Product Description

Sunpak Readylite 20 is the world's most compact cordless videolight for use on any camcorder. The Readylight 20 provides improved color, sharpness and image quality, yet weighs only 7 ounces (including battery)! Supplied with CL-10 NiCd battery and CHG-16 charger. Provides up to 17 minutes running time.

Product Details

• Brand: SunPak
• Model: 20
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 6.80" w x 9.30" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Compact cordless video light for use on any camcorder
• Extra light provides improved color, sharpness, and image quality
• Provides 17 minutes of light
• Shoe mount for use with variety of camcorders
• Comes with rechargeable battery and charger

From the Manufacturer
The world's most compact cordless videolight for use on any camcorder, the Sunpak Readylight 20 provides improved color, sharpness, and image quality, yet weighs only 7 ounces (including battery). The supplied CHG-16 charger charges the CL-10 NiCd battery in 5 hours, providing up to 17 minutes running time. The shoe mount and compact size allow this unit to work on a variety of camcorders.

Customer Reviews

Great Value for Price
The Sunpak Videolite RL-20 gives great lite for cost, only draw back is the battery last only 12-15 min. This lite is a good value and sturdy for videotaping family and occasions where the built in light in camcorders has little or no effect. Consider extra batteries, charging time per batteries (5hrs) each.

Great little light for the money
Great light for the money; this little light will do wonders if you need a little fill light for videos. If you need a lot of fill light look elsewhere, and be prepared to shell out some serious cash.

Eleven minutes of illumination
I purchased two of this video light. Each would light up for 10 to 11-minutes on a full charge. I have tested each light for four times and the results were fairly consistent. In the tests, the lights were switched on immediately after five hours of charging and switched off when they became dim.

This light seems brighter than the built-in camcorder light. It enhances the video quality when filming indoors or under low light conditions. However, it also appears to have added a slight orange tint to the picture. The light can be mounted onto the hot/cold shoe of a camcorder or a tripod. It is not so small compared to the size of a palm-held camcorder and its glass lens is about 34mm in diameter. The 15-Watt halogen bulb is replaceable, so is the rechargeable Ni-Cd battery (the replacement bulb is $18 and the battery is $20 directly from ToCAD America, Inc., the Sunpak distributor).

The drawback is the battery's short illumination time per full charge. Five hours of charging would yield only 10 to 11-minutes of constant use. The Ni-Cd battery could suffer the voltage depression (memory effect) and further reduce the usage time. The DC port (opposite the red on/off switch) is for charging the battery only. It cannot be used to power the light by a DC adapter.

At the $30 price tag, it is a decent and useful video light, despite the short usage time per charge. I would suggest keeping at least two of this light in the camera bag, instead of just buying the spare batteries.

Note: 55RL is the "Cat no." for this Sunpak ReadyLite 20.