Lighting can make or break an image. Sometimes there’s not enough light, leading to high ISO-induced noisy stills and clips. At other times the available light source may be in the wrong place, which limits our compositional choices. We don’t always have the time or the patience to lug a bulky professional lighting kit around with us which is why the SmallRig RM120 RGB Video Light could be the solution to many photographers and videographer's lighting requirements, especially when it comes to portrait photography.
Featuring 120 LED beads this palm-sized panel kicks out an impressive 1580Lux (which you can dial down to avoid blinding your subject). If you’re shooting with a group then you can promote a friend to the role of ‘light stand’ and get them to position the light to illuminate your subject while you focus on directing and composition. We had fun testing the RM120 on a long photography walk through London, but we’ll talk about that in detail in this review's performance section.
