$60 Portable 4-Panel LED Video Light Solution

I requested, and shipping to The Netherlands is $49 for one unit, $65 for two (USPS Priority Mail International).

Shipping to other countries in Europe will likely be similar.

Maybe a group buy from Europe? :happy:
 
redfuse said:
I requested, and shipping to The Netherlands is $49 for one unit, $65 for two (USPS Priority Mail International).

Shipping to other countries in Europe will likely be similar.

Maybe a group buy from Europe? :happy:
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hahaha funny you mention that, I also asked him about the shipping to Spain, but he answered me with the shipping cost to the netherlands... group buy sounds interesting....
 
good find, I'll definitely give it a try. For you fellow Canadians It is on sale this week at Canadian Tire. $55 versus the regualar list of $80. Plus the cost of batteries of course.
 
ullanta said:
Is there really no way to use this thing with an AC adapter instead of the 8D batteries?
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If you have some soldering/electronics knowledge, you probably could wire up a wallwart power adapter to serve as the power supply.

If you measure the voltage across the 'lamp' connection, that would indicate what type of power adapter to get.
 
Yes... likely even without soldering it wouldn't be hard... I'm just wondering if anyone who actually has one can confirm that they didn't include at least a DC power jack... seems a pretty strange omission to me!
 
The ligth output is very weak, color temperature is high (white balance at 8k on a HPX2000) so it is bluer than standard daylight (5.6k)

However there is a few things it can do well, I taped the 4 units to the mattebox of a HPX2000 to give a quick ring ligth look (lens at f2.0, no gain, 60p, 12inches distance) you can see the result here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41gQl2C648. Not bad for 60$.

Also tried it with my 5d mkii but using the panels a few feet away from me, I had great result at ISO1600 f2.5 1/60 so we are talking low light levels. Should be great to light a car interior at night considering the small size (could use velcro to hang it anywhere).

So it's not a general lightning tool but it can do a few tricks. In low ligth levels or at a very close range it is great. It's also small, runs on batteries and can be taped or velcro-ed almost anywhere.
 
I just got one. Even if I don't use it for video work it is extremely cool. Says it last 75 hours on the 8 batteries. The individual panels that pull away last about an hour and a half. But looks like a great item to take on a night shoot, whether you light scenes with it or not. As stated, the small panels would only be useful at very close range; suppose you could group a couple of them to get a little extra. I'll try to test on lighting a car interior. My wife loves it. So it's a piece of gear you don't have to hide your purchase.
 
After reading about the Coleman LED lantern here, I picked one up, mainly for our RV since we go off grid mostly. I'm not sure I would use this much for video, but it is a pretty great camp lantern. When all four of the LED units are on the base unit, this thing is pretty bright. This would be a great unit for power outages also. Spread the detached units around a room or around the house. As others have surmised, there is no walwart option.

Grant
 
>Yes... likely even without soldering it wouldn't be hard...
>I'm just wondering if anyone who actually has one can confirm that they didn't include at least a DC power jack... seems a pretty strange omission to me!

I got one for my birthday - it sucks because you can't charge it to a wall outlet! You have to go to the store and buy 8 d-cell batteries to charge the li-ion side panels! Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I took it apart as much as I could with screws and I couldn't figure out how to hard wire a charger in there. The inside appears to be glued or snapped together in a way I couldn't figure out, so no-go for me on the DIY charger solution.
 
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