Domain Name Com's Sima SL-20LX Ultra Bright Video Light

Sima SL-20LX Ultra Bright Video Light - Silver

Domain Name Com's - : Sima SL-20LX Ultra Bright Video Light - Silver

- Great little light for the money
I've used the Sima LED light for a couple of days now and, for the money, it's a great little light. The color temp is 4500 kelvin which is about in the middle between daylight and tungsten. I wish it were one or the other. It tends to match up better with daylight or even cool white fluorescents than tungsten. The only "serious" downside which others have mentioned is the fact that the battery is sealed. I would rather have a light that ran on replaceable AA's or AAA batteries.

On the whole, it's a great little light for $30. It's bright, small and it's better than spending $300 - $500 for its broadcast cousins.

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- Bright, but not color correct.
For an LED light the Sima was as bright as another one from LP Micro I tested costing $300.

The biggest problem is that the light has a green hue and is therefor not color correct. Anything you light with it will be off color a little. You can try to tape a light magenta gel to it or fix it in post.

Anything you light with this has to be within 10 feet to make a difference - though you can connect several together which is kinda nice. It's ideal for a closeup interview but not so much for wide shots or groups. I might use it for web video but it's about it.

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- Not bad, useful, works well but feels cheap.
This is not bad, I think it's worth what I paid ($30.) but no more than that. It feels very cheaply made and I am not too confident that it will last a long time, especially since the internal rechargeable battery is not even replaceable. You are suppose to just discard the unit when the battery no longer accepts a charge. Also, it only comes with a 90 day warranty.

It's basically like a LED flashlight with a wider angle of light throw and a hotshoe on it. It also comes with a hotshoe bracket which is nice.

I use this for still photography and videos and it seems to work well. It also doubles as a pretty nice and light flashlight.

UPDATE - I have since sold this light because of the green tint, which proved to be annoying and not workable for me.

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- Nice Light for Indoor Close Up Videos
I bought two of these lights for shooting indoors at area skating rinks. The lights we're reasonalby priced at MCM electronics for about $42 per light. Video recording in a skating rink without a video light produces eye aching video clips. I bought these two lights in hopes that I could light subjects from about 15 feet away. Two lights do a lot better than no lights but I was maybe hoping for a miracle, so I can't hold it against Sima for this product, I need a little more light for the situations I'm shooting under. I like the product; the lights are light weight, last about an hour on a full charge and work with any standard size accessory shoe whether hot or cold. The lights are individually turned on/off by a switch on the back. The diffuser works quite well and the light seems pretty even when lighting a subject. Using two versus one light does make a difference in the quality of video clips, so I suggest you order two if not more.

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- First Impressions - Great bang for the buck
I just got mine a few minutes ago and pulled it out of the packaging. Boy is it light and seems bright to me. I haven't done much testing with it. I have it on the charger now and will give it a workout after I get a full charge on it.

As far as the color it seems warmer than most LED lights. I have a few LED lights (round tent camp light and some flashlights) and it is much warmer than them.

It feels cheap and plasticy which it is but it has a clever design. It comes with a mount for a hot shoe and the shoe is all plastic which I like because you don't have to worry about it shorting out anything on your camera. The bottom of the shoe has a 1/4-20 thread mount too. Granted it is only plastic but the whole thing is so light I don't see this being a problem. The other three sides on the light have a hot shoe slot (well a non hot shoe, just a shoe). This means that you could hook another light to the Sima or several to create a multi-light setup. The lights would work separately so you could switch one light on, both or either one.

The diffuser seems to work quite well.

I could see having a bunch of these to bring with for tricky lighting setups in small areas. Trying to light inside a car this thing would be perfect. Tape on a gell if you need it and use a small suction cup with mini ball head on it or even just stick it on the dash.

Pros:
- dead simple to use
- amazing bang for the buck
- great light weight and decent run time
- clever design with hot shoes built in and included little flash bracket thing for camera's without a hot shoe that do have a tripod mount

Cons:
- no dimmer
- non-replaceable battery pack
- no standard battery option (like AA option)

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