LumoPro
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LumoPro is a brand of lighting and studio equipment for amateur and professional photographers, which started in 2004. Their purpose is to offer products to photographers at a reduced cost.
Developed in conjunction with the Strobist
community, this flash is aimed at professional and amateur photographers alike. It offers 4 ways of synchronization with the camera through its PC port, miniphone port, optical slave sensor and hotshoe (PC/Miniphone cord included.) With its 270-degree swivel and 180-degree tilt, it allows to bounce the light off any wall, ceiling, and most light modifiers.
The manual zoom function allows to focus the beam regardless of the lens focal length. The wide-angle adapter helps disperse the beam to a greater degree. The LP120 is color neutral and offers 6 power variations.
Products
LumoPro manufactures and sell:- stands
- grids/clamps
- flashes and accessories
- reflectors
- background supports
- booms
- studs and adapters
- posing gear
- cords
LumoPro LP120
LumoPro manufactures and sells the LP120 Manual Flash.Developed in conjunction with the Strobist
David Hobby
David Hobby is an American photographer and author of the Strobist.com lighting blog, a site which promotes lighting techniques — such as off-camera flash — among photographic enthusiasts, often with an emphasis on the practical knowledge rather than the gear.- Professional life :Until July 2008,...
community, this flash is aimed at professional and amateur photographers alike. It offers 4 ways of synchronization with the camera through its PC port, miniphone port, optical slave sensor and hotshoe (PC/Miniphone cord included.) With its 270-degree swivel and 180-degree tilt, it allows to bounce the light off any wall, ceiling, and most light modifiers.
The manual zoom function allows to focus the beam regardless of the lens focal length. The wide-angle adapter helps disperse the beam to a greater degree. The LP120 is color neutral and offers 6 power variations.
LumoPro LP160
The LP160 is the successor to the LP120. Like its predecissor, it offers 4 ways of synchronization. It has a more power flash (GN 140 in comparison with GN 100 for the LP120), 7 power variations (full to 1/64), faster recycle time (4 sec instead of 6.5 sec), and a metal hotshoe foot. Also has an additional digital slave mode to ignore TTL preflashes.External links
- LumoPro website
- Universal Translator: Marry Any Flash to Any Camera at wired.com
- Universal Translator Ushers in New Age of Cheap, Off-Camera Harmony at strobist blog
- Manual Flashes: Two Debuts and an Adoption at strobist blog
- LumoPro LP120 Manual Flash at MPEX
- LumoPro LP120 Flash Product Review at studio lighting net