Quite far, Dave. I just tried an experiment. I measured* the ambient light level falling on a wall in my room here: EV 4. I pointed the LED light at that spot from about 10 feet across the room, and I measured EV 7 at the center of the light circle. In fact, I measured EV 7 in about a 5-foot diameter circle, and EV 6 above and below the circle to the ceiling and the floor.
It's not going to replace a hot-shoe flash for power, but that's a useful amount of light. -bmw [*] my other recent-ish enablement: Polaris Dual 5 light meter. Recommended. On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:43 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats nice. > > How far away from subject can you get and still have some light on sad > subject.?? > > I thought about getting one last year for the two family weddings i > did, but never went through with said purchase > > Dave > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Earlier this week I ordered a cheap 160-LED shoe-mount "video light" >> to get my feet wet. Received it yesterday and it has already proven to >> be a very useful tool. >> >> I stuck it on a micro-tripod this morning and illuminated subjects >> that were only lit on the opposite side by a distant north-facing >> window. Even after 30 minutes of playing around with the light, the >> batteries were still showing 3 bars (out of 4). For about $80 (Can) I >> can see I'm going to get a lot of use out of it. It's great having >> constant light so you can see the effects of moving it around. Turned >> up it's blindingly bright to look straight at and it can very brightly >> light a large portion of a wall. I must try it in a reflective >> umbrella. >> >> http://goo.gl/Hi2jK >> >> [Allergy Warning: ~ 60% cat content] >> >> K20D, DA* 55/1.4, f/2.2, 1/100s, ISO 400 >> CN-160 LED video light http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B004VC8M3K >> >> Rating: Two paws up. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
