There’s a cheap LED camera light hidden inside this fake film roll

The Verge · 2 years ago · 112 views

250 lumens of illumination isn’t super bright, but the light is cheap enough to group several of them together. | Image: TTArtisan Even if you switched to a digital camera decades ago, TTArtisan’s Mini LED Light is a fun reason to carry around a film cartridge. Instead of a roll of 35-millimeter film inside, there’s a rechargeable battery and an array of 15 LEDs. It’s not the brightest camera light you can buy, but it’s also $7. With just 250 lumens of illumination, you’ll need to position the light within 10 feet of your subject for it to be of any real use. But by way of comparison, you can buy 18 of them for the same price as a single 400-lumen Lume Cube LED light. Image: TTArtisan An included magnetic hot shoe mount lets you attach the light to a camera. The Mini LED Light’s 300mAh rechargeable battery will keep it glowing for up to... Continue reading…