Sticker shock over Canon DVC Video Light

jonnyGURU

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I have a Canon Digital Video camera. It makes an excellent digital still camera too, but there's no flash. I figured a hotshoe flash would work, but I noticed that the hotshoe on the camera is not live. I looked in the manual and found that the hotshoe is used for a light that plugs into the camera and is told by the camera through a wire when to turn on and off for both video and stills.

I'm thinking that this light is proprietary because they only show one model of this light... a VL-10Li. I found that the light is about $100, the battery for the light is about $50 and that battery doesn't use the same charger as the camera so a charger would be another $50.

COME ON!

That's highway robbery!

I think the shape and size of this hotshoe is standard. Where can I get a regular old light for it with a simple on/off switch that will make my stills look better (and don't say duct tape a MagLite to the top). I'm not about to spend 1/3 the price of the camera on a simple freaking light!!!! :| :| :|

 

Ornery

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Supposedly, these guys know their stuff. You could call and purhaps get some ideas from one of their salesmen. Or try a local camera shop that handles DV. Sunpak makes piles of flash units for different uses. They may have one that uses standard AA penlights and is triggered by the link.
 

jonnyGURU

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I was actually considering just taking the camera with me to a camera shop. Just see if the thing is in fact a standard hotshoe or not. :(
 

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<< So, no one has any ideas? >>


Got a $5 flashlight, and a quick finger?
 

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<< So, no one has any ideas? >>


Got a $5 flashlight, and a quick finger?
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What's sad is that I actually did that with the last pictures I took after I realized how poor they came out without a flash. :(