ProdMod ™

I made some improvements to my ProdMod Camera Light a while back but never got around to writing about it. Mainly I added a 1W LED in place of the 4 standard LEDs. And I added nut coupling which allows me to use the light with a camera and tripod simultaneously, as well as use a bracket to place the light off to the side. Here are some photos to give you a taste. If you want more assembly info just leave a comment below.

A picture taken with the 1W ProdMod Camera Light

The bracket below lets you move the light source over to one side

The picture below shows the effect of side lighting

Here is a video of the 1W LED Camera Light in a bathroom.
You’ll notice it fills more of the screen with light than the original 4LED Camera Light.

ProdMod 1W LED Camera Light - Bathroom from ProdMod on Vimeo.

here is a video of the standard 4LED Camera Light for comparison.

ProdMod 4LED Camera Light - Bathroom from ProdMod on Vimeo.

I am selling packs of LEDs for those of you who want to customize their hoops or use them for other projects. You can see what colors are offered on the accessories page.

This includes LEDs used in the LED Camera Light Kit.

NYC

Just a quick note that I will be exhibiting at “An Evening at Maker Faire” on June 5th at the Saatchi Gallery in NYC from 6:30 pm - 9pm as a part of Internet Week New York. Please come by and say hi. This is also a great opportunity for you to see the latest developments in the LED Camera Light and LED Hula Hoop that I have not yet posted about.

Here is a teaser:
LED Camera Light with tripod mount and hot shoe mounting options
1W LED Camera Light - very bright!
Rechargeable LED Hula Hoop - charges in 4 hrs!

Location:
Saatchi Gallery
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014

Hours:
6:30 - 9pm

Fore more information on this event check out Internet Week NY

I was at the Maker Faire May 3-4 2008 to support two of my kits that are currently sold through Make Magazine’s website. The LED Camera Light and the LED Hula Hoop. I would say the LED Hula Hoop was the big hit and we got plenty of attention just after we finished our workshop. There were about 5 hoops being built and 3 ducked out early to finish it at home. The remaining 2 finished it at the workshop and couldn’t wait to try it out. Total build time was only 2 hours.

Here are some picks on my Flickr account

and here is a short clip of my demonstration I gave on the Make Magazine Stage courtesy of Brian Jepson from Make Magazine.

Christine Gugler from theinfinitehoop.com was nice enough to post her videos from the maker faire.

here are a few

And some great vids in the dark room

Have you already purchased this kit and never got around to finish it? Well now there is no excuse. Bring it with you to 3rd Ward in Brooklyn on April 24th and finish it off with my help - if you need it. Or come to show off your product to the rest of us. Perhaps you can be a nice prodmodder and give back by helping others with their kits. Not all of us know what a soldering iron is

I will be instructing an informal workshop for the ProdMod LED Camera Light at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY on April 24th. The class is free and everyone is welcome, but you’ll have to bring your own parts or purchase a kit of parts. For this special workshop I am offering the kit for sale without shipping so you can just pick it up at class time. You can go ahead and buy it using this link. Otherwise you can order it normally and have it shipped to you. Refer to the link on the right column of the site.

But to join the class you will have to sign up through 3rd Ward’s website. Their information and further details about the class can be found here towards the bottom of the page.

You might even use this time to explore new modifications to your Camera Light and get ideas from others.