Stanley Tripod Halogen Flashlight - A Viable Low-Light Booster?

[Paul Bravmann]

do you think this small halogen flashlight by stanley might have potential as an extra light source in improvised documentary shooting situations? it definitely looks like it would set up nicely.

http://www.stanleytools.com/default....pod+Flashlight

additionally, i'm wondering how the quality of the halogen light will affect the color cast of footage shot under its illumination. will it cause ugly aberrations on the footage? (it's unclear to me whether it's a white light--not that i know exactly what tha implies/means.)

thanks,
phb

[Boyd Ostroff]

Originally Posted by Paul Bravmann

do you think this small halogen flashlight by stanley might have potential as an extra light source

Hey, that's kind of a cool product... but not halogen - it uses several LED's. There has been a lot of discussion of LED's for video lighting but I haven't followed it as closely as I should.... But the color temparature is probably closer to the HMI ballpark I'd guess, certainly a lot bluer than halogen.

I've used flashlights as fill when shooting on the beach at night. The beam pattern will probably be a little rough, but some diffusion gel might handle that pretty well. Let us know what you think if you buy one.

[Richard Veil]

http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/...r/16/sesent/00

www.surefire.com

the bomb.. the song.. the flashlight made at 32kelvin

r

[Edward Slonaker]

Originally Posted by Paul Bravmann

do you think this small halogen flashlight by stanley might have potential as an extra light source in improvised documentary shooting situations? it definitely looks like it would set up nicely.

Oh, now that's sweet! And only 25 bucks?? Doesn't say what amount of wattage it puts out, though.....although, as a flashlight....guess it'd make a great accent light...

[Marc Ries]

Originally Posted by Richard Veil

http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/...r/16/sesent/00

www.surefire.com

the bomb.. the song.. the flashlight made at 32kelvin

r

I didn't see where is said it was specifically 32kelvin, but maybe I was hypnotized by the $260 price tag! I assume that it would only be about $26 if it were not "military spec"? 1/2-)

In any case, it's too bad the Stanly one appears to use some sort of proprietary tripod mount and not a 1/4 bolt.