Mod the ProdMod LED Camera Light

 

Here is a great example of taking a kit that’s offered on this site and modding it to meet your needs. Michelle adapted the ProdMod Camera Light to fit her camera by placing the screw in the middle of two pairs of LEDs. She also keeps a nut inside to guide and hold the screw in place.

Check out her pics on Flickr to see how she wired it.

Make your own LED camera light for less than $2 – lasts longer than Camerabright

Tests Battery Test | Photo Sample | Video Test
Upgrade Built-in screw stud | Fixed Voltage
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$9.99 for kit

Ever since digital cameras took decent video I stopped carrying around my DV video camera and instead use my point and shoot digital camera to take a few minutes of MOV or MPG video here and there. The only problem is my digicam is not equipped with a light to brighten up the videos I take indoors. So a while ago I searched for an LED light to use with my digital camera and I found one company camerabright.com that makes one that you screw into the tripod mount standard on all cameras. It costs about $30 to $40 bucks, has 4 white LEDs and takes 6 CR2032 coin cell batteries. I thought the price was ok, but there were some things I didn’t like about it and other people have also commented on.

So I decided to make my own and show you how.

First here is a comparison of the ProdMod DIY camera light vs. Camerabright.

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