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Best CHEAP light bar

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413Crew
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Im looking for a cheap light bar for backyard night shoots and night skiing that will mount to a cam caddie, and works on battery's. Whats the best one i can get for under $50?

something like this
Nov 30 2015 7:47PM
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Brocka_Flocka
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First read this a "Cheap Light Bear"
Nov 30 2015 7:52PM
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isaacwrong
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The 160 LED is the most common and almost all the versions are exact. I've found however, this one is the best reviewed and most robust one.

[URL]http://www.amazon.com/NEEWER%C2%AE-Dimmable-Digital-Camcorder-Panasonic/dp/B004TJ6JH6/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1448930990&sr=1-2&keywords=160+led[/URL]

Heres a video testing a 160 LED and the brightness it produces

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/797460/eBay---Amazon-CN-160-LED-Video-Light-BRIGHTNESS-TEST---Canon-7D---Rokinon-8mm-Fisheye
Nov 30 2015 7:53PM
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ascent_studios
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isaacwrongThe 160 LED is the most common and almost all the versions are exact. I've found however, this one is the best reviewed and most robust one.

[URL]http://www.amazon.com/NEEWER%C2%AE-Dimmable-Digital-Camcorder-Panasonic/dp/B004TJ6JH6/ref=sr_1_2?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1448930990&sr=1-2&keywords=160+led[/URL]

Heres a video testing a 160 LED and the brightness it produces

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/797460/eBay---Amazon-CN-160-LED-Video-Light-BRIGHTNESS-TEST---Canon-7D---Rokinon-8mm-Fisheye


i use this and it works
Nov 30 2015 8:25PM
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Huck-e-Cheese
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I third that, i got mine on ebay for 13 dollars, after about four years, its still going strong

Also, here is another one that looks promising:

Fotodiox LED98A

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/799009/Review--160-LED-Light-for--20
Dec 6 2015 11:06PM
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