Starting from the 100-watt stick light, Zhiyun film and television lighting products officially debuted, and the two film and television lighting product lines of Zhiyun Power King and Zhiyun Five Times have launched many eye-catching film and television lighting products. Thanks to the excellent heat dissipation of the electronic back-pressure cooling system, Zhiyun lamps can achieve high luminous emission in a small volume, even with hundreds of watts of power, which can be the size of a palm.
This time, Zhiyun has launched the Zhiyun five-fold M20 series pocket film and television lights, which achieve an excellent light and shadow performance of up to 20W under the volume of a square pocket lamp the size of a traditional note.
Design
Zhiyun five-foldM20 series pocket film and television lights currently have two products, respectivelyM20 and M20C, M20C compared with M20 more RGB lamp beads, can achieve HSI fine adjustment, red and green dimming function and color atmosphere light effect, in addition, the appearance design and accessories are the same, only the appearance color is slightly different.
M20 on the left, M20C on the right
The packaging of Zhiyun five-fold M20 series pocket film and television lamp is very concise, and it also has the same style of Zhiyun, the pure white background is printed with the rendering of the product, so that people can see the characteristics of the product at a glance, and interestingly, the front of the package is the front rendering of the product, and the back is the rendering of the back of the product, you can see the shape of the light through the packaging, and distinguish the front and back of the box, to prevent the front side down when opened, causing the product to fall.
After opening the package, take out the main body, you can see that this light set has complete accessories, in addition to the main body of the light, there are also storage bags, USB-C charging cables and magnetic light control accessories.
Let's take a look at the main body of the light first,Zhiyun five-foldM20 series pocket film and television lamp has a traditional pocket lamp form,The boxy shape is very ingenious,It is very convenient to take and place,The lamp beads on the lamp body panel are placed neatly,It can shine evenly。
However, the prominent battery destroys the overall aesthetic feeling a bit, so Zhiyun simply carried out the industrial wind to the end, directly and transparently displayed the internal battery, and matched with special fixtures to integrate magnetic accessories, fixed lamps, extended cold shoes and other functions, which is both aesthetic and practical.
The lamp body is more compact after removing the clamp
Bare light form
The bare body of the lamp weighs less than 200 grams
With the addition of clamps, the weight is increased by 70 grams
There are oblique heat vents on the back of the light, through which you can see the orange cooling fan, which will automatically turn on when the temperature is high; There is a knob in the upper left corner and the upper right corner on the back, the knob on the left side can control functions such as power on and off, mode switching, etc., and the knob on the right side can adjust the brightness, color temperature and HSI value (only the RGB version of Zhiyun 5X M20C supports HSI value adjustment).
After looking at the main body of the light, let's take a look at the light control accessories, even if the product is consumer-grade, but the light control accessories given by Zhiyun are professional-grade, first of all, magnetic diffusers, in portrait shooting, often do not need too hard light, and the diffuser that can be directly magnetized is more relaxed.
The second is the honeycomb, which can be used with a diffuser to concentrate the light after the soft light in a certain area.
Finally, there is the matte box, which can control the angle of the light through the four title pages.
Theory test
001 Illuminance test
For lighting,It is its most basic function,And how "bright" is the standard for judging it,Zhiyun five timesM20Series Pocket film and television lamp peak power up to20W。 Taking M20 as an example, we test the brightness at three color temperatures of 2700K, 5600K and 6500K at a distance of 0.5m from the light, and reflect the actual brightness value through the illuminance meter.
2700K
5600K
6500K
The illuminance values of the M20 are 1304 lux, 2000 lux, and 2060 lux respectively at these three color temperatures, and at such a distance, the brightness of more than 2000 lux is enough for a pocket lamp, whether it is used as an auxiliary surface light for portrait shooting, or modeling light for still life shooting, it can be competent.
At the same time, we also tested the brightness value of M20C, and at the same distance, the three color temperatures are almost the same as the brightness value of M20, so I will not repeat them.
002 Thermal performance
In the long-term use of lights, stability is very important, and the important factor that determines the stability is the heat dissipation of the lamp body, Zhiyun emphasized its own electronic back-pressure heat dissipation system designed based on the principle of fluid mechanics when releasing the first lighting product, which can provide excellent heat dissipation performance, and small volume lamps can also achieve greater power light and shadow.
Positive temperature
Back temperature
Battery temperature
It can be seen from the temperature of the three areas,Zhiyun five-foldM20The actual temperature of the pocket film and television lamp in the operation is still low,Even if it is a light-emitting panel,The temperature is only 40 degrees,Closeness is the temperature of the battery shell,It is also about 40 degrees; This temperature is not hot to the hands, but it should be noted that if the weather is hot, it is still not necessary to hold it for a long time, otherwise it will cause low temperature burns.
003 APP light control
In the previous we mentioned that the two knobs on the lamp body can be used to control the light,In additionRGBThe version of Zhiyun five timesM20C can also use the mobile phone APP to control the light,After downloading ZY Vega, you can easily control it on the mobile phone,The overall UIInterinterface is relatively simple,It is also more intuitive,Color temperature、Brightness and RGB control can be achieved by clicking or dragging。
The operation is very responsive
004 Endurance
The pocket light is mainly light and portable, but the battery occupies most of the weight and volume, we chose Zhiyun five times M20C for testing, after full charge, through the stopwatch to record the battery life under the peak brightness of the light.
It can be seen through the stopwatch that the battery is exhausted at 27 minutes (the battery life is the test data of the engineering machine, and the official nominal M20 and M20C mass production machines have a maximum battery life of about 40 minutes at 4300K color temperature and 100% brightness), and the light body screen has a sign of power loss, and then it will automatically turn off, such a battery life is already very good for a 20W output power pocket lamp, but the fly in the ointment is that the light only has a grid for the display of power, and there is no refined minute display, It is impossible to predict how long a grid of electricity can be used in use, and it is hoped that the display function can be more abundant in the later products.
User experience
In the use of pocket lamps, it is often not used as the main lighting fixture, but as a fill light, surface light and still life modeling light, but it plays no less role than those high-brightness lamps.
At the same time, with the fashionable light control accessories, it can also be used as a table or shooting prop, and there will be no sense of disobedience.
Double 11 is coming, all manufacturers have started the double 11 promotional activities, among which live streaming is the current mainstream sales trend, we will bring this lamp to the construction of the live broadcast room, through a long time to feel its performance.
This live broadcast room adopts the method of green screen keying, which is convenient to change the background with the marketing node, and the light in the live broadcast room is also relatively simple, the main light will illuminate people, and the background green screen is illuminated separately and evenly, but there will be a problem in this process, the light with higher power cannot illuminate the desktop products alone, and it is easy to leave shadows in the green screen, resulting in unclean keying.
At this time, Zhiyun five-fold M20 series pocket film and television lamp comes in handy, small size and uniform luminous area, so that it can be as close to the desktop as possible, through the title page of the matte bucket to control the light on the product, the product is brightened at the same time, will not affect other areas of the picture.
Zhiyun five-fold M20 series pocket film and television lights also support the use of charging at the same time, in the charging environment of the PD protocol, it supports full power and unlimited time to work, which is also very important for long-term live broadcast, but the only deficiency is that after the bottom is connected to the lamp stand with 1/4 screw hole, the charging interface is at the top, the charging cable will be bent in use, and it is easy to be damaged in the process of repeated use, if the interface is at the bottom or side, it will reduce the probability of such a occurrence.
Review
With a variety of lighting products with both lightweight design and outstanding performance, Zhiyun's film and television lighting products have gradually been well-known to everyone, in the latest Zhiyun five-fold M20/M20C pocket film and television lights, we see the new direction of pocket lights, and there are professional light control accessories, whether it is used as a table set, or used in rigorous film and television creation, but the fly in the ointment is that the light control accessories of this type of product can only rely on their own development, if there are third-party accessories manufacturers to enrich the light control, power supply and other functional accessories, then the effect of such lamps and lanterns will be more colorful in the future.
Merit:
1. The lamp body is small and easy to carry
2. The luminous power is higher and the heat dissipation is better
3. Convenient operation and rich modes
Shortcoming:
1. It can be transferred through the fixture, and there is no screw hole on the lamp body