Cipa Day/Night Rear View Mirror With Map Lights

These radios are amazing. Installed in my Jeep above my rear view mirror and I am stoked about it. It’s small enough to not be in the way but is great for communicating with fellow Jeep’s. I used the ghost antenna so that it didn’t get wiped out by limbs on the trail. I’m thinking of purchasing the 6db antenna to help increase my range. I feel you can’t go wrong with this radio! Will be purchasing another for my sons Jeep.

What a great view during the day and night vision is great enjoying the product

Just leave at f2.8 focus in live view on the Sony A7s and night becomes day. Astro Milky Way at 30 sec and ISO 3200.

Two useful levels of illumination, low for reading map without losing night vision and high a real blaster for seeing your way in the dark. Its small size, flat shape and light weight make it ideal for inclusion on a car key ring. The word TUBE in the description is misleading because it's only 1/4 thick. Appreciate that it charges quickly via a micro-USB port that thoughtfully is covered with a rubber flap to keep out debris. I ended up buying several as gifts. Couldn't recommend more highly.

Handy even outside during the day. That’s how bright it is. Will fill in shadows a bit to help reduce contrast: awesome in the shade or under clouds to add just a bit of pop. Kills it at night. Two of these on stands and you’re ready. Fly one on a boom pole off of a stand and dim it down to 1% for a nice separation light. I like that it will dim down to next to nothing, match color temps in the 60s, 70s, and even 85, plus it’s a great combination of much lighter and brighter than most of the Dracast lights and lkan lights I’ve used. At $200 to $300 it’s a bargain, they are obviously looking to saturate the market with these. I sometimes dial up 600k or 1k to make it look just a tad whiter - because it reproduces warmer colors so well. Fan noise would only be a concern in small rooms or on very quiet sets shooting softer dialogue: for ENG, especially outside and five feet from the talent, it’s no problem. Not sure how well it works as a strobe, but as a continuous light source it’s very good. Used it last night and was reminded of how great it is! Can’t wait to add a second NEO3 (or get two of the AOES 2’s) in my kit.

In the mid-1980s I bought a Nikon 7.5mm f5.6 circular fisheye. Being an older design (1966) its rear elements protruded into the mirror box. Fortunately my F3 had a hard physical mirror lockup. The external viewfinder for this lens attached to the camera on the original Nikon F/F2’s proprietary flash shoe. I was able to buy an AS-3 flash adapter for the F3. With the F3s mirror locked up I also had to use an hand-held light meter. With amazing depth of foield focusing was never an issue. The old zoom lens had six filters on a wheel. One was a skylight and the other five were strongly colored for B&W film. While I liked the circular results, using the lens was a hassle. I often had my shoes or forehead in the picture. On a sunny day, my images suffered from solar flares. My new Nikon 8-15mm AF-S fisheye has none of those old problems. It fits on my DSLRs without any problem. It doesn’t need an external finder or separate light meter. At the 8mm setting (and lens hood off) I get a circular image very much like the vintage fisheye. The new lens is faster and focusable. Like my 14mm f2.8 Nikkor, this zoom uses gel filters inserted in the rear of the lens. I really don’t like this arrangement. This fisheye is similar in weight and size to the 14mm lens. I am also not fond of the electronic aperture control first seen on G lenses. Without an aperture ring one cannot use this zoom on older cameras. At the longer end of the zoom range (12-15mm) the image fills the (FX) frame and lens hood stays out of the way. This image is similar to my inexpensive Bower (Samyang?) 8mm fisheye with its fixed lens hood (and DX coverage). So far I haven’t used my new lens much but I think I will like it.

So far so good. Plenty of buttons to map. LED lights up in the base if the sticks are moved anywhere out of center. Good tension on sticks, good weighted base. Plug and play. Packaging was solid. B&H always comes through.

This headlamp is very bright. It really lights up the night.

I love the flashlight it lights up the night all night.

I just got this device the other day. After using it I was apply to import the pictures into Lightroom and use the map features. The picture showed up on the map and once I zoom in it show right where I shot the photos. I couldn't be more pleased with the device. I was using the device connected to the hot shoe. I am looking forward in using this device more in the future