Light & Motion has been designing, engineering, and building lighting solutions for more than 30 years. Based in Northern California, their mission is to make lighting easy to achieve and fun to create. To help achieve that mission, Light & Motion has added the world’s first continuous strobe hybrid-light to its lineup. The Stella Pro Lights Reflex S ushers in a new era of hybrid lighting, offering the ability to function as a continuous LED light and an ultra-fast strobe.
The Reflex lighting system is compact, lightweight, and versatile. It is built from the ground up to be future-proof, and is completely powered through the universal standard of USB-C. Here’s what else you should know.
Key Features of the Stella Pro Reflex S Light:
- Powerful hybrid lighting system with up to 9,000 lumens in continuous mode and 18,000 lumens in “Digital Burst” mode.
- “Digital Burst” mode fires at up to 20 fps with full power, without overheating, and without recycle time; offering precise strobe duration control, down to 1 millisecond.
- High color-fidelity 5600K Daylight balanced LED lights, with 92 CRI and 93 TLCI.
- Versatile and quick to deploy, ideal for weddings, action, sports, portraiture, adventure, editorial/news, or casual lighting.
- One-button easy operation, instantly switches between continuous and “Digital Burst” strobe lighting.
- Portable design weighs less than 2 lbs., (including the swappable, rechargeable USB-C battery handle), offers IP-65 water resistance, and 1-meter of impact resistance.
- Works with a variety of compact native modifiers, industry standard modifiers, and light stands, including Chimera soft-boxes and Spider holsters.
- iOS application available for product registration and firmware updates.
Who is the StellaPro Reflex S for?
The Reflex S is the perfect light for a wide variety of creators and use-cases. This includes creators who are just beginning to learn off-camera lighting and professional creators who need a run-and-gun hybrid light.
Developed to be a hybrid continuous strobe light, the Reflex S stands out for its versatility and adaptability. I’ve had the opportunity to use the Reflex S while chasing my toddler for family portraits, at a fitness shoot in a gym, and for editorial portrait photography aboard a sailboat.
Given its capabilities, the Reflex S can be an ideal light for photographers just learning to shape off-camera light, hybrid shooters who create both stills and video, and professionals who want a lightweight continuous hybrid strobe.
Modular Design
The form factor of the Stella Pro Lights Reflex system is extremely versatile and easy to deploy. It features a modular design that can conveniently break down into compact components. This makes it easy to pack and requires a minimal footprint in your creator toolkit. The modularity of the Reflex S makes it easy to mount and power in a variety of previously unattainable scenarios.
Its USB-C based battery handle is easy to detach, and ergonomically designed, providing a comfortable grip for extended handheld use. Also, the Reflex S also has a built-in native mount for various compact light modifiers. It supports Chimera soft boxes, SpiderHolsters, and larger light modifiers using its optional Bowens mount adapter.
Convenient Power with USB-C
One of the most future-proof features of the Reflex S is its ability to power via its USB-C battery grip. It provides up to 6000 lumens of continuous light output with its battery grip, or with a 60W USB-C PD power brick. The Reflex S can provide up to 9000 lumens of continuous light with a 100W USB-C PD wall charger, or a 100W or higher USB-C PD battery bank. When in “Digital Burst” strobe mode, the effective light output of the Reflex S is doubled at all levels of power delivery giving up to 12000 lumens with the included battery grip. You can reach up to 18000 lumens when using a 100W or higher USB-C PD wall charger or power bank.
Usability, Control, and Operation
The Stella Pro Lights Reflex S shines in ease of use and quick deployability. Pressing and holding the rear dial activates the various menu options of the Reflex S and cycles between operation in continuous or Digital Burst strobe mode. The rear OLED display is bright and easy to read. It can also be rotated 360 degrees, for side or inverted mounting viewing options.
Wireless control for Digital Burst strobe mode is offered for Flashpoint R2 triggers and Elinchrom remotes and triggers, with Reflex firmware being updated through Bluetooth using the companion Stella Pro iOS application.
Final Thoughts
Hybrid lights like the Reflex S are revolutionizing our creative options. They are the perfect tools for our increasingly hybrid, photo, and video media landscape. Compact lights like the Reflex S are powerful and versatile because it gives creators the ability to shape the light in photos and videos in real-time.
The Stella Pro Reflex S pushes the boundaries of hybrid-lighting innovation forward. It offers the ease of use and versatility of a continuous light, is modular and compact, and packs the power of a 20 fps high-speed strobe into a tiny footprint that is fully powered by USB-C. Creators who are looking for a do-it-all light that is powerful and easy to use, should look no further than the Stella Pro Lights Reflex S.
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