The Colbor Wonder series are capable lights the size of your phone
May 1, 2024
Sagiv Gilburd
Sagiv Gilburd is an Israel-based commercial photographer and videographer with extensive expertise in studio work, event photography, and managing large-scale photography projects.
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Colbor showed off a new light series in NAB2024, the “Colbor W” series. That “W” stands for “wonder,” and during our visit to Colbor’s booth, we immediately saw why. These lights are tiny! The Colbor W100, W60, and W60R aren’t that bigger than your typical smartphone, and at the same time, they are very capable lights.
The Colbor Wonder series
As the names may imply, the Colbor W100 is a 100W light, and the Colbor W60 is a 60W light. Both are Bi-colored lights. The Colbor W60R is also a 60W light, except unlike the W60, the W60R is a RGB light. All Colbor W lights are exactly the same size and weight, coming in at 157x43x93mm and 345g. They also share a CRI of 97 and a few similar features, such as the built-in fan, the quiet performance mode, DC\Type-C charging, and more. The Colbor W100 reaches 3,450Lux at 1m 5,600K, No Reflector. The W60 emits 2,890Lux and the W60R 1,880Lux (again, both at 1m 5,600K, no reflector).
One of the nice features of the Colbor Wonder series is the quick NFC pairing, which I like much better than the traditional Bluetooth pairing.
Colbor also offers a series of accessories for the W series. For example, there is a battery grip for the light to avoid dangling power bank cables. Also, the system uses a mini-bownes mount, so appropriately, Colbor offers small reflectors, softboxes, and lenses for the mini-bownes mount. There is also a mini bownes to bownes adapter if you prefer to use other equipment you may already have.
Price and availability
The Colbor W100 is available for $169, and the W60 for $129. If you prefer RGB lights to Bi-color lights, the W60R is available for $169, and the W100R should be available soon for $199.
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Sagiv Gilburd
Sagiv Gilburd is an Israel-based commercial photographer and videographer with extensive expertise in studio work, event photography, and managing large-scale photography projects.
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2 responses to “The Colbor Wonder series are capable lights the size of your phone”
C’mon. You can do better.
It’s a Mini Bowens mount (Colbor dubs it “Colbor Mount”). You can deliver power to the device via the usual DC barrel jack, most likely 5.5×2.5mm and an USB-C type receptacle delivering 20V@5A. Nothing is being charged here, as there is no internal battery.
Alternatively, a cylindrical battery grip can be attached from below, blocking one or possibly even two of the four available 1/4″ screw holes. Luckily, there is another 1/4″-3/8″ hole at the bottom of the grip. This external battery has type-C & D-Tap ports for powering video lights and electronic devices. Hence it must be connected to the W100’s battery socket with its pigtail cable. Unclear if it will be charged if you deliver USB-C power to the light while operating it or connect the supplied AC power adapter.
Colbor claims a 50 minutes runtime for the grip weighing 605g if combined with the W100 or 98 minutes using a W60.
How is nobody mentioning how this looks almost exactly like the Zhiyun Molus 100?