LED lite panel

[xort]

Did the LED camera light idea fade away?

I was hoping someone would sell a set of plans for a nice little on-camera unit...

 

[Focus This!]

How expensive are the pro-built ones?

 

[xort]

$700 to $1100

 

[videoteque73]

You can find cheaper

 

[DCERVENKA]

You can find cheaper

Interesting... Has anyone seen this light firsthand?

 

[twocik23]

This might help out

This might help out

I'm trying to build one as we speak, this is what i've come up with.

Project Enclosure-

http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...1_002_012_000&product_id=270-1802&site=search

PC Board-

http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...11_002_002_000&product_id=276-148&site=search

LEDS-

http://www.projectx.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=70

so far i've spent about $25.00 dollars. But I still have to buy a power supply.
Hope this helps.

 

[videoteque73]

Wow! I am working at the same, but only teorically. Some of those links are USEFUL! Thanks!

 

[Focus This!]

twocik23,
The LED light you specced only has 8000 MCD...
You should be using 16,000MCD; they double the light output with only a small rise in current draw.
Ultimately you want to etch a custom desgined circuit board; that way you get better results with a large ground plane, straigther power lines, etc.

 

[twocik23]

Thanks alot focus !

Will these work better?

http://www.projectx.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=21

 

[videoteque73]

Europeans can supply themselfs at this LED pusher

 

[GenJerDan]

RGB LEDs? Hmmm....light temp matching...

 

[videoteque73]

What are those RGB leds for?? You can regulate R G and B to make all the colors??

 

[GenJerDan]

I'd assume so, but they don't detailed specs that I can find on that site.

If so, though, maybe we could adjust the color temp.

 

[Focus This!]

You can get white LEDs with viewing angles of between 20-25 degress in the purported 100,000 mcd range. They take about 25mA max. This is, however, under optimal conditions, and probably not with a battery pack alone; you would need conditioned DC power with a low resistance and VERY stiff source. I doubt that the panny batteries, even Li-Ion types, would generate the type of clean, stiff, DC needed. You would have to design a filtered/buffered circuit to get the type of output needed. Cypress Semi makes ICs for this, but it still requires some discrete components to complete. With SMT (surface mount technology) this would be a small pcb, maybe 1.5"x1.5".
Just a thought...

 

[j]

Hey, here is something for someone to try... At less than $20, it would be worth it to experiment:

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?page=proframe&prod_id=1532401#

-J