Is lighting really that important for photography? Anyone familiar with the Zhiyun X200 RGB?

[LINCOLN]

Hey all,

I’ve been shooting mostly with natural light for a long time, and honestly never thought too much about artificial lighting. Lately though, especially when shooting indoors, I’m starting to feel like light control might matter more than I gave it credit for.

Not even talking about fancy setups — just having a consistent light source seems to make framing and exposure a lot less stressful. At the same time, I’m still not sure how far I actually need to go with this, or if it’s easy to overthink lighting as a hobby shooter.

While browsing around, I ran into the Zhiyun X200 RGB. I haven’t used it, just saw it mentioned a few times.
Has anyone here tried it or looked into it? Does it make sense for photography, or is it mainly a video light? And do you actually end up using the RGB part, or mostly keep it on white?

Would love to hear how you guys think about lighting in general.

[eatstoomuchjam]

I, for one, would like to welcome Zhiyun's marketing team and/or their spam bot to this forum.

As to that specific light, if it doesn't come in an ugly leather case and have Cam Mackey's signature all over the light and all of its accessories, is it even worth considering?