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Finally, the F&V R-300 (LED Ring Light), K4000, and K4000S 1×1 LED Light Panels are ready to ship! I personally have placed a pre-order for (3) of the R-300 LED Ring lights mainly for portability and the simple option of using inexpensive Sony batteries, and plan to use them mainly off-camera on light stands. I’ve [...]

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If you’re shooting with DSLR Video, you’ve probably heard about the Z96 LED video light. F&V is the company behind the popular light and one exciting product that will be available is the new R-300 LED Video Ring Light. We got a chance to see these up close at the PhotoPlus Expo, and these are [...]

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Here’s a couple of unusual lights for video. The first is this new CN-126B Flat LED Ring Light. The design allows you to mount over your shotgun microphone, or on the camera hotshoe with the included mount.

CN-126B Round LED Video Light
Mounting the LED light over a shotgun microphone is pretty much a copy [...]

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You’ve seen me test these 12″ CFL ring lights before, but this time we’re testing out a larger 18″ version to be used in portraits adding a nice catch light (reflections in the eyes). Not only is it a very unique stylized reflection, but the lighting is very soft, broad, and well diffused. LED Ring [...]

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A new LED Ring light becomes available. This one looks like the same build as the 352 LED Ring light that I’ve been using, except the count on this comes to 360 LEDs. I’ve heard rumors about a new improved version that was being developed, but I can’t say if this one is it. It [...]

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[Update] Sorry guys, company isn’t cool with the original post. States they have a completely original product designed from the ground up. You can contact them directly for more technical information about their product and all references (and comments) will be removed. If you don’t know what i’m talking about, you’re in good shape.
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I can’t believe how much talk is going on just on LED lighting. In any case, just to throw in more confusion, here’s a quick snapshot of what I’m going to put together as my own test. For this, i’ve hired a Jedi Master. Aside from the 500 LED video light panel, these smaller LED [...]

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$99 Dollar Rotolight LED Camera Light
Ring lighting is used to provide nice even diffusion around a subject and if used creatively can be an interesting catchlight reflected in a subject’s eyes or hey maybe even sunglasses like in those fancy rap videos. I’m just having fun poking around trying to find some decent solutions in [...]