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Small but Powerful, VERY Useful Light
rating: 5
The "Canon Video Light for Advanced Accessory Shoe" is one of my favorite accessories for the Canon GL2 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom. This little light provides just enough fill to warm up the video, without blinding the people or washing out the image.
Highly recommended!
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Paranormal Investigator Review of Canon Video Light
rating: 5
This light is used on my Canon Optura 30 MiniDV camcorder. I purchased this light for use during indoor investigations. The light mounts onto the advanced accessory shoe and is activated by the camera when recording. Just flip it on and when you press the record button it will light up.
The light is extremely bright and wide spread. It projects more as a flood light then a flashlight which is helpful on investigations. My Canon Optura 30 has terrible low light capability so I needed a bright light to help. The night shot feature on the camera produces unusable jerky motion video. This light allows me to run in just the low light setting at full frame rate.
If you plan to use a Canon camcorder in low light situations, this light is a must. Do not bother with IR lights as the Canon cannot pick up the IR light.
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I'd rate it lower but...
rating: 4
This light does work as designed - its really small, fixes on to the AAS hot-shoe with very little effort, and has a nifty auto mode that makes it come on when needed.
However it is very important to note that 3W seems to be designed to work for situations where it is the only light source with no ambient lighting.
In particular, the difference it makes is not even noticeable when standing just a few feet away from the subject with standard indoor lighting.
I've rated it a 4 so as not to skew the ratings (after all it does work per spec) - but if I were to measure how well it met my needs, I'd go with a 2.
Updated:
I had an opportunity to use this video light around a campfire - and must say that it does make its presence felt when the subject is very poorly lit ... in this case it did great work as a fill light. If you can, borrow one to make sure that it meets your needs.
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Design flaw
rating: 2
The light works okay .. a little better than the built in light on my HG10 .. but this item suffers from a serious design flaw. It sits really low, so if you attach an optional lens on the front of your camera you get a shadow cast across the bottom 50 per cent of your frame .. the lens's shadow! Just crazy poor design. This light should sit a lot higher.
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A Must for Canon Camcorders
rating: 5
In low light shooting conditions it makes imerative to have a video light to get rich bright viewing experience.
Canon Video light is an excellent must have accessory that gives a light weight add on for your cam corder.
Pro's:
Easy to mount
Light weight
Consumes less power
Cons:
None that I am aware of.
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