The Polaroid Dua might be the company’s first desirable product in years
Polaroid, fresh from ruining its reputation in the instant camera game, has turned its attention to flashes. And lights.
The latest product from whichever consortium currently owns the Polaroid brand name is the Digital Dua, a combo flash and LED lamp for stills and video-cameras.
The top section contains a regular auto-zooming flash, which will zoom in and out with the lens on any Nikon or Canon SLR. This flash has a guide number of 45 meters (148 feet) at ISO 100, swivel and bounce head and output can be varied down to 1/16th of full output. It works in auto mode, but also looks like a decent manual strobist’s flash.
Then we look at the front and see another panel, this time lit by three 1-watt LEDs. This is the videographers lamp, and could theoretically also be used as a modeling light for the strobe up top. It will run continuously for an hour.
The Dua also comes with a diffuser and a reflector panel, and has a built-in slave unit for remote triggering.
SLRs have been shooting both video and stills for a while now, so it was about time somebody made a light that could do both. What’s more, it’s not too expensive. The Nikon version costs around $160, and the Canon-compatible model $200. Available now.
Polaroid Announces New Digital Dua Flash [PR Newswire]
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