The Harbor Freight lights are often also free, with a coupon, if you get
their flyers in the mail or sign up to have them mail you their catalog
periodically.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Back in August I bought this bracket arm <http://www.amazon.com/dp/
> B00K7146S4/ref=pe_385040_121528360_TE_dp_1> to be used with two of these
> LED lights here <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098G9LHU/ref=pe_385040_
> 121528360_TE_dp_2>
>
> At the time there was a question of whether the lights would rotate. As
> Moose suggested they should rotate by loosening the attaching screws under
> the cold shoes. However, by design, they don't actually rotate since the
> square base of the cold shoe rests inside a shallow channel that is the
> same width as the base of the cold shoe. That channel prevents rotation in
> other than 90 degree increments which is essentially useless.
>
> But that channel can be easily defeated by putting a 1/4" washer inside
> the channel between the channel and cold shoe. The channel is approx. 20mm
> wide and about 1.5mm deep. A standard 1/4" washer has a clearance hole for
> a 1/4" screw (approx 0.3" diameter or 7.6mm) a diameter of 3/4" (19mm) and
> a thickness of about 1/16" (slightly more than 1.5mm). The washer easily
> fits inside the channel and raises the square base of the cold foot
> slightly higher than the depth of the channel and allows the cold foot to
> rotate. None of these dimensions are very critical. I'm sure there must
> be a similar size metric washer that will suffice. You could also easily
> make your own from a piece of plastic or similar material 1.5mm or
> thicker. It could also be 19mm square. It doesn't have to be round. It's
> only a spacer and has no need of sliding or rotating within the channel.
>
> I haven't actually tried to use this contraption yet. The lights are
> fairly bright. If you live in the US and have a "Harbor Freight" store
> around you can see that the LED lights are very similar to this flash light
> sold by Harbor Freight. <http://www.harborfreight.com/27-led-portable-
> worklightflashlight-60566.html> This light has 3 bulbs on the end and 24
> bulbs in a 6x4 array on the side. The Neewer light appears to use the same
> bulbs and has 36 bulbs in a 6x6 array. The Neewer lights are also dimmable
> which should allow the use of a "main and fill light" to better control
> shadows.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|