BIRTV 2011 - Brightcast Bi-colour LED battery powered ringlight

By Dan Chung and Sarah Li

The BIRTV show in Bejing this year is full of lighting from both Chinese and Western manufacturers. Many of the Chinese lights are simply clones of popular brands but occasionally there is some innovation. A company called Beijing Brightcast is offering a lightweight LED ring light that is bi-colour and powers from DSLR batteries (Nikon ones for some reason), as well as some relatively standard LED panels as well as .

By Dan Chung

Co-founder of Newsshooter, Dan Chung has over 20 years of experience working behind a camera. His career started in photography but evolved into documentary, multimedia and broadcast TV. He shot the first news video on a DSLR and has been on staff at Reuters, The Guardian and CNBC. Dan heads up the editorial team at www.photogearnews.com.