An LED light shaped like a film canister? Why not?
Aug 6, 2024
Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
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If you like gimmicky-yet-probably-useless pieces of gear, then you’ll love this new magnetic LED light from TTArtisans. The affordable lens brand has released this little beauty of a video light that pops on top of your hot shoe and lights things up, a little bit. For a short time. And it looks like an old 35mm film canister. What’s not to love?
The light attaches easily via magnet, and can switch between three different colour temperatures: 6000K, 4500K, and 3000K. The rechargeable battery lasts between 80 and 160 minutes, and also features a loop for a lanyard so you can wear it about your neck.
As camera-related paraphernalia goes, it’s at least not entirely useless. However, the brand says that the 15 LED bulbs provide a high brightness output, and the angle can be swivelled around from 0 to 180 degrees.
The light itself gives off around 250Lm, up to a distance of 3 metres. That’s really not a lot of light, however, it might be enough for say a mobile phone or a selfie.
However, for those who love shooting film, it is a fun design. It will set you back just $7 per light, or $70 for a pack of ten, should you be feeling generous and want to gift some to your analogue film buddies.
[via photo rumours]
Alex Baker
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
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One response to “An LED light shaped like a film canister? Why not?”
Reminds me of the iphone cases that look like a tape cassette, or the coffee mugs that look like a lens, so why not. Doesn’t have to be mega functional to be be desirable. It will be useful in some situations that only need a bit of extra light. Its tiny, attaches via a magnetic holder that fits in the hot/cold shoe allowing it to be angled and the colour temp is even supposed to be adjustable. Even if just useful to search a dark camera bag, at less than a tenner, I’m ordering one.