The company also includes a heavy-duty ball mount that looks like it was designed to support a fixture weighing 10x as much. Having eye holes increases your mounting options and allows you to use a simple piece of string or rope to attach the light. The only thing I would have liked to have seen included on the DP Lumi lights is eye holes on the corners. For travelling shooters, this versatility is what makes flexible LED panel lights such a compelling option. This is nice if you want to use the light as a sort of china ball or to evenly illuminate two people in a sit-down interview scenario. One of the clever things DP Lumi has done when designing the light is put velcro on one edge so you can fold the light around and secure it so it forms a circle. It really does seem like a more robust professional solution that has been designed to stand up to the rigours of field use. The light is really well made and the materials used are a lot better than most other flexible LED lights I have seen. These may sound like small things, but they make a big difference when you are using the light. The connectors are well made, the cables are nice and long, and there is even a nice piece of velcro that enables you to safely secure the power connector that goes from the dimmer/ power supply box to the light. It does, however, fit in the included bag that DP Lumi gives you, but if you choose not to use that bag you may well find it hard to transport.ĭP Lumi has paid a lot of attention to detail. The only trouble with the mounting bracket for the 1×3 is that it’s long and it won’t fit in a lot of bags. In a nice touch, there are clips on the end that allow you to securely attach the bracket to the light, so it won’t move or fall off. ![]() It’s also bent in several places so it keeps your light more rigid and flat when it’s attached to the bracket. The mounting bracket DP Lumi uses is perhaps a little heavier than what you may be used to. ![]() Look I get it, I know you need some sort of frame to be able to put a flexible LED light on a light stand but why does it have to be so hard to make a decent one?ĭP Lumi hasn’t made a radical departure from using mounting brackets, but at least they have made one that is a little quicker and easier to set up and attach. Often these mounting brackets had to be assembled from multiple pieces and in some cases, they ended up breaking within the first few weeks. Speaking of mounting frames, the amount of badly thought out ones I have used in the past from other manufacturers helped me overflow the swear jar on many occasions. Appearance wise the only real difference is the clips on the back of the fixture that secure the mounting frame. Build quality and Mounting bracketĭP Lumi’s lights don’t really look any different from any other flexible LED panel light you may have seen before. Well, what if you could? I wanted to find out if DP Lumi’s fixtures could in some way address the complaints I have with flexible LED lights. I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it too. The beauty of flexible LED lights is that they are lightweight and extremely versatile, the downsides are that the power output is limited and they often take a lot of time to set up. The dilemma for me when using flexible LED is the compromise you have to make. I have been using flexible panel lights for a long time, but recently I have shied away from them in favour of more powerful and quicker to use LED lights. One of the latest flexible LED light companies is DP Lumi who are making 1×1 and 1×3 sized panels.įor this review, I’m going to focus on the companies 1×3 Bi-color light that is colour adjustable between 3200-5600k.įlexible panel lights are not a new concept, companies such as Westcott and Aladdin have been making them for years, and while they are great to use, a lot of users are put off by their relatively low output compared to a traditional 1×1 panel light. There is still very much a place for flexible LED lights, particularly for travelling shooters who need to keep gear to a minimum. ![]() You may well love the idea of owning an RGB light, but if you sit down and ask yourself “Do I really need one?” the answer is probably going to be no. While RGB lights offer a lot of versatility they are still for the most part, large, heavy, power hungry, and expensive. Flexible LED panels were all the rage a few years ago, but now RGB lights have become the latest must-have lighting tool.
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