LED Video Light for Cameras

Really nice little light, digital output control (from Off to Full - in 11 steps if you count the Off mode) and chucks out impressive amounts of light. The output is quite "wide" (rather than being a tighter beam) even with none of the included diffusion/adjustment filters inserted so if you're after a more-spotty kind of light for creative-control reasons then this might not suit your needs. I picked this one for compatibility with Sony NP-FV series batteries (so I'm only using one battery format for both my camcorder and light), and it is indeed compatible with them just fine. It's a bit fiddly to get the smaller NP-FV70 battery pack out unless you remove the rear battery cover (which is there to hold in AAs) but fine once you pop that off. The big high-cap NP-FV100s are tall enough that you can take them out with the rear cover left in place. To remove the battery, slide it to the right and slightly angle it up at the right-hand end (tilt it to the left) to get it to release. I am using this with third-party NP-FV100-compatible batteries (a set of DSTE ones which came with a mains charger) and the combination are great together. With this light I can mix and match with the smaller-lighter NP-FV70s I have for my camera as needed. Using NP-FV batteries in this light does seem to slightly push against the pins for the other Sony battery format this can take (not sure what type-name, but it's the longer round pins for the batteries which have round contacts further apart) - this has slightly bent those pins outward, so you might run in to issues if you wanted to swap between totally different battery types in the same light. It's a total non-issue for me because I've standardised on NP-FV for both my camera (Sony HDR-CX265) and light, but it might be useful for someone else to know this. The battery-level test button does give varying results depending on how bright the light is set to. A battery that shows 5-lights-full when the light is Off, drops down to 3-lights-full when it's on full blast (at least for me with what I'm fiddling with at my desk - I did use that battery a bit last night and haven't recharged it since then). But at least it will help you keep track of which batteries are Basically Flat vs Plenty Of Life, so it's nice to have. Comes with a ball-head adaptor which acts as a standard camera shoe-mount and also allows you to mount it to a lighting stand (or tripod, or anything with a 1/4" thread) with plenty of angle adjust. The little metal pin connecting the tension-screw to its small black plastic handle-thing was loose on mine and prone to falling out, but nothing a little dab of superglue can't fix. At this price point for a good product with otherwise no problems, I am very comfortable accepting that trivial little snag.

Extremely good value video light. At the price this is currently selling for it is virtually a disposable light! Of course that isn't much good if it's rubbish. This light is very bright considering it's price and a couple of these would be fine for most interview type situations. It doesn't appear to have any serious flaws ie. colour cast or flickering. The build quality isn't amazing but it's perfectly adequate if looked after. It also runs for well over two hours on one of the larger sony-style rechargeables. It's also really quite small - not much larger than a large model smartphone and about a centimetre thick. It would be very easy to carry two or three of these in a portable kit. It comes with a basic cold-shoe ball mount. You could add some sort of clamp with a 1/4" connection the whole thing would be very small.

I haven't used it much yet, but have played around with it and so far it seems fine. Not quite as strong as I was expecting but ok for what I will likely need it for. Using AA batteries and it doesn't get too heavy. Good piece of kit.

This is an LED light that i bought for my camera. I like this light! It seems to last a while.

My husband loves it so much, I've borrowed as well and it is really good and bright. Uses regular batteries.