Shown below is a photo I tried to take of one of my cats with the Lume Cube as the light source. I attached mine easily to my Sony A7R, as seen below.Ī word of caution, however – if your lens is slightly long you may end up with a lens shaped shadow. The kit also includes a hot shoe mount, which does exactly what it says. Those modifiers stay put too, the magnets are surprisingly strong! They are able to be stacked, so you can add the diffuser, then add the warm level three modifier on top of that (or vice versa). While it’s attached, you can quickly and easily add the included light modifiers which attach magnetically. It might take a bit of force to get it to attach, but give it a firm push and the frame will be installed. If you buy the same bundle that I bought, the modification frame will need to be installed. The kit that I purchased included two light modifiers, along with the modification frame for magnetically attaching the modifiers. The Lume Cube WILL work as an individual “flash” for your phone’s camera when it’s connected to your phone via Bluetooth, just not as a “hotshoe” flash on your standard camera.Įnable “slave” mode by pressing and holding the + button for five seconds. The cube should fire in the same way a flash would. You can test that it’s working by holding your hand over the top of the cube, then quickly pulling it away. The cube’s light will turn off, then it will “fire” a burst of light anytime it detects a change in ambient lighting conditions. To enable the slave mode, turn the cube on, then press and hold the + button for five seconds. While the Lume Cube doesn’t work as a flash for a regular camera (for that, you’d be better off using it as a continuous light), it does include an optical sensor to act as a slave flash. To get out of the “low light” mode, press and hold the + and – keys again for five seconds. This mode is useful for applications like long exposure photography. The Lume Cube will turn off, then when you hit the + button the light will be in an extremely low power mode which can be made incrementally brighter or darker, though it never gets quite as bright as the “normal” mode. If you want finite control of lower amounts of light, press and hold the + and – keys together for five seconds. The brightness will increase or decrease in 10% increments. To adjust the brightness, use the + or – buttons on the top of the cube. The Lume Cube will turn on to its default brightness. Setting up the Cubeįiring up the Lume Cube is easy, just press and hold the power button on the top. When you get your Lume Cube 2.0 box, be sure to remove the plastic insert – the USB-C cable is hidden underneath. Accessories: DSLR hot shoe mount, modification frame (for attaching light modifiers), USB cable, warming gel, softening diffuser.1 Lume Cube 2.0: Daylight Balanced 5600K, 95+ CRI, diffused beam angle of 80º.I bought the Lume Cube 2.0 Single Pack from Amazon ($89.95), which includes: It’s certainly not going to replace your speedlites, and it’s not going to work as a full blown lighting kit for something like a corporate video shoot, but when using it for what it was intended to do it’s fantastic. I’ll dig into the functions of the app, as well as the functions of the Lume Cube 2.0 throughout this post.īottom line: the Lume Cube is great for use as a smaller light source for anything ranging from a light source for your video conference call to using it as an external flash for your cell phone. This little light packs a ton of features into a tiny package! It’s waterproof, the brightness is easily adjustable, you can attach various light modifiers magnetically, and you can even use the Lume Cube as a slave for your camera’s flash! It also works with the Lume-X app, which allows you to connect to the Lume Cube via Bluetooth for various functions like adjusting brightness, checking the battery level, and even using the Lume Cube as a flash for your mobile device. Many posts on IG mentioned (or hashtagged) the Lume Cube, so I decided to pick one up.Īlso, with the current need for video conferencing (this post is being written during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020), the need for good lighting for webcams is suddenly a priority, and the Lume Cube delivers. I’ve been doing a lot of toy photography lately (I’m on Instagram as and I needed something a bit more flexible than a flash or the old AA battery powered LED light that I had been using. I was a bit skeptical about this little light going into buying it. This is my first Lume Cube so I don’t have an older model to compare it to, although I have used other small, portable lighting systems. I finally got my hands on a Lume Cube 2.0 and I thought I’d do a quick review on it.
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