What more could you want? At this price point, you get a great light that is very versatile and a wonderful addition to any lighting kit. The 160 LED's are powerful and a nice color temperature. I haven't tested it with a color temperature meter, but it has a cool, bluish color to the light. Probably pretty close to daylight and easily balanced with today's digital cameras.
There's a lot of bang for your buck with this light. The build quality is cheap and plastic, but as long as you don't drop it or throw it around, it should last as long as any other plastic device we have in our lives. It's great that you can use so many different power sources. I personally like the AA battery option. I have rechargeable NiMh batteries that will power this light all day long. I wish the battery compartment were manufactured to slightly tighter specifications as the batteries have a lot of wiggle room. Even a scalloped depression for each battery would help hold them more securely in place. But this is a very minor complaint. Once the batteries are in place, there is a frame that snaps on top of the batteries to keep them from falling out.
There are three filters included. One is a frosted clear panel and the other two are supposed to give you a tungsten and florescent light correction. I doubt they are anywhere close to being accurate, but it's nice they threw them in. Personally, I have a set of Rosco color correction gels that I will cut and use over the front of the LED light to get better color accuracy from this light. Easy to use the clear/frosted panel as a guide, place the gel between the panel and the light. In my evaluations, the frosted panel does nothing to diffuse or soften the quality of light. There is no discernible difference. But it does offer some protection for the LED light bulbs. I measured the light output with a Minolta light meter and there was no loss in light when using the frosted panel.
Speaking of light output. I measured the LED light with a light meter and from 2 feet away the light measured 1/30th sec. @ f/5.6 (400 ISO). Obviously, there are a million variables, depending on how you shoot, but it's a nice light for the money. I'm definitely going to buy more for my kit.
I used to own some of the first generation Sunpak video lights that used a NiMh video battery and had a tungsten light bulb. Those lights were only good for 5 minutes on a full charge, but these LED lights will go all day long. We live in amazing times!
The hot shoe mount is a great accessory to have, but I would never use it with my Canon 5D-Mark III. There are tiny little springs under the hotshoe that are used to communicate and connect with the Canon Speedlites. Cramming a cheap plastic hotshoe into this may/may not damage it. I'm not taking the risk. It's easy enough to attach this to a light stand or have an assistant hold this light.
All in all, a great light for the price. Nice features and bright light with long lasting power and numerous power options. This is a stupid easy purchase decision. Every photographer should have at least one of these on hand. You can thank me later!
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Chromo Inc. 160 LED CI-160 Dimmable Ultra High Power Panel LED Light
Chromo Inc is a registered U.S. Trademark under Serial number 85524492
Digital Camera / Camcorder Video Light, LED Light for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Panasonic, SONY, Samsung
- Input: DC 7.2V~8.4V
- Maximum Power: 9.6 W
- Color Temperature: 5400K (3200K/filter)
- Average Service Life: 50000 hours
- Luminous flux: 660 lm
- Runtime: 70-90mins
- Size: 141x62x150 mm
- Weight: 430g (with package)
- Illumination: Distance Lux 1m 900 lux 2m 240 lux 3m 120 lux 4m 70 lux 5m 40 lux
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