Inon le-550w

[dogdrjohn]

Just received a pair of INON LE-550W led lights from Yuzo Kanda in Nagoya Japan. Pretty cool light. Takes 3 AA batteries and has a pretty even 75 degree bright white beam, add the included clear diffuser and very even beam spread, or use pink or orange or red diffusers, depending on your camera to compensate for in-camera processing of colors. (INON's web site suggests one color for Canon, another for Fuji, I forget which but will check before my upcomong trip to the Philippines). Also got an INON LE light holder bracket that mounts just underneath an INON strobe (D2000 for me, S2000 for my buddy Paul) and holds two of these lights for video lighting or just steady light for still photography. The INON web site shows comparison photos taken with a Canon S90 (also Fuji and maybe Olympus) comparing the LE-550W (doesn't say whether one or more) with a D200 with and without color diffusers. Not as great a beam spread as the strobe, but pretty wide and bright beam.

 

[ConchyJoe]

Dr. John,

Can you follow up on these lights? They look very interesting,and I want to buy two for my wife to use with her Contour HD video camera.

How did they work? Did they last the time INON says they do? How much were they and where did you get them?

Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated.

 

[bugeye]

Hi Guys,

Any sample videos you've taken yourselves with these lights?

 

[bvanant]

From Ryan at Reef they are $229 each, From Yuzo (uwdigitalcamera.com) they are 18,800 yen or about $241 each (depending on conversion rate). My issue as a video light is that at 500 lumens they are way NOT bright enough. My wife shoots video with 2 x 1200 lumen Solas (a lot more money for sure) but sometimes even those are not enough. Depends a lot on what you want to shoot. For macro stuff they should be fine but even for big fish, probably not bright enough.
my 4 yen
Bill