Ring Light,Upgraded Version CRI >97 55W 19inch with LCD Display Adjusted Bi-Color 3000K-5800K,Dimmable Video LED Light Kit,Makeup Ring Light with Stand for Phone Video Shooting,Youtube,Portrait,Selfie

I've had this light for 6 weeks now, and been using it fairly regularly.The light:This circular LED light is 1.7 kilograms of very configurable and powerful lighting.The light is strongly built and doesn't flex while I was handling it. The controls "click" firmly and don't "false-click" when I pushed them.The output of the settings screen is illuminated blue so that you can still see the screen when the light is on, and the rear is in darkness.I found at skimming angles to the screen I couldn't see the display - but it was nearly fully side on! So you may want to move it a foot away from the walls of your studio to ensure you can see the settings clearly.It can be controlled in a group of other lights wirelessly to ensure you can rapidly adjust your light rig without endlessly running around.The light can be on any of 48 channels, and 5 groups - and will follow lights on the same channel and group.This means this light really comes into its own when you have several lights in your studio - main, catch, fill lights and so on...Power:The power adaptor (transformer) powers the light with a safe 15 volt, 4 amp direct-current supply. So if you knock this light over, and it lands in a water bowl, or knocks over glasses of beverage, you're not going to be in danger from mains power. The specs say it's a 55 watt supply - nice and powerful.Tripod:The tripod is great for the light and mobile phone set up. Giving a secure and stable frame.For the heavier DSLR's with a large prime and affixed audio equipment - and especially when all that is mounted at off-axis angles - you may want to consider a wider-based tripod. You're likely to already have several.Photos.In the following photographs, I've focused on the details of the light rather than showing it in the studio so that you can see its construction quality and individual features the light has, as well as the light output based entirely on the single light source of the light.A: The hot-shoe connectors from left to right. The mobile phone holder. This can rotate horizontally or vertically, and has a holder that you screw tight around your phone - this makes it much easier to remove your phone because you're not fighting a spring that can (has for me!) launched my phone across the floor.There's a little adjustment screwdriver for the top of the tripod. Next is a long straight mount, finally on the right is a ball joint mount for adjusting the angle of the phone/camera.B: The power supply, instructions, quick-start for the tripod, and feedback card.C: The main controls.On the top are two little hole mounts for a mirror, in-between is a hot-shoe holder. Below that is the main control box.On the left are the power switch, and the 15 volts DC plug (for the supplied power pack). Then the main screen (blue glow) below which are the control buttons for pre-sets and radio controls. Finally on the right is the spinner and select button for changing the brightness and colour warmth in small increments.D: The tripod base.The fold down base design gives good stability without being a lot of weight. An extra set of arms for each leg flex out and prevent the base from spinning on its access - which is needed for a circular light. The base poles have little rubber feat at the end of each one.E: The travel bag.This has pockets within to hold the light, power supply and cables without having them banging around.It comes with a shoulder strap, and handle for holding while walking. The material is canvas, and well constructed with strong stitching and seams.F: Here is the light mounted on the tripod, with the mobile phone attached in the horizontal position. (It can be vertical if required).The tripod is shown at it's MINIMUM height, using the screw handles just below the controller box situated under the circle light, you can stretch out the light to double it's height.G: The light can be angled down more than 90 degrees past vertical. ( a little past horizontal).As you can see the tripod is comfortably holding the light in place without over balancing. Rather important to know!H: Here is a DSLR camera mounted on the ball head hot-shoe mount.There's plenty of space for the camera, battery pack, and audio devices within the circle.You will likely need to use a wider-stance tripod when loading it with so much hardware if you plan on tilting the camera and light downwards and off axis.I: The view from the rear of the light when a DSLR and audio equipment is mounted to the light.As you can see there's plenty of room for all the hardware, and space to get your hands around the camera to make adjustments, and modify cables.J: A close up of a mobile phone mounted using the fixed head hot-show mount, as a comparison with the previous DSLR photos.The phone is an S7 Sam-sung.K and L: Here is the light's colour warmth comparison images with the camera taking the photos set to manual white-point so that you can see the colour cast at both ends of the light's colour warmth abilities.K is set to the very warm 3000 Kelvin, and L is set to cold setting of 5800 Kelvin. The colour reproduction looks good.M and N: Here is the light's brightness with the camera taking the photos set to manual exposure so you can compare the light output properly. M is where the light is set to the lowest brightness setting (1%) , and N is set to full 100% brightness.O: For an interesting effect the diffuser is removable in 4 parts. Revealing a "star studded" array of two sets of cold and warm LED's.

I wanted a new lighting solution to simplify video-making (simple head-shot videos for YouTube). This light perfectly fits my requirements.The light is bright at its 100% setting and continuously adjustable in 100 units down to 1%. At 100%, it was brighter than I expected and will more than replace my 35W 5500K compact Fluorescent in softbox. The diffuser gives a good diffuse light. It also has a range of color temperatures that work well with my camera's auto white balance control (I'm no pro!).The unit is easy to set up, to use and to store, with its own carry case. It comes with a light stand which is pretty sturdy - though not rock-solid - this is not pro-tier kit.I particularly like the five channel presets.The unit also comes with a cold-shoe to ball-head adapter, a cold-shoe to 1/4" rigid adapter, and a smartphone holder that can rotate the phone. I'd happily use the adapters for my phone. They do also support a mid range 3/4 mirrored camera (700D), although I plan to use the camera on the tripod and shoot through the ring. With the weight, the stand is not quite solid.The quality of the light seems good, with no discernible color cast in my videos, but I have no means to test it. If it is at the 97CRI that the manufacturer claims, that's astonishing for the money.The build is what I would expect of a high-end consumer item, rather than a pro item. It's a good quality plastic construction and the stand is light-weight steel, I think. These are all consistent with the price.I think this will make my life easier and is well-worth the money. As long as you are not expecting a rugged metal build to professional quality, I expect you'll be very happy with this, and for a more rigid setup, you can always use a more solid tripod.

Pros:1) It comes with all the essentials inside. You get a stand for the light itself, phone mounts as well as camera mounts, a very good manual and also a guide for the stand.2) You get a carrying bag for the light and the cables which is also very nice to see, and on the sides there are zippers holding foam for protection.3) The case also has 2 spots from where you can carry it. There are normal handles as well as a sleeve (just liek a laptop bag) which is appreciated for easier handling.4) The phone holder as well as the ball head are well made, and as shown in the video, the ball head has no problem holding a camera.5) The cables are all very good as well, and it is nice to see a beefy power supply.6) The stand was also very easy to use. It is very simple to set up and once it is set up, it is sturdy enough to hold both the ring light and a camera without any problems.7) The ring light itself is amazingly built, It is very easy to remove the diffusers which is very good to see as if they break, you can easily replace them.8) The LCD screen is also very welcomed and it shows everything very easily. You also have a backlight so if it's pitch black around you, you can easily turn it on.(9) There are other features as well like the group feature, wireless feature, brightness levels and also a channel feature.)9) The brightness knob is very smooth to use. It has a good amount of brightness difference between 1% and 100% so you can easily fine tune to your liking.10) It is also very easy to change the colour temperature. As shown in the video, you can choose between 3000K and 5800K so you also have a pretty wide range of temperature11) There is also (as mentioned before) a button to toggle between 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% which makes it easy to adjust if you're filming and don't have access to the back of the light.12) There is also a group button, which allows to change between a few different groups and save presets on them by changing brightness and/or colour temperature prior to a shoot. Then you can easily toggle between them through a press of a button (shown in the video)13) The channel feature is also nice to have. If you have more than 1 ring light, you can put them on different channels so they don't interfere with each other, which might cause a problem.14) And lastly there's the wireless button. I unfortunately couldn't test this either since I only had 1 ring light, but you should be able to change the ring lights from 1 ring light only wirelessly.15) There is a good amount of LED's behind the diffuser as well so light is not a problem at all.Cons:Till now, I haven't found any cons, but if I do, I will be sure to update!

I only got this to take nicer photos of books for Instagram, since the lighting in my house is terrible, so this was probably a bit OP for my needs. It works great and was easy enough to set up. The stand is nicely adjustable for different heights and it's easy to detach bits if you need to take it apart.My only quibble is that the translucent plastic cover for the ring section comes in four segments, which don't quite fit together flush in my lamp. I tried to push them back together, but one always sticks out a bit. It doesn't seem to affect the quality of light, but maybe if I were a professional photographer, that's something I would notice.

This lamp has been a massive upgrade for our YouTube set up. Previously we had been using two conventional lamps with hood reflectors, which are a) less reliable b) take up much more room and c) not as bright.The light itself was easy to access and set up. The tripod is of good quality, robust and weighty, so there's no wobble or risk of collapse. We don't actually ask very much of our lights, as we don't need to vary them, but the camera has a nice variable brightness setting. On it's brightest setting, it's perfect for tabletop video recording. We're finding that the colours are much richer on our newer video (you can see the difference at the end of the video I've attached. )The camera comes with a bag for carrying everything around in, if you want to do mobile photography or videos. Again ours are static, so I haven't need to use this function. The kit isn't heavy and against as its robust should withstand being transported. Something I wouldn't want to have to do with our old halogen style spiral bulbs.The phone/camera attachments on the rig are easy to use , allowing just about anybody to use the light with whatever rerecording hardware they are using.If I had the time again, I would definitely have picked up one of these rings sooner, though they're not cheap if you're just starting out. The reason being, that they are so much easier to assemble and transport and give a much cleaner finished product, you're not losing time and energy in setting your shoot up AND you're getting an increase in quality. It's absolutely win-win, and the cost difference between this and two less luminous lights isn't that great.All in all, I'm super pleased with my new light and would definitely recommend it.

I’ve used quite a few continuous ringlights for portrait photography and this is by far the best of the lot.Thanks to the light being an LED, there is no flickering and the intensity is constant. The LED also makes the colour easier to manage with less of a chance of unwanted colour casts. The aperture is large and makes it easy to shoot through it at a variety of angles and positions, making this light very versatile.The light is bright and at full power I was able to shoot at ISO 400 at around f/8 with manageable shutter speeds. The power output is fully adjustable through the turn of a dial, which makes it easy to adjust for subjects who find it too bright. You are also able to adjust the power in 25% increments at the push of a button which is a nice convenient feature.The colour of the light is also highly adjustable and goes from very warm and saturated to very cool with a lot of options in between. Whilst I found that the colour temperature listed on the LED didn’t match up for a perfect white balance, this is an easy fix and not really a problem.The LED display is clear and easy to read with no clutter.Included with the light are a set of plastic diffusers that, when mounted on the light, create a beautifully soft quality of light that is ideal for portraits.Because this is a continuous light, you are not limited to using it as a traditional ringlight. Feel free to place it in any position for any lighting pattern that you want and it still produces great results.I love the fact that this light comes with it’s own carry bag. The light itself is very light and with the bag, it is easily transported. The other included accessories, such as the stand and the mounts, are quite nice as well.All in all this is an excellent light that packs a lot of punch at this price range.

Amazing product and really happy with it, UNTIL the top of the stand snapped when trying to adjust the light angle and now completely useless! I have literally used it twice so I'm not very happy at all.It seems the light is too heavy for the stand, so when adjusting angles, it puts too much pressure and bends the metal causing it to snap.

When I got the opportunity to use this light I immediately thought that it would be great to use on a portrait shoot and I am happy to say that I was right. To put it to best use and test it's full capabilities I decided I would do a portrait party with a handful of people.Tragedy struck when I accidentally dropped the light when setting it up with parts going flying. I thought it was broken, however I quickly learned how sturdy it was and also that the panels to diffuse the light were easily taken on and off.While taking the shots I played with the ring lights versatile range of brightness settings as the skin tones I was working with varied quite a lot as did the tone of some of the portraits I was going for. I found that it was super easy to control the light and that it paired well with additional lighting (light saber).This is now an essential part of my kit for taking portraits in a setting I can control. The only two let downs with this light is that it requires a plug socket (but this is something you would expect with one of it's size - it's huge) and that it is difficult to set up the first time if you've never done it before, but after that first time it's like riding a bike...as long as you don't drop it.I cannot recommend getting this light enough if you are looking for an affordable and good quality light ring for shooting portraits.