Light & Motion Sola 4000

Peter Rowlands · Issue 62, Sep/Oct 2011 · pp. 32–34

Products mentioned: Light & Motion Sola 4000, Light & Motion Sola 600, Light & Motion Sola 1200

As with all emerging technologies, specifications improve year on year and this is certainly true with LED lights and especially so for video lights where wide angle coverage and power are desirable. The invention of LEDs (light emiting diodes) promised to eclipse traditional methods of lighting such as halogen and HID bulbs but the journey has taken longer than most expected as manufacturers had to solve the problems that needed to be overcome, mainly in the heat dissipation department. West coast of America manufacturer Light & Motion have been at the leading edge of underwater lighting (and also bike lighting, as it happens) for decades and their Sola 4000 represents the widest and brightest handheld LED light on the market today. This development follows the Sola 600 and 1200 which, in a very short space of time, have become the lights of choice with underwater photographers, mainly …