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In this video, I review the Neewer 660 Pro lights that I use for my content creation. I showcase their features, including the removable diffuser, LED matrix, and various control options. I also discuss the reliability of Neewer batteries, demonstrate the use of the Neewer app for adjusting brightness and color, and provide an overall assessment of the lights’ performance and value. Tune in to see if these budget-friendly lights are right for your setup!
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaDpX5r-5Mc
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Today I’m going to shine my light on this. This is the light I normally use to light the table — but there’s no light now, because it’s on the table. I actually have two of these and they’re from Neewer. They’re pretty cheapish but I’m happy with them, so let’s open it up and take a look.
I’ve opened up the barn doors and you can see there’s a nice diffuser. You can remove that if you want — just slide it out like that — and you can see the LED matrix underneath. We’re going to put the diffuser back because you really don’t want to use it without one. This light is pretty neat; you can operate it in a variety of ways. Let’s flip it over and look at the back.
Okay, we’re looking at the back of the device. Let’s pop some batteries in and take a look at the controls. Just a word about these Neewer batteries — they’re not super reliable. This one’s already dead and I haven’t had them that long. One of these isn’t from Neewer; it’s a generic battery that fits Sony cameras, at least my old Sony Mika. You can find plenty of batteries like that — it’s an NP-F550.
Let’s turn it on. You can see the battery charge. This does have Bluetooth, we’ll look at that in a minute. You can see the colour temperature and the brightness, and you can adjust the colour temperature with this knob here and dial in the brightness with this knob here. You can also change the channel — it has some radio control too, though I don’t use that. Hit mode and now we’re in colour mode; you can adjust brightness but instead of colour temperature you change the colour. There’s also an animated mode, which I don’t particularly ever use — it’ll strobe the lights and things. If you wanted to use these at a party you could. I just use them plainly when I’m filming these videos.
Let’s take a quick look at the app. We’re now in the Neewer app and we can adjust the brightness, the colour temperature, some preset light source types, a source match that uses the camera — I don’t know how accurate that is. There’s another colour wheel, RGB values, a colour picker — I guess you can pick the colour from something else, like a darker red. And then we have effects: candle light, a strobe, a thunderstorm. That’s basically what you can do with the app. It doesn’t have a lot of features but it’s all right. It doesn’t have great reviews — I think it’s like two stars — but it works okay.
I also have one on a tripod. I sometimes use it to light the table, but right now it’s being used to light my desk for some other videos. These Neewer tripods are serviceable but not amazing. The light just attaches with a screw, like that. The included tripods aren’t the best but they’re good enough for what I need.
Yeah, I like these. Again, it’s the Neewer 660 Pro. I think I got these for three hundred something for both, so a little over a hundred each — I’ll double-check the price. They’re all right, I like them. I’ll see you in the next one. Bye.