Harlowe’s Sol 5 is a three-inch extending gentle that attaches to the MagSafe mount in your iPhone to enhance the standard of your images and selfies. It’s accessible now for $79 or for $159 as a part of a journey package that features a softbox diffuser to assist scale back harsh shadows.
The Sol 5’s glowing puck is related to its magnetic mount with a brief arm that extends its attain and lets it swivel 180 levels and angle as wanted. That enables the Sol 5 for use as an oblique gentle supply as effectively, softening its impact by bouncing it off one other close by floor. But it surely doesn’t should be caught to an iPhone. It may also be used as a standalone gentle supply, or perhaps a flashlight that far outperforms what the iPhone’s LEDs are able to.
In normal mode, the Sol 5 tasks 200 lumens of sunshine, however it additionally has a short lived increase mode that may improve its output to 360 lumens for 30 seconds. Its brightness may be additional adjusted utilizing considered one of two dial controls. The opposite permits the Sol 5’s shade temperature to be adjusted between 2,700K (hotter) and 6,500K (cooler) tints.
Horlowe claims the Sol 5’s built-in 1,000mAh rechargeable battery will preserve it operating at full brightness for an hour and 24 minutes, however frequent use of that increase mode will scale back that runtime.
The Sol 5’s softbox accent may be bought outdoors of the aforementioned journey package (which features a extra sturdy case for every part) for $39. It attaches magnetically to the sunshine to even out its illumination, which Harlowe says makes it preferrred for “portrait, magnificence, or close-up photographs the place softer lighting enhances the topic’s look.” The softbox additionally consists of an extra diffusion panel that may be hooked up to additional soften the Sol 5’s output.
