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Honestly, I wasn't sure how useful these little slap bracelets- er, I mean LED bands- were going to be. But man, oh man, did I fall in love with them more and more each time I used them. (I did). The thing is, they're just so versatile. They can be fun: long exposure portraits, creative [...]
V-Mount batteries are very common in the industry; powering cameras, lights, monitors and more. Traditionally, they were big and heavy. But with the influx of smaller cameras and a larger variety of uses, mini V-Mount batteries are increasingly useful and convenient. I've used mini (or micro) V-Mount batteries from a few companies like Bebob and [...]
There are a ton of pocket LEDs on the market these days- ranging from small and cheap to rugged and full featured. The F7, FalconEyes first version of their own pocket LED was well made and ...well, average. It had a magnetized backside but that was about it for standout features, which was OK without [...]
Last but not least, the Nuada R4 from Phottix. This was my favorite of the 3. A soft, edge-lit LED panel that doesn't need any further diffusion or modification to get a nice beautiful light. It can be battery powered for a super minimal setup and bright with very high quality output. Add to that [...]
Second up in my 3 part series on Phottix video lights is the Ring60, a (did you guess?) ring light! It's bright, bi-color, wall or battery powered and even has a USB power output for your phone or whatever else you need to charge in one of the 5 built in cold shoe slots. Large [...]
Over the next 3 days I'll be posting 1 review a day for 3 LED Video Lights from Phottix. The first up, is a little pocket sized RGB LED, the M200R. With a super thin design, 3200-5600K white light, RGB and 21 SFX, plus a 4000mAh power bank functionality... it's quite an interesting little light [...]
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