Even though I read several reviews, I was still pleasantly surprised with this gem-of-a-light which beat my expectations. It arrived well packaged on time and after charging it for a few hours, I tried it out in a few different scenarios.
It seems to work best where there is some ambient light even if quite dim.
I tried shooting children in near pitch dark at a nearby park and although it lit up the kids well enough to record some decent video, light drop-off was significant beyond about 12 feet. I recommend shooting with foliage or a wall/fence/whatever at about 15 feet to catch the light and avoid having nothing but black beyond your subjects.
This light is very impressive when shooting video indoors, it really made a big difference, and the colors look much better. I did not experience any hues, blue or otherwise using this light.
The build is OK, and it is very easy to use and fits easily on the hot-shoe on my camera. The biggest downside to this light is that once the battery dies, you either need to stop filming (or stop the function you are filming) but on the plus side, I got about 1 hour and ten minutes of use out of it and it still had some battery life left. Over the approx two hours I used it, I was careful to switch off the light between filming.
It works well as additional light when using flash and can be used in place of flash but comparing photos, I found photos were better with either a flash or using the light to assist the flash( great for eliminating red-eye!)
All in all, it is a very useful light which takes up little space in your camera bag but works very well.
I deducted one star due to the none removable battery otherwise it is a super little light and I wholly recommend it.
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Sima SL-20LX Ultra Bright Video Light (Silver).
