Lowel EGO Digital Imaging, Tabletop Fluorescent Light Unit

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009K50RO
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Product Description

Now anyone can create great looking professional results in their home. Lowel, the Academy Award winning world leader in location lighting for film & video, introduces a revolutionary tabletop fluorescent softlight, the elegant & easy touse Lowel Ego. Setup is a breeze, plug it in, place it on the table, & turn it on. The result is fast, simple, & beautiful light output that's ideal for taking digital tabletop shots by collectors, arts & crafts hobbiests, sellers, archivists, and desktop publishers. Ego can also be used for DV talking head shots, digital still portraits, and webcam desktop video conferencing. Lowel Ego uses two 27 Watt custom daylight fluorescent lamps. These screw-in lamps have a manufacturers listed average life of 5,000 10,000 hours. Their daylight color output has a high color rendering index, for more accurate colors than conventional fluorescent lamps.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for food blogging, June 14, 2009

By	Ninette Enrique "bigboldbeautifulfood.blogspo... (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm not a professional photographer but a food blogger who needed a clean light to take good pictures. Another food blogger recommended it, and I bought it with very good results. If you want to see how pics look with the light, go to [...]. I highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well but a little hard to assemble., November 25, 2008

By	Michael Demeyer - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nice table-top light for food photography. The light color is well-balanced for daylight, and reasonably (but not overly) bright. I'd like an extra couple f-stops, usually having to shoot at about 1/15 sec at f5.6 @ ISO 100. Assembly was a little tricky (easier with two people), but once that done, it's done. Would recommend.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ok light, cheap construction!!, June 17, 2009

By	Stephanie S. (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

These lights are good for basic photography, but they are very poorly crafted and are worth probably a third of their actual price. First, their outer casing are made of cheap plastic, and you have to bend the plastic creases to get them to fit the internal light fixture. The whole thing feels flimsy and cheap.

Then two weeks after I received them, one just stopped working. The fixture had fried, and new light bulbs wouldn't work. Currently working on getting a replacement.

Overall: decent lighting at highway robbery prices!