Thanks... these lights are great. I've used them for photography and on video production. The light is most powerful in flash mode when the temperature is set to 4200...very happy with the product
Good overview. Delivered today was the 2-pack Aeos flash plus accessories, 1Anova with accessories and a 3-pack of Neos II, plus accessories. Been playing all day and all products have more than met expectations. Very pleasant surprise!
(( Rotolight / Sony Pocket Flash Important Information )) Hello for those individuals that are thinking about purchasing the NEO 2 and the EOS 3 lights. You need to be aware that these lights are only half the power of a Standard pocket flash. I did a thorough test on these lights with my Seckonic light meter. Half the power that’s it. If you would like to know more I have placed a comment below this one to give you much more information if you are truly interested.
I have an a9 and can only shoot it in mechanical shutter mode when using a transmitter on top for flash. Mechanical mode is only 10fps. How can I trigger this AEOS with the a9 using the electronic shutter at 20fps? I'd love to do it
Hi Kipling, Newsshooter have done a great detailed review of the AEOS: www.newsshooter.com/2017/08/21/rotolight-aeos-a-good-eng-lighting-solution/ Hope that helps!
How does the flash power works in Aeos? I heard its ×2 power of the continuous light. Does that mean if i keep the continuous light to 25% power and the flash output will be 50% power or its only 200% (double of the full power) in flash mode?
(( Rotolight / Sony Pocket Flash Important Information )) Hello for all of the individuals that are looking at Rotolight EOS 3 & the NEO 2 and wondering if this product is for you let me give you some information that might help you make a Better / Proper decision. I will be directing my comments about the EOS 3 and the NEO 2. If you are working in a controlled environment like a studio where you have absolute control over your lighting. Or if you are doing videography in a low light situation. Or if you are shooting outdoors in a very gloomy or cloudy day and you are OK with your lights only being 3 to 4 feet from your subject. Then these two lights will work perfectly fine for you. But if you are working in an environment where there is a significant amount of window light or your environment has a sufficient amount of lighting provided. You will find that these lights are extremely limited. If you notice they never use a light meter indicating to their viewers the strength or the lack of strength the lights provide. That all being said I have to give the lights credit where credit is due they do have amazing technology incredible technology wrapped up in these lights. It is the power of the lights that I have an issue with and only the power. I was sucked in by all of the technology and truly did not realize the environment that they were using the lights in. Either in a very dark environment or very low lit environment. Even when they use them outdoors notice that the environment is very gloomy or cloudy. It is never a bright sunny day. I will now give you the Data on why I have expressed such comments. I purchased both the EOS 3 and the NEO 2 and when I started working with them I was confused by the lack of power coming from the constant light that these lights provided. I thought at first that it was just my imagination maybe I was doing something wrong. So I lowered the lighting in my studio so that my light meter was reading at 1.00 F stop for light in my studio which means the lighting in my studio was extremely low having no effect on my testing. Then I set my camera at 250th our second and my ISO at 1000. I then put both the NEO 2 and my Sony pocket flash to 5 feet exactly from my light meter that was set on a stand. I set my NEO 2 at 1/50 of a second which is what they recommend and I have it set at max plus Power. And the Calvin is at 4800 and the modeling light was set at 40%. These are the exact settings for every test I made with all of the Rotolights that I tested. I then set the Constant light on the EOS 2 at 100% and received a F stop of 6.3 I then triggered the flash off on the EOS 2, and I received a 7.0 F stop. I then set my Sony pocket flash off at 1/32 of a second to receive 6.3 F-stop to match the power of the EOS 2. Then I removed the First EOS 2 and installed the second EOS 2 in its place and did the exact same Constant Lighting and Flash settings and received the exact same results. I then installed the NEO 3 at 100% on constant lighting at all of the exact same settings, never moving from 5 feet and I received a 4.5 F stop. With the data that I have provided I have shown that the EOS 3 and the NEO 2 are less than half the power of a pocket flash. And if that’s the case then they should notify or inform their viewers or purchasers of such information. So such individuals can make a proper decision on their purchase. ((( I reached out to Rotolight and here was thier response ! Hi Patrick, Depending on your flash meter some do have problems reading LED flash that might be an issue but without knowing what you are using it hard to know. Also where are you taking the flash reading from flash meters are designed to take direct only light so you need to measure from ½ way between the edge of the badge and rim of the light, if you measure from the centre of the light it will give you incorrect results. With the Pro lights we have pushed the constant light, but the flash should still be a bit brighter, I believe it is about 2/3 stop, if you are testing on 1/250s them you will not get the full power of the flash it has a 1/50s duration. Something sounds wrong as at 6ft, I would expect f6.3 at ISO 100 without the dome, we test at 1/60s and mid pit of the light around 4600K. Basically Rotolight is acknowledging that my information might be slightly off but we are still looking at Half of the power of a pocket flash. And if I would have known that I would not have purchased these lights. I personally feel we are being misled to some degree. ))) I have given you a link below of an individual that has pretty much done the same testing as I have. I think mine was a little bit more precise. That being said I would watch the video all the way through so you’re able to come to your own conclusion. th-cam.com/video/zFNGbkmG1sU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks... these lights are great. I've used them for photography and on video production. The light is most powerful in flash mode when the temperature is set to 4200...very happy with the product
Glad you like them Phillip!
Good overview. Delivered today was the 2-pack Aeos flash plus accessories, 1Anova with accessories and a 3-pack of Neos II, plus accessories. Been playing all day and all products have more than met expectations. Very pleasant surprise!
WOW that's a real big box of goodies - thanks for your order Mike and glad you're liking them! Look forward to seeing what you create with them :)
(( Rotolight / Sony Pocket Flash Important Information ))
Hello for those individuals that are thinking about purchasing the NEO 2 and the EOS 3 lights. You need to be aware that these lights are only half the power of a Standard pocket flash. I did a thorough test on these lights with my Seckonic light meter. Half the power that’s it. If you would like to know more I have placed a comment below this one to give you much more information if you are truly interested.
I have an a9 and can only shoot it in mechanical shutter mode when using a transmitter on top for flash. Mechanical mode is only 10fps. How can I trigger this AEOS with the a9 using the electronic shutter at 20fps? I'd love to do it
Why is the trigger on top of the light? I thought the receiver was built in.
The latest version (Aeos II) has the receiver built in
How do you sync the elinchrom trigger to the AEOS? I am trying to set up the trigger.
Hi Sharon, please check out our updated instructions here: th-cam.com/video/K34hi-diDmE/w-d-xo.html
I'm considering these for video work but can't seem to find any reviews other than for use in still photography. Why is that?
Hi Kipling, Newsshooter have done a great detailed review of the AEOS: www.newsshooter.com/2017/08/21/rotolight-aeos-a-good-eng-lighting-solution/ Hope that helps!
How does the flash power works in Aeos? I heard its ×2 power of the continuous light. Does that mean if i keep the continuous light to 25% power and the flash output will be 50% power or its only 200% (double of the full power) in flash mode?
Hi Anjana, there are different settings for flash power, but the maximum brightness of the flash is 2x the power of the maximum brightness.
@@Rotolight thanks. Where can i learn more about the flash settings pls?
(( Rotolight / Sony Pocket Flash Important Information ))
Hello for all of the individuals that are looking at Rotolight EOS 3 & the NEO 2 and wondering if this product is for you let me give you some information that might help you make a Better / Proper decision. I will be directing my comments about the EOS 3 and the NEO 2. If you are working in a controlled environment like a studio where you have absolute control over your lighting. Or if you are doing videography in a low light situation. Or if you are shooting outdoors in a very gloomy or cloudy day and you are OK with your lights only being 3 to 4 feet from your subject. Then these two lights will work perfectly fine for you.
But if you are working in an environment where there is a significant amount of window light or your environment has a sufficient amount of lighting provided. You will find that these lights are extremely limited. If you notice they never use a light meter indicating to their viewers the strength or the lack of strength the lights provide.
That all being said I have to give the lights credit where credit is due they do have amazing technology incredible technology wrapped up in these lights. It is the power of the lights that I have an issue with and only the power.
I was sucked in by all of the technology and truly did not realize the environment that they were using the lights in. Either in a very dark environment or very low lit environment. Even when they use them outdoors notice that the environment is very gloomy or cloudy. It is never a bright sunny day.
I will now give you the Data on why I have expressed such comments. I purchased both the EOS 3 and the NEO 2 and when I started working with them I was confused by the lack of power coming from the constant light that these lights provided. I thought at first that it was just my imagination maybe I was doing something wrong.
So I lowered the lighting in my studio so that my light meter was reading at 1.00 F stop for light in my studio which means the lighting in my studio was extremely low having no effect on my testing. Then I set my camera at 250th our second and my ISO at 1000. I then put both the NEO 2 and my Sony pocket flash to 5 feet exactly from my light meter that was set on a stand. I set my NEO 2 at 1/50 of a second which is what they recommend and I have it set at max plus Power. And the Calvin is at 4800 and the modeling light was set at 40%.
These are the exact settings for every test I made with all of the Rotolights that I tested.
I then set the Constant light on the EOS 2 at 100% and received a F stop of 6.3
I then triggered the flash off on the EOS 2, and I received a 7.0 F stop.
I then set my Sony pocket flash off at 1/32 of a second to receive 6.3 F-stop to match the power of the EOS 2.
Then I removed the First EOS 2 and installed the second EOS 2 in its place and did the exact same Constant Lighting and Flash settings and received the exact same results.
I then installed the NEO 3 at 100% on constant lighting at all of the exact same settings, never moving from 5 feet and I received a 4.5 F stop.
With the data that I have provided I have shown that the EOS 3 and the NEO 2 are less than half the power of a pocket flash. And if that’s the case then they should notify or inform their viewers or purchasers of such information. So such individuals can make a proper decision on their purchase.
((( I reached out to Rotolight and here was thier response !
Hi Patrick,
Depending on your flash meter some do have problems reading LED flash that might be an issue but without knowing what you are using it hard to know. Also where are you taking the flash reading from flash meters are designed to take direct only light so you need to measure from ½ way between the edge of the badge and rim of the light, if you measure from the centre of the light it will give you incorrect results.
With the Pro lights we have pushed the constant light, but the flash should still be a bit brighter, I believe it is about 2/3 stop, if you are testing on 1/250s them you will not get the full power of the flash it has a 1/50s duration.
Something sounds wrong as at 6ft, I would expect f6.3 at ISO 100 without the dome, we test at 1/60s and mid pit of the light around 4600K.
Basically Rotolight is acknowledging that my information might be slightly off but we are still looking at Half of the power of a pocket flash. And if I would have known that I would not have purchased these lights. I personally feel we are being misled to some degree. )))
I have given you a link below of an individual that has pretty much done the same testing as I have. I think mine was a little bit more precise. That being said I would watch the video all the way through so you’re able to come to your own conclusion.
th-cam.com/video/zFNGbkmG1sU/w-d-xo.html