I don’t see this as a portrait lighting setup unless you’re looking at video applications with the light mounted on the hotshoe. It would offer some better portrait options. It was a substantial improvement over the diffuser and I think Lume Cube should consider making a reflective beauty dish. I tested it with a beauty dish (with the Lume Cube 2.0 taped to the back) and it wasn’t bad. I’d recommend bouncing it off a silver reflector or a beauty dish with a highly reflective surface. If you’re planning on using the Cube for any portrait photography work, you have to work around the power limitations, and it’s not an ideal light source – see our guide to softbox lighting here.
#LUME LIGHT FULL#
The lens photo was taken about 30cm from the subject at full power in a 25cm softbox, and it was just enough power for that. Unfortunately, the modifiers soften the light too much. It’s still pretty bright for a unit that size, but it’s worth noting that it’s too small a light source to use for portraits (without a modifier). I needed to have it about 30cm away from the light meter to read 750Lux. I tested with the battery recharged.Īdd the diffuser to the Lume Cube 2.0 and the power at 1 meter drops to about 150Lux. My tests seemed to indicate that it dropped to around 300Lux at a meter. Lume Cube claims 750Lux at 1 meter (around 3 feet). The photo was shot at ISO2500 in both to show the brightness and light falloff. This is an open grass area that extends out by 7-8 meters. To get around this, be sure to use it with smaller lenses or with the light off-camera. With the Lume Cube 2.0 mounted on the hot shoe, there is one issue: If the lens is too long, it throws a shadow. Obviously the warming gel will adjust this slightly. The quality of light is fair considering the size of the unit and the cost. The colour temperature changed to 5930K (without diffuser) at minimum power, so there isn’t much of a variation in colour temp across the power range from high to low. You do pay the price as you will lose power through the use of the diffuser. With my tests, I picked up around 5970K without the diffuser.Īdd the diffuser, and it changes to 5640K, so the diffusion panel is required if you want something closer to 5600K. The makers of the Lume Cube 2.0 claim it produces a 5600K daylight temperature. There was no post-processing other than default import (+10 contrast) and white balance correction.
Taken with a single Lume Cube in a 25cm softbox. The app functionality allows you to switch between continuous and strobe, adjust power or switch on redeye reduction. The low light mode is handy for gear photography, where pressing both buttons together for 3 seconds allows you to adjust the power from 1% to 10% in 1% increments. There are some extra bits of functionality some available in the app, some available through holding down buttons. Hold down the power button for just over a second and the light turns on.
#LUME LIGHT PLUS#
The one on the left has a power icon and minus icon on it, the one on the right has a plus icon. There are two buttons on the Lume Cube 2.0. Bright enough to be extremely unpleasant if someone puts it in your face! The diffusion panel softens the light, but you lose a little output in the process.Īt about one and a half inches in size, the Lume Cube 2.0 is super small and portable.ĭon’t be fooled by the small size, though – the light output is substantial.
#LUME LIGHT BLUETOOTH#
(I was shocked when a new helmet Bluetooth headset from an established (and expensive) brand came with a mini-USB cable. This is one of the first things I check for these days as I hate having to carry around too many cable types. It’s good to see they’ve now gone USB-C for the charging port over the micro-USB version they had in the past. The new version uses a rubber cover for the charging port but is still waterproof. One of the annoyances I had with the previous version was the coin-style cover on the rear to access the charging port. The magnets are strong enough to ensure they won’t fall off even with solid bumps. The gel filter and diffuser are a mixture of plastic and magnets that are effective for what they’re designed to do. Unlike the previous model, the new version comes with a modification frame, gels/diffuser and a hotshoe mount. Button quality seems good – they required solid presses to work, but it’s not so excessive that I would have major concerns. The Cube 2.0 is constructed from aluminium, so durability shouldn’t be an issue.
Modification Frame for mounting Gels & Diffusers.The Lume Cube 2.0 has an all-metal construction that should handle everyday knocks and bumps.
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