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cheap on-camera light
I will soon be doing a lot of run-and-gun shooting with an HDV camera which lacks the PowerTap. My sop is to power my Anton Bauer Ultralight2 from a fanny pack loaded with an AB brick and a gold mount, but I’d prefer a lighter, less tethered alternative.
Do you know of a cheap but effective on-camera light, possibly LED, and preferably powered by AA’s or the same HDV camera batteries that my Sony Z1 uses?
Thank you!
Bob C
P.S. If it only lasts a year, that’s fine. I’m planning to add some frost to the front of it so it doesn’t even need to have a very even light pattern.
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https://www.flolight.com/microbeam-128.html
I have 3-LED 500’s from these guys and they are great. I’m going to order the larger unit.
https://www.flolight.com/led-lighting/microbeam-256.htmlGood Luck
Michael Palmer -
[Michael Palmer] “https://www.flolight.com/microbeam-128.html
I have 3-LED 500’s from these guys and they are great. I’m going to order the larger unit.
https://www.flolight.com/led-lighting/microbeam-256.html“These look like they might actually be useful, unlike the microlight.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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These look very nice. Thank you for the tip.
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What is nice is the dimmer control and it looks like a solid unit unlike the micro lite.
Good Luck
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What about the dreaded green spike? If you put on the minus-green filter, and the tungsten filter, you aren’t going to have much light left. Although I prefer the smaller size of the 128, I’m thinking of the 256.
Bob C
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the 128 is much bigger than the competition and should supply you with plenty of lumens, I purchased the Micro Lite and wished I hadn’t.
Good Luck
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I’ve used lights like this on HDV cameras, and with some diffusion, they’re OK for what they are… and yes, cheap… – check carefully for battery compatability…
Sony HVL-20DW2
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/162282-REG/Sony_HVL20DW2_HVL_20DW2_20_watt_Video_Light.htmlJB
JBL Films, Inc.
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Thanks for the tip. I have had my first shoots with the FloLight 128, and it worked well. It’s a nice amount of light, not terribly large, & runs a long time on a battery. I wouldn’t want to use the bigger lights on a camera, at least not for run-and-gun.
I used a minusgreen, frost, and CTO filters (provided), and got a very pleasing quality of light on faces. Although there is a little slot for them, the filters’ flexibility will allow them to fall out, so you do need to secure them with tape.
The ball socket mount can be a bit tough to tighten up enough to keep the light pointed correctly. The height the mount provides makes it seem a bit unwieldy, but at the same time, it’s good to have the light that much higher than the lens, for the subjects with eyeglasses.
Very good recommendation – I appreciate it, Michael.
Bob C
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