Manfrotto is an iconic Italian brand of photographic equipment that has been involved in the industry since 1972, with accessories such as camera tripods, heads and lighting mounts. As early as 2004, Manfrotto has begun to lay out the global business network, its own Bogen Imaging Trading Co., Ltd. as the general agent of various regions, in a large area of distribution at the same time to localize, although the products are produced in Italy, but the final regional sales price is fully in line with the local consumption level.
In the photography industry, Manfrotto can be described as another brand with a more exquisite design after Kangsu, its products are frequent visitors to the Red Dot Design Award and iF Design Award, and it is also one of the most important awards in the photography industry, the chief selection brand of the TIPA Award.
Manfrotto fill lights are all popular card fill lights, Lykos series and Lumen series are ordinary rectangular card lights, and the Off-road Rider series can be used with action camera GO PRO, attracting many outdoor sports and photography enthusiasts.
The Lykos series is available in daylight and bi-color LED versions, with illumination up to 1600LUX, a card-style LCD display on the body, and can be operated via Bluetooth and mobile APP. The Lykos series can provide good fill light effect in small studios and small rooms, and is suitable for shooting personal videos, VLOGs, and still small objects.
The lumen series is more portable than the LYKOS series, taking the smallest LUMIMUSE 3 in the series as an example, its illumination can reach 220LUX, and provides 3 levels of brightness adjustment, color rendering > 92, battery life of 60-250 minutes, the lumen series has a variety of models according to the number of internal lamp beads, the price of three lamp beads is 259 yuan, and the price of eight lamp beads is 599 yuan, which can be easily put into handbags and shoulder bags, and the weight does not exceed 300 grams, which is suitable for mobile phone photography enthusiasts.
Manfrotto is currently quite mature in the Chinese market, and is sold in major e-commerce flagship stores, except for the LYKOS series, which is priced at more than 3,000 yuan, and the price of other series of fill lights is below 1,000 yuan, which is one of the best choices for portable fill lights.