Lume cube panel mini1/25/2024 Color Temperature is adjustable by the same side wheel-lever from 5600K to 3200K in 100K unit increments. When the light brightness is set to 100%, the run time on a fully charged battery is 1.2 hours, 50% brightness run time is 2.2 hours, 20% brightness is 5.0 hours (shown), and 1% brightness (great for reading in your tent) is 18 hours! Full recharge time is 1.8 hours. A side wheel-lever (located between the "+" and "-") allows you to change the light intensity between 100% and 1%, in 5% increments. Depressing the power button momentarily toggles between power/light intensity and the color temperature. Holding down the top power button on the side for 3-seconds turns on the light. Out of the box, the Panel MINI has everything you need to get started: a slip-on silicon light softening diffuser, a USB-A to USB-C charging cable, a 1/4"/20 DSLR camera mount, and the MINI with a built-in rechargeable 1200mA Li-Polymer battery, housed in a strong aluminum body. And, at only $59.95, the Lume Cube Panel MINI is almost one-third the price of the larger Lume Cube Panel ($149.95). The Panel MINI can easily do the same at about 40% power, and with its ability to go down to as low as 1% power for close-distance accent lighting, this makes it a very versatile light for what I do. For many years, I've used the F&V Z96 panel lights at 10% power (about 50 LUX) for landscape foreground features that average about 100 to 150 feet away. You might think that 138 LUX is not a lot for serious photography lighting, but in my specialty of Low Level Landscape Lighting, that's plenty of power for most of my work. The specs say the 60 bi-color LEDs (30 5600K and 30 3200K) will put out 138 LUX 1 meter (although my light meter measurement came in slightly under that, at 120 LUX), which is a little more than one-third the output of its big brother, who comes in at 400 LUX (and my meter confirmed that), using 120 bi-color LEDs. For such a small package, it puts out a lot of light. 2.2 hours on 50% brightness.The Lume Cube Panel MINI's performance is what impressed me most. Odd, but not worth complaining about.ġ% - 100% brightness adjustability in 5% incrementsģ200k - 5600k color range in 100k incrementsġ.2 hours on 100% brightness. Then if I go up toward 5600k again, the panel will remain at this lowered max brightness all the way until 5400k when it will click back up to the higher max brightness again. However, when I click down to 3300k, the max brightness drops. If I start at 5600k at max brightness and lower the temperature all the way to 3400k (3200 is the lowest), the brightness output will stay the same. I did run into a strange bug regarding this consistent brightness though that I’ll mention. The Panel Mini doesn’t have this limitation. Some panels only reach their max brightness if you split the difference between color temperature extremes, thus turning on both the orange and white LEDs to their max at the same time. Speaking of which, this panel, unlike some others I’ve used in the past, has a steady brightness output regardless of the color temperature. The battery life is decent and and the Panel does a good job of indicating how much battery life you have left at your current brightness settings. Being able to have a small, soft light that I can put on my Sony ZV-1 or position near a product to add some fill light is great. I can’t find anything to complain about with it. To say I’m pleased with the Panel Mini would be an understatement.
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