Following some positive responses from PDMLers, I "pulled the plug" on the last pre-Taxas day on Amazon (as of July 1 Amazon charges sales tax in Texas), and got this LED light: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VC8M3K/ http://goo.gl/kd4xx
It takes a bunch of different batteries, including 6 AA's and rechargable Li batteries, so I've also got some rechargeable generic NP-F550-replacement battery. Presumably, it should last 1.5-2 hours on a full charge. I haven't tested that yet. But it's nice to have "AA"s as a simple backup option. While my plans was to try it at the upcoming Austin Blues Party - an annual blues-dance event, I already used it (quite successfully) to take a few photographs and some short video of my little daughter at home. I like this light. It might be even a bit too bright when hitting straight in the eyes, but what's nice is it is dimmable! I wish just that in addition to the switch at the end of the range in the pot, it would have had a separate switch, so that I can have the brightness fixed and be able to switch it on and off independently. The handle that mounts into the hot-shoe looks a bit flimsy, but I hope it will be ok. Thanks to all who responded last month to my question about thit type of LED lights. Igor -- 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.
