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Rotolight

Rotolight

Rotolight is okay for closeup work. You can hang it on your camera shotgun mic or on the hotshoe. I like the gel sheets and the fact it uses AA batteries. As for light output, do not bother with this light for anything over 3 or 4 feet from your subject. Be careful - the circle pattern shows up in the eyeballs and anything reflective.
 
percoplus said:
Rotolight is okay for closeup work. You can hang it on your camera shotgun mic or on the hotshoe. I like the gel sheets and the fact it uses AA batteries. As for light output, do not bother with this light for anything over 3 or 4 feet from your subject. Be careful - the circle pattern shows up in the eyeballs and anything reflective.
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Thanks for the input on that. Followup questions:

1 - Is it any weaker than say the Litepanels Micro? They both have 48 LED lights, but the Rotolight is half as expensive, takes 1 fewer AA battery, and seems to be a more clever design.

2- Is the circle pattern really that obtrusive? Why more obtrusive than say, a square shaped lamp?

3 - It's dimmable, correct?
 
Roto is not dimmable and does not have 48 leds. I have not tried Litepanels.
yes circle pattern is not what you want. In a closeup, you should see a nice small spot of light in the eyes, not a spaceship.

I just ordered the Comer 1800 light - we'll see how that goes
 
Norman99 said:
The spec says 1800 lumens at 3ft. Is that with or without the condenser spot lens in place ? I can't seem to get that info anywhere. Perhaps the instruction manual will say.
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Norman99, the lux measurement for the Comer light is the default light setting without any filter. So it is 1800 lux at 1 meter without the condenser. With the condenser on, it makes the light even brighter. There is also a condenser lens trick I found out that makes the lights very useful when I have to zoom in dark. You can check out the videos here

http://lacolorshop.com/blog/view.asp?id=39

Another thing to notice about is Comer is diffused by default (there is a grill pattern on the front of the lens). You will get a wide evenly distributed spread of light across the 16:9 screen. It is 1800 lux diffused. Other LED lights are not diffused that you got a hot spot in the middle and dark corners. For those lights, they always include a diffuser. But the diffuser will always lower the overall brightness.

Then it is the 4500K color temperature. It makes the light ready to use indoor without any filter. Other LED lights are day light color balance at 5600K to 5800K. You will need to use the orange filter in order to use the light indoor. Again, adding any filter will lower the brightness further more.

I shot weddings as well. I have Comer lights on camera and have another one on light stand. That gives the best overall output. :)
 
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