plant in the background. I think I am even adding a Chinese lantern style light overhead next time and hanging it from a hook on the ceiling.