Canon Video Light for Advanced Accessory Shoe

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review




Great light, April 16, 2009
By L. slade (ny, new york United States)
This is a great light for the Canon GL2. I would recommend it to anyone who owns one of the GL models. the illumination is so powerful you can be in complete darkness and still get a clear shot.



Good Light, March 20, 2009
By D. Vickery (Washington, DC)
The light does exactly what it is asked to do, provide supplimental light in dark places without using a lot of power to do it. Good Purchase



Small but Powerful, VERY Useful Light, August 24, 2008
By CFH (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA)
The "Canon Video Light for Advanced Accessory Shoe" is one of my favorite accessories for the Canon GL2 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom. This little light provides just enough fill to warm up the video, without blinding the people or washing out the image.

Highly recommended!




Paranormal Investigator Review of Canon Video Light, July 14, 2008
By J. Krueger
This light is used on my Canon Optura 30 MiniDV camcorder. I purchased this light for use during indoor investigations. The light mounts onto the advanced accessory shoe and is activated by the camera when recording. Just flip it on and when you press the record button it will light up.

The light is extremely bright and wide spread. It projects more as a flood light then a flashlight which is helpful on investigations. My Canon Optura 30 has terrible low light capability so I needed a bright light to help. The night shot feature on the camera produces unusable jerky motion video. This light allows me to run in just the low light setting at full frame rate.

If you plan to use a Canon camcorder in low light situations, this light is a must. Do not bother with IR lights as the Canon cannot pick up the IR light.



I'd rate it lower but..., June 23, 2008
By Damodar Chetty (Minnesota, US [www.swengsol.com])
This light does work as designed - its really small, fixes on to the AAS hot-shoe with very little effort, and has a nifty auto mode that makes it come on when needed.

However it is very important to note that 3W seems to be designed to work for situations where it is the only light source with no ambient lighting.

In particular, the difference it makes is not even noticeable when standing just a few feet away from the subject with standard indoor lighting.

I've rated it a 4 so as not to skew the ratings (after all it does work per spec) - but if I were to measure how well it met my needs, I'd go with a 2.

Updated:
I had an opportunity to use this video light around a campfire - and must say that it does make its presence felt when the subject is very poorly lit ... in this case it did great work as a fill light. If you can, borrow one to make sure that it meets your needs.