Rotolight Creative Colour Kit with Light Stand, Add On Filter Pack, Pouch
The Rotolight Creative Colour Kit is the world’s most portable, professional, single-light creative HD lighting solution and is designed for photographers and videographers alike. The multi award winning Rotolight ringlight produces a natural, warm and shadowless wide light beam, making it perfect for HD-DSLR photography, HD Cinematography, Videography and ENG applications for use on location or in a studio environment. As a continuous light source, Rotolight provides DSLR photographers with a ‘Shoot What You See’ alternative to flash, and delivers that classic, sought-after “fashion ringlight” effect , without red eye reflection or unwanted blink responses.
Each Rotolight contains a filter holder and a custom ‘ Lee Lighting ‘ 6-piece ring-filter Calibration Gel Set for studio calibrated colour at 6900K, 5600K, 4100K and 3200K plus soft diffusion and Neutral Density (ND) gels for accurate dimming over a range of up to 1.5 aperture stops.
Also included in the Creative Colour Kit is the Rotolight Colour FX Gel Filter Kit, comprising 10 of the most popular Lee Lighting colour FX filter gels including 8 Colour FX filters for sidelight, backlight, kicker or toplight, and two Cosmetic filters for skin tone enhancement enabling users to create a wide range of lighting effects from one compact, easy to carry Kit.
The Rotolight Stand Mount, also included, allows mounting on tripods, lighting stands, rail support systems or to a standard accessory shoe for use with HD-DSLR Cameras or Camcorders.
The whole lighting kit fits into the Accessory Belt Pouch (also supplied) and weighs less than 470g (1LB). The Pouch can also hold an iPhone, keys and 6 spare AA batteries (Phone/Keys/ Batteries not included).
Reviews
"[T]his Rotolight interview LED light kit is absolutely gorgeous. It's such a pleasure to see and touch a product that's been put together by people who really care. Everything about it screams class, and the finishing - right down to the integrated gels is just quality. My advice - don't buy another on-camera light until you see a Rotolight for yourself. . . I haven't seen a more pleasing quality of light from any other form of camera-mounted light."
- Philip Nash
www.philipnash.co.uk
World-renowned Photographer; Beauty & Glamour Photographer of the Year - 2010; International Photographer of the Year 2010 Runner Up; Triple Finalist - Wedding Photographer of the Year; Over 40 Gold and Silver International Photography Awards
"Love it... it's absolutely remarkable. Beautifully made, simple.... The Rotolight ring light, with its supplied filters and gels, really boosts your video to professional standards."
- Jonathan Margolis
The Financial Times, "How To Spend It" Magazine - February 19, 2011
"Without knowing how the lights would act with still life, I just tossed them in like I would with normal strobes and I was very impressed with the immediate result. Although the power is a little weak when trying to use higher f/stops, if you can shoot around f/4 or below you can still get all the detail you could want in the shadows, and for my subject, these really beautiful highlights and gradations."
"I had one light on the camera with a 216 tough white over the bulbs and the other on a 30 degree angle to the product with no modifier. Results = excellent. See the photo of the Zippo lighter and judge for yourself. That image has no Photoshop other then a small curve and was taken on a [Canon] 5D MkII with a 24-70mm L series lens. Just add the Rotolights and there you go!"
"All in all, Rotolights seem to be an excellent option if you are looking to have a set of small, lightweight, powerful lights at your disposal. I would use them again for small still life and I would definitely use them if I was doing another macro video or some sort of medium-close-up shot of a person talking. Nice work Rotolight...."
- Justin Taylor, Photographer
www.justintaylorphotography.com/
"The Rotolight is a fantastic tool for using with the HD video on most [DSLRs] now. It provides a perfect backup when a fill light is needed to iron out any shadows on the face. It works best at close range, so for tight head shots and as an interview light it is perfect. Having two lights with the filters to be able to match the lighting to the ambient light is a great simple feature in a very portable and cool looking package. As far as stills go, If used in it's own right, it's power output is low but can be useful at high ISO's and/or with a very fast lens. Using the light in low light conditions such as a party and dark social occasions or at night outside, certainly helps the autofocus 'see' what you need to see, adding a useful key light on the subject and still provide a great ambient atmosphere. Used in conjunction with flash, means the flash output can be reduced a little so sharp pictures can be obtained while still giving more ambience than just flash with ambient lighting alone. Having it attached to the camera along with the flash gives the user the flexibility to switch between stills and movies easily. This will always be in my kit."
- Stephen Perry, Photographer
(Clients include Kelly Brook, The Prodigy, Jenson Button, Gordon Ramsay, Porsche, and others)
"The Rotolight Kit is versatile, easy to use and very solidly built, and stands as the most complete package in the competitive LED lighting market. For most general purpose, close up Video work it comes highly recommended... Something that deserves special mention is the build and finish quality of all aspects of the Rotolight, especially when compared to other units of equal or greater expense."
"The Rotolight is not just another LED box... [it] offers some significant benefits over such budget products, and even some over more expensive models."
"The Rotolight RL48 is one of the more innovative LED-based lighting product to be launched in recent years."
"The gels are brilliant, and on their own make the Rotolight versatile and budget friendly enough to negate savings you might make on cheaper alternatives - not to mention that very cheap lights aren't usually so well balanced, colour wise."
"Each Rotolight has a rubberized Matte Finish which is satisfying to the touch and feels anything but cheap... and the front mounted on-off switch feels as though it'd take a lifetime of use to break".
- J. G. Harding
Sound On Sound Magazine, October 2010 Issue - USA, UK and European Publications
Dead End Roads from J G Harding on Vimeo.
"My friend and bandmate Sam Russo performs his song, Dead End Roads in his home. I carried-out all audio and visual production myself.
This film supports my review of two products in Sound On Sound's Video Media section, October 2010 @ www.soundonsound.com/videomedia"
Lighting: Rotolight Interview Kit - www.rotolight.com
Grading: Magic Bullet Colorista 2 - www.redgiantsoftware.com
The film was shot using the following camera and lenses:
Canon 550D
Revuenon 55mm f1.2
Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f1.4
Chinon 28mm f2.8
Tiffen filters