RGBlue LM5K Twin Light

Phil Rudin · Issue 105, Nov/Dec 2018 · pp. 51–56

Products mentioned: RGBlue System03 LM5K1300V Twin Light, RGBlue MB3500B battery module, RGBlue MB6700B battery module, RGBlue System02-2 video lights, RGB-MK01 maintenance kit, Sony A7 III, Sony 90mm F/2.8 macro lens, Nauticam NA-A7RIII housing

AOI Japan Co. Ltd. is a company that many have only associated with its line of Acrylic and glass dome ports. Starting with ports for Olympus OM-D and Pen mirrorless camera housing, compact camera housings and recently released ports for the Fantasea Line housings. What you may not know is that AOI also produce the expanding line of RGBlue Video lights, Spot Beam lights, Twin beam lights, Screen Magnifier systems, compact tripods for U/W use, snoots and more. AOI distributes products in Asia, Europe, Oceania and The Americas. RGBlue’s excellent Twin Light is the subject of this review. In issue #104 of uwpmag.com I reviewed RGBlue System02-2 video lights for both stills and video. I have been seeing video lights used more and more for stills both on and off camera. For still imaging video lights work equally well for both wide angle and macro. Many macro shooters have also been using sma…