Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Brand: Sakar
• Model: PS-101
• Dimensions: 3.60" h x 17.40" w x 17.30" l, 6.20 pounds

Features

• 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

Customer Reviews

Convenient and Complete
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.

PS-101Lightbox kit Lamp Upgrade
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.

Lights are terrible
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.