If you happen to be lucky enough to be near a power source, you can plug the light in and run it indefinitely. Running the light at max power will end up giving you a little over 30 minutes of battery life, about an hour at 50%, and at its lowest setting, it can run for almost six hours, giving you a pretty wide range of flexibility with the use on location. The light itself (as mentioned above) has a 100W high power mode that is capable of pushing 20,708 Lux at its “Max” mode. What I really liked about this light is that since it has so much color range, I was able to match pretty much any color temperature of a scene almost as quickly as you would make the white balance adjustments on your camera. I also employed it to provide some additional color when a scene called for it. For most of these shoots, I used the F100 as a fill light source or to add a subtle highlight to scenes. Over my time with this light, I used it on a music video (which sadly hasn’t been released yet so I can’t share footage), and various sets of product images and portraits to test out its capabilities.
So while the idea of the light and its design scream “portable,” it has its limits. So yes, you can use it in some pretty cold and hot environments, but I highly doubt it can handle getting wet in rain or snow and I wouldn’t trust it to handle dust or sand in high quantities either. It is also worth mentioning that this light is not weather sealed.
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Additionally, you can update the firmware in the light using the same USB-C connection.
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Obviously, if you plan on running the light at full power you’ll want to connect the light with the AC adapter for the 120w power, but at least it’s good to know the light can both charge and run a little longer even with a connected USB-C battery pack. I’ll dig more into that in the next section.įinally on the side of the grip are the USB-C and AC power connections where you can charge the battery with either connection and even run the light while connected to power directly. In theory, this design would be pretty straightforward, however, the dial is incredibly sensitive and has the bad habit of changing modes as you press to rotate the dial. You swap between these modes by hard pressing up/down/left/right and then cycle through the settings in each by pressing the same direction for the mode or rotating the dial. Using the control dial, you can cycle through the various modes the light has available which include CCT mode (Daylight to Tungsten color temperatures), a “Max Power” setting, the SFX (special effects) mode that has six presets, and the RGB mode which gives you control over the hue (360 degrees), saturation, and intensity (power). At the bottom of the grip is a small mount so that the light can be attached to a stand of some kind if you don’t want to be stuck holding it.
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The front of the base (or grip) of the light, has a nice-feeling faux-leather grip to make a better experience during hand-held use, plus it just adds a nice touch of design flare for those that want a touch of style to go with the function. The barn doors that come standard with this light add a little weight (a “hefty” 30 grams) but even with that and all of the modifiers attached, the light is still very manageable to operate as a hand held system.
The sides of the light have a ton of ventilation built into it, along with six fans along the backside of the light to provide a maximum amount of airflow for cooling and ventilation when in use at full power and/or long durations. The light itself is made with high-quality plastic (available in solid white or black) and has a slight rounding along the edges that makes it feel better when hand-holding, and simply looks better as well (as compared to some other more rigid/boxy designs). Out of the box, the Fiveray F100 has very smooth and professional-looking packaging.
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