Digital Concepts Ps-101 Portable Lighting Studio
- Produces great images for your online products
- Includes light and dark backgrounds for the best color contrasts
- Delivers steady lighting with two 20-watt lamps
- Portable and easy to set up
The PS-101 lighting studio helps produce great images that are professional quality. This package includes light and dark backgrounds for the best color contrasts. Be a professional with Digital Concepts portable lighting studio.
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(out of 88 reviews)
List Price: $ 69.95
Price: $ 22.00
Review by The Z for Digital Concepts Ps-101 Portable Lighting Studio
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The light box construction is well done and executed.!
The two lamps provided are 20 watt units, and a bit weak for the purpose.
The lights can be upgraded to 35 watt or 50 watt halogens. You need 120 volt GU10 type replacements available at home center stores or here on Amazon. (Push in and twist 1/4 turn to remove the lamps)
If you do upgrade to the higher wattage lamps, use them only intermittently. Also unscrew and remove the front lamp retaining ring to allow increased airflow around the higher wattage lamps. After the lamps cool, replace the ring for secure storage of the lamps.
The tripod provided works OK, and supports my Lumix DMC-FZ7 without a problem.
Review by Dirk Devries for Digital Concepts Ps-101 Portable Lighting Studio
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Pros: Compact and complete, this portable lighting studio offers flexibility with it’s reversible backdrop (gray/blue). I also have used the black back panel for some shots as well. Construction quality is good ( I found one of my cats sleeping on the top panel, which is fabric and held in place with Velcro tabs), sturdy enough for its intended purpose. I like the output of the lights–seems to be a broad spectrum similar to daylight.
Cons: Only one complaint: The output of the lights could be stronger. Requires a tripod to gain depth of field with a smaller aperture.
Review by me for Digital Concepts Ps-101 Portable Lighting Studio
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The light tent is very nice and it folds down into a carrying case. The lights however, are terribly underpowered. Even with the lights half an inch from the tent fabric, I was shooting at 1/20th of a second at f5.6, and at a macro setting the depth of field is very poor. These lights might work as fill if you use a much brighter one on top, but then you’d have to get one that matches the halogen bulbs/filters that these use.
Buy a tent seperately, and get some reflector lights and daylight bulbs at the hardware store. THis isn’t worth the money.
Review by Peter A. Berryman for Digital Concepts Ps-101 Portable Lighting Studio
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The tent is decent and the portability is excellent. However, the lights are woefully underpowered and the bulbs create uneven color casts. The tripod is flimsy, frustrating, and almost useless, but this is the price of portability as well. I ended up buying clamp reflectors with 150 watt daylight bulbs at a local home builder’s store. I also replaced the blue/black backdrop with a white one, and added the velcro strips to hold it in place. You can purchase better domes or tents from online photo retailers, but they are more expensive. Do a little research to discover your needs, and be sure to use the white-balance feature of your digital camera. At first this item looks like a good idea at a reasonable price, but its performance comes up short.
Review by Francesca Fine Jewelry for Digital Concepts Ps-101 Portable Lighting Studio
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The concept is good, but the lights were a problem. They are not strong enough, and they get extremely hot. I fixed the problem very easily. First, I turned the lighting studio upside down, so the three white boards were like so: [_] Two sides of white board, and one white board on the bottom. Nothing on the top. Then I took a two bulb reptile light (heat lamp type light) for a ten gallon aquarium tank. I switched the reptile lights with 75 watt light bulbs. The reptile light is long, goes straight across, and sits atop a ten gallon tank. You simply rest the metal light right on top of this portable studio. It fits perfectly. Put your item right on the bottom so you have a white background, and you don’t have to buy a white backdrop this way either (this only comes with a royal blue backdrop). I take jewelry pictures, and the pictures come out great using this method.