ZHIYUN MOLUS X100 | Luce video LED professionale portatile da 100W

*further update*I contacted customer support and they replaced the battery for me right way.*UPDATE*The battery failed on me today. Only a few months after buying. It won’t charge at all or power on. I can only use it plugged in now. Such a shame. It was half the reason for buying it!And as someone who shoots a lot of events, I need small lightweight kit that I can keep on me and set up quickly. I have tried all sorts of mini LED panels to try and throw it a bit of light back into the audience but none of them really looked that great to me and the quality of light sucked.I thought I would give this one a go, and I am absolutely amazed at the quality of light It produces, and how cinematic it looks for something that is about the size of a compact camera. I can clamp it easily to a stand or a speaker or rail in a venue either plug-in the including battery or into a nearby wall outlet and get amazing looking shots with Crisp edges and stunning flares with zero fuss. It can easily throw out in a flight to fill a 200 to 400 person venue.I wish they sold more external batteries as half an hour at full. Power isn’t very long, but that would be my only minor gripe with this. It is otherwise absolutely amazing.

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I've attached an unboxing and video review of my thoughts on the zhiyun molus x100 video light and recommend you watching that but I will summarize the talking points here.So I'll start by saying this light is a lot smaller out of the box than I expected. I'm so used to video panel lights being a certain size that when I opened and saw this is smaller than my handspan closed (I have big hands) it was really quite impressive.I got the Black Combo version, which includes the battery and bowens mount adapter - I strongly advise you get this version because those accessories are a must in my eyes - If you're just going to run it in studio on power you're wasting its specialty use case and if you'll probably spend about the same on a 100wh capable battery and cable from another place.It's really bright for it's size. Like seriously. I have other "compact" lights or led panels which are bigger than this and output nowhere near as much light. There's one youtube channel that claims it has similar brightness to an amaran 60d but this simply isn't the case, it's brighter and lights up a softbox much more than that one does from my experience.Do note that it is bicolour, and 100W Bicolour lights will always be weaker output than 100W Daylight, but this is a given, you sacrifice a little bit of power for the flexibility of matching colour temperatures, and that is a far more useful feature for portable kits and documentary style film-making because you never really know what the lighting conditions are going to be like. However it does match very well with output of other 100w bicolour lights I own, and doing so in a much smaller package - which is impressive.The only flaw I witnessed, is that there is a bit of a colour shift on warmer temperatures at around 4-5% power output, it's only at these percentages so I don't see it as much of an issue and have seen other lights exhibit weird colour shifting at lower voltages also so it's not a trait unique to this light, just worth mentioning.The included Battery is great - 57wh powers it for about 30 mins at full power, but I think 50-60% output is plenty for softbox setups or even lower with just the reflector dish so it's a pretty good solution. You can also power it via USB-C from another battery, just be weary that your battery and cable are rated for 100wh power delivery or you won't be able to use the light completely at maximum. It is cool however that it lets you power it to a certain extent when using a lower power delivery it will just cap the brightness up to a certain percentage that your battery/cable can handle.The Bowens mount is a great must if you want to put on bigger attachments, and it's an industry standard mount. It is plastic, but a very strong and solid plastic, and has teeth to help the friction of heavier attachments stay in position which works surprisingly well. Pleasantly surprised that it's implemented better than some of my more expensive bigger lights that don't have the teeth and you really need to crank up the tension instead. It also has an umbrella mount.The pros of it being so small is that you can really pick up 3 or 4 of these and stack these into your backpack side by side very easily. It takes up extremely little space which is exactly what makes them perfect for travel film-making. I could fit these, my camera rig, and batteries all into one backpack, and have a second bag for travelstands/umbrella's. It cuts down a full 3+ lighting kit from around 5-6 bags to just two which is game changing.You can also get superclamps and be confident that this could attach to any kind of railing or wall and not fall down - if you have a look at my video I have it attached to a cheap blinder railing and it sustains the full weight of the light and battery just fine, giving you unique options of mounting lighting solutions.It's even small enough to shove on top of your camera for like an event rig, I'd probably grab their miniature softbox if you plan on doing this though to soften it up.It's honestly companies like this that make gear that just make life easier for us photographers and videographers that I can really get behind and make me excited. It might not be the cheapest light, but at its size the zhiyun molus x100 cob light is probably the best travel documentary or photography light you can get so far in 2023.

MOLUS X100

Great LED unit. Amazingly small and lightweight for the 100W power it kicks out. Essentially it works as advertised - so in all a really excellent lighting tool for stills and video location work. The battery lasts about 30mins (?) at full 100w power but this is rather to be expected for the size compromise and 100w output you can get. I have only used it in short bursts for stills photography and at lower power settings; mainly as a fill light or to grade light into a background. Balancing the colour temperature is easy: 2700-6500k with not much, if any, perceivable variation of power at each end of this k scale. I had a charging issue with the original battery grip - which suddenly failed to take on any charge. Got onto ZHIYUN customer service - found email on their site. Was pleasantly surprised to get a near instant reply back and I have to say (which is rare these days) a truly excellent after sales service. Yilia (@ Zhiyun), thank you for checking that I had received the replacement battery so promptly! In all very happy (again) hence the 5 stars. “

I want something that is it easy to travel with but also small enough to use in my studio recording video but also for night street video shoot. Specially I need something powerful but as well small and portable specially for one man crew.That is exactly what I found with this light.It is been my go to light since.I had issue with it in one of my travel the battery became unresponsive.I contact Zhiyun and explain the issue and in matter of one week they send me a replacement battery and now everything working perfectly.I am planning to buy two more.

The original battery I obtained with the Molus x100 just over 12 months ago stopped working and would not charge. A quick email e change with Zhiyun support and they sent me a free replacement, which seems to be working fine. Great customer service.

I brought this combo last year on July. The light is amazing function but the battery suddenly got a problem in last two week. It was not chargeable anymore and no any signals. I was contacted the company to ask for the answer and they are super fast to solve my problem send another battery to us just within two days. We hope the battery could stay longer life.

This is a great portable light. Very bright and many options to power it (USB-C, Mains, Battery)Pros:PortableVery bright for its sizeMany ways to power itGreat support from the company with problems I had with the batteryCons:The app is not there yet, it won't update the light and it doesn't have decent two-way communication with the lightBattery died on me twice. But support were super quick to helpColor accuracy is not amazing.

I love this light. I travel lot for work and need to keep kit small, particularly when travelling by air. I couple this with an aputure mini dome and you've got a super powerful soft source that can easily be packed away. A good replacement for larger panels. It's also a great hard source for back/hair light.I had a problem with the battery and it was replaced for me really quickly so also great service.

Love the light. The power output and the portability are great. I did have an issue with the original battery (it died unexpectedly and I was unable to recharge it). After speaking to the support team at Zhiyun, they sent me a new battery (free of charge). The new battery works as expected and I am pleased.The key was the support I received. The team were keen to ensure the problem was quickly resolved and it was done in an efficient manner.

Bought a Molus x100 light from them and the battery died after a couple of months. Find it was a general problem with a batch, contacted the manufacturer and they sorted it out in under a week with a new battery and extremely courteous and thorough follow through. Oh, and it’s a great light!

I really like this light. Very compact and powerful. I only had an issue with the battery grip that suddenly stopped working. I contacted Zhiyun and they sent me a new one stating that "the new version of the battery produced after December has greatly reduced the defect rate". Great customer service, I recommend it.

I had the light only for a couple of months when suddenly the battery died. (Other people have had the same issue!) It wouldn't power on the light nor take charge. I got in touch with customer support and they sent a replacement very quickly.I like how portable and bright the Molus X100 is even though I was let down by the quality of the battery. I do have to say that at least ZHIYUN customer support is superb, within a couple of hours I got in touch with the right people and a replacement battery was on the way!

Great lighting. Just the light this week for first time since I received this a month ago. It worked wonderfully. However I went to charge battery and now the battery will not light up or recharge. So the product is of no use for me until I can get another battery. Otherwise good light. Bad battery.

I have read tons of reviews before I purchased this light. Many of them were negative. Especially regarding the heat that the light is supposed to develop.I can say this light is absolutely stunning. It doesn’t heat up more than other lights and it’s so easy to setup you may want to use it all the time. NB the light is very bright, if you need a fill-in light you’d better have a look at the cheaper 60W version

La Luz es excelente, versatil , con gran potencia pero no puedo sincronizar la app con el bluetooth del dispositivo, he buscado y no hallo ningún tutorial creo que falta información relevante a los dispositivos

Love this, this is my main keylight for Youtube videos, it's more than bright enough - I use it at 20% power with a lantern diffusion dome (bownes mount), and it fills my whole room and light sme perfectly. Love the fact it's so light and compact, doesn't have a bulky pointless controller box dangling, and best of all is battery powered. I don't use the provided power adapter, I run it solely off the battery, and charge with my macbook pro plug. The provided diffusion dome is ok but a bit small, I haven't used this for travel yet but sure it will be just fine. I use a pro lightstand but have also mounted this on a tripod and it's fine, so I already know it will be ideal for travel filmmaking which is what I primarily purchased this for.

Editorial Photoshoots. Documentary filmmaking. Great light. Versatile, light, super strong! Useful for outdoor shoots (battery) as well as indoor.

Have had a wide range of lights for studio and run and gun. Picked up 2 of the x100 lights for on the run work and feel I made the right choice for my business.

The lights are well built and small. They’re very bright. The batteries last plenty of time for most uses when on the move. 45mins to an hour is more than I’ll ever shoot in one spot and they keep going. Arguably the best lights 100w lights on the market. I would like to get another x100 and a g60 to go with.

This is the best light I have ever owned. I used to have Lowell Mini Mole lights which have been my favorite for years... Not anymore! Powerful and compact.

This is super bright light in small package. It is very easy to transport to outside shoots. I’m looking for the accessories to add.

Wedding Photo and Video here! This is a fantastic high-power light that gives me handheld ability to bounce the light and fill the room softly for simply better shots without flash! You’re welcome fellow videographers!! Plug these in for constant power on the dance floor or on set for longer productions. The modifiers are all designed to be ultra portable but having the optional Bowens mount unlocks every other modifier out there!!! You will be impressed. I’ll give you a reason NOT to buy it…so I can be faster, more creative and out book you. So your answer is yes…you should buy this. Get the Pro Kit. Your future self thanks you.

This light it is a high tech novelty. First thing it is its size, pocket light with tons of accessories and the Bowen mount. Second, as you turn it on the power unleash… Perfect for key light for vlogers and b light for studio productions. I have use it for exterior as fill light and works very well with spot adapters.

The fan for be it is just silent, and it generate heat but for my workflow haven’t been any issue…

Great choice.

OH! The material feels very well build but be advise the main cage it is plastic, falling may break it so you have to be careful.

This light is sooooo cool and has more than enough power