When I put these LED panels up 4 1/2 years ago COB lights weren't powerful enough to work well with soft boxes. Today there are better versions, but don't expect to get the results you need unless you buy COB lights of the higher powers becoming available now. Twenty and forty watt equivalents are not going to work for you. You will need to buy the higher power versions now becoming available. How much you will need will depend on many things, but mostly distance between light and subject. Keep in mind that soft boxes spread the available light, thus reducing the amount of light that reaches a given point on the subject/model. There is a loss when passing through the soft box diffuser(s) too. When I bought the LED panels I started with 4. When that wasn't enough I went to 6, and then to 8, and I'm now considering adding 2 more.
Charley
Sep 26, 2025 at 06:22 AM
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