This last week I was looking around for an LED light, that was bright and affordable, and we found some on Ebay. We own an Alzo770L, but just yesterday we received a similar LED light from Ebay. This light is better built, and runs off the Panasonic CGR batteries…which we have a lot of. Thus far, for only $45, this is a great find. Time will tell how dependable this light it. The good thing about the Alzo 770L is that it can run and be charged off a USB connection, and has barn doors. Read on to see some pics.
Here is the Alzo 770L and the CN-126 (Ebay) lights side by side. The CN-126 is a bit larger, and when you add a Panasonic CGR battery it gets much heavier.
CN-126 on left. Alzo 770L on right.
They both come with stock diffusers, and a tungsten gels. In the pic below, they both have their diffusers in. It is obvious the CN-126 is brighter. Its color temp is 5400K. The Alzo’s color temp us 5600K, but only has 70 LED’s. The CN-126 has 126 LED’s.
CN-126 on left. Alzo 770L on right.
Here the diffusers have been removed. You can see the tighter LED pattern on the CN-126.
CN-126 on left. Alzo 770L on right.
Here is the CN-126, by itself with a pouch that has the tungsten gel in it.
CN-126 with accessory pouch for extra tungsten gel.
In the pic below, the CN-126 has a Panasonic CGR battery attached. It comes with a plate that slips in the back to make it adaptable for the Panasonic rechargeable batteries. When the battery is removed, you can run it off 6 double “A” batteries.
CN-126 with a Panasonic CGR battery on.
For us, this is an easy choice. We love the barn doors on the Alzo, but its brightness just doesn’t keep up with the CN-126.
That light is bright, lightweight, and pretty cheap. And it is nice and flexible for taking AA cells as well as Panasonic and Sony battery packs.
However it has a significant green caste to the light. It probably requires color balancing for fluorescent tubes to get decent color rendering out of it. The flex joints on the support arm are difficult to get tight enough so it doesn’t go flaccid just when you need it. There is probably a good reason why the CRI (color rendering index) is not specified.
You are correct. You basically get what you pay for. We have found it useful when shooting documentary type settings where you walk into all sorts of lighting. But when we can, we add gels to get is it as balanced as we can, but it is not too far off from 5600k. It reads at 5400K.
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the great thing about LED light is that they do not generate lots of heat~”:
Yeah, and more and more companies are coming out with more to choose from.
LED Lights last much longer than incandescent bulbs and yet they consume less power”~’