CN114484331A

CN114484331A - Lamp for photography

Info

Publication number: CN114484331A
Application number: CN202111625133.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐昌辉; 苏晓; 陈康宁
Original assignee: Guilin Zhishen Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guilin Zhishen Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-28
Filing date: 2021-12-28
Publication date: 2022-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 2041-12-28
Also published as: CN114484331B

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lamp for photography, which comprises: a main lamp holder including a lamp strip provided thereon and a hand-held portion allowing the photographing lamp to be held; at least two sub lamp carriers including lamp strips disposed thereon; a first pivoting member, wherein both ends of the first pivoting member are respectively connected to the main lamp holder and the auxiliary lamp holder or respectively connected to the two auxiliary lamp holders to allow the two connected thereto to be pivotable with each other about at least two different axes, so that the photographing lamp can be pivoted from a hard light form in which the plurality of lamp strips are collinear with each other to a soft light form in which the plurality of lamp strips intersect with each other by means of the first pivoting member. Thereby satisfying the photographer's various demands for illuminance at low cost and with a simple design.

Description

Lamp for photography

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of photographic equipment, in particular to a photographic lamp which can flexibly change the shape of the lamp and is suitable for different illumination requirements of different photographic occasions.

Background

In the use of photography and video shooting, the lighting plays a significant role in the photography and video shooting effect. That is, the use of lighting has an effect of multiplication for photography or video. Especially in recent years, due to the rise of various industries such as photography, video shooting, entertainment, live broadcasting and the like, the lighting effect has a great influence on the quality of the photography and video shooting module. It is worth mentioning that the use environment of photographing or shooting is not constant, indoor or outdoor photographing is often selected according to requirements, and the external ambient light photographed at these places usually does not achieve the best effect during photographing, so that a common photographer, a photographer or related personnel can use a lamp or a fill-in light to provide a light source which is insufficient during photographing, so as to improve the photographing effect.

As a solution, a light supplement lamp set having a main camera lamp located in the middle and a secondary camera lamp located on both sides of the main camera lamp in a pivot connection manner is provided in chinese utility model publication CN207301581 to provide a large-range light supplement, so that the light supplement lamp set can supplement light to a person to be photographed in an all-around manner to effectively improve the illuminance of the human face or the whole body, and improve the quality of photographed images. Because the lamp for secondary photography can be adjusted according to the position rotation of the required shooting object, the position of the required shooting object is effectively ensured to receive auxiliary light, and the quality of the shot image is effectively improved. However, the fill-in lamp set for fill-in light in a wide range still has the following disadvantages: 1. the combined light supplement lamp group is large in size and heavy in weight, is generally only allowed to be fixed on the front or the back of a shot person by means of a support rod, has higher space requirements on shooting places, and is difficult to flexibly switch among a plurality of different shooting places, so that the practicability is low; 2. the combined light supplementing lamp group projects light rays to the face from the front of the face to improve the illuminance, so that the illuminance of the whole face is consistent, and the light supplementing lamp group is not expected by a photographer when shooting certain pictures such as side-face pictures, so that the function is single, and the requirement of creators on creation can not be well met; 3. the combined lamp has high acquisition cost and is not easy to store and store; 4. the man-machine interaction is poor and the intelligence is not enough.

As a further improvement, a foldable portable flag frame and a supplementary lighting fixture and applications thereof are disclosed in chinese patent application publication CN108895357A, wherein a supplementary lighting panel 30 is detachably mounted on the foldable portable flag frame 10. Therefore, when the foldable portable flag frame 10 is in the unfolded support state, the light supplement panel 30 can be directly disposed on the foldable portable flag frame 10. Wherein the two second frames of the foldable portable flag frame 10 can be twisted with respect to the first frame to form the foldable portable flag frame 10 into an unfolded support configuration or a folded stowed configuration. In order to realize different illumination intensities, the light supplement panel 30 can be implemented as a white light panel, a silver light panel, a gold light panel, a black light panel and a soft light screen panel to provide strong light or soft light with different illumination intensities or light with different cold and warm tones, and the light supplement panel looks textured when being used on an object.

However, the foldable portable flag frame and the supplementary lighting lamp still have the following defects: 1. the combined flag frame and the light supplementing lamp are still large in size and heavy in weight, and are generally carried and used by special persons, so that the practicability is not strong; 2. the combined type flag frame and the light supplement lamp also project light rays to the face from the front of the face to improve the illuminance, so that the illuminance of the whole face is consistent, which is undesirable for photographers when shooting certain pictures such as side color pictures, so that the function is single, and the requirement of creators on random creation cannot be well met; 3. the purchase cost is high and the storage are not easy.

All of the above steps can reduce the user experience of the combined light supplement lamp, and further influence the motivation and desire of the user to purchase the light supplement lamp.

In view of this, the skilled person is directed to a lighting device for photography that overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a photographic light, whereby the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art are overcome.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a lamp for photography, comprising: a main lamp holder including a lamp strip provided thereon and a hand-held portion allowing the photographing lamp to be held; at least two auxiliary lamp holders, preferably three auxiliary lamp holders connected in sequence, comprising lamp strips arranged thereon; a first pivoting member, wherein both ends of the first pivoting member are respectively connected to the main lamp holder and the auxiliary lamp holder or respectively connected to the two auxiliary lamp holders to allow the two connected thereto to be pivotable with each other about at least two different axes, so that the photographing lamp can be pivoted from a hard light form in which the plurality of lamp strips are collinear with each other to a soft light form in which the plurality of lamp strips intersect with each other by means of the first pivoting member.

Compared with the prior art, the photographic lamp provided by the invention is provided with the main lamp holder and the auxiliary lamp holder which are rotatably connected by virtue of the first pivoting member capable of rotating in two directions and are provided with the lamp belts, and the included angle between the auxiliary lamp holder and the main lamp holder is changed by rotating the first pivoting member, so that the hard light form of emitting light rays to one surface from a plurality of lamp belts which are collinear to each other can be changed into the V-shape for intersecting the light rays at different angles, at the moment, the lamp belts on the main lamp holder and the auxiliary lamp holder can form the light and shadow effect of 'up lamp and down lamp', and the lamp is in a soft light form. Thus, the photographer's various demands for illuminance are satisfied with a low cost and simple design.

In a preferred embodiment, the photographic light is also pivotable by means of a first pivot member to a folded configuration in which a plurality of the strips are parallel and coplanar with one another. Therefore, the volume can be reduced remarkably so as to be convenient for a photographer to carry or transfer, and the lighting fixture for photographing is light in weight so as to be convenient for a female photographer to operate.

In a preferred embodiment, a pivot axis of the first pivot member is designed to be perpendicular to the light strip of the main light holder. Therefore, by means of simple design, the lamp is convenient to carry or transfer, and meanwhile, the lamp strip on the main lamp holder and the lamp strip on the auxiliary lamp holder can form the surface light source suitable for light supplement on the front side, so that the lamp can be used as a live broadcast light supplement function conveniently for the broadcast.

In a preferred embodiment, the other pivot axis of the first pivot member is designed to be substantially parallel to the light strip on the main lamp holder or the sub lamp holder. Therefore, by means of simple design, the lamp can flexibly adjust the irradiation angles of the light from the lamp belts of different lamp brackets, so that the adjustment of soft and hard light of the picture of the shot object is realized, and various light effects can be created.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein the further pivot axis of the first pivot member is designed to be orthogonal to both the one pivot axis and the other pivot axis. This allows a folding photographic light to have a wider range and a wide angle adjustment with a simple design.

In a preferred embodiment, the lamp further comprises a second pivoting member, wherein both ends of the second pivoting member are respectively connected to the main lamp holder and the auxiliary lamp holder or respectively connected to the two auxiliary lamp holders to allow the two connected thereto to be capable of pivoting each other about one axis. Therefore, more lamp holders can be connected, more different using forms can be realized, and more polishing modes can be provided.

In a preferred embodiment, the first pivot member includes: a pair of rotating shaft covers superposed on each other, wherein the pair of rotating shaft covers are capable of pivoting with each other about a pivot axis of the first pivoting member and enclose a cavity therebetween; and the paired adapters are respectively connected to two opposite ends of the paired rotating shaft covers in a pivoting manner around the other pivoting axis of the first pivoting piece and are fixedly connected to different lamp brackets so as to allow the lamp brackets connected with the paired rotating shaft covers to pivot around a second pivoting axis. Therefore, the angle adjustment among the lamp brackets is realized in a mode of saving the number of parts, and meanwhile, the electrical connection among the lamp brackets can be arranged in the rotating shaft cover in a concealed mode, so that the attractiveness and the texture of the lamp for photography are improved.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein the first pivot member further comprises: an elastic member disposed between the pair of rotation shaft covers; a locking member having a rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft of the locking member is disposed through the rotating shaft cover and defines the first pivot axis, wherein the locking member is configured to drive the elastic member to move between the damping position and the release position via its own rotation. Thereby, locking of the relative positional relationship between the lamp holders is achieved in a simple and reliable manner.

In a preferred embodiment, the first pivot member includes: a swivel shaft cover and a swivel base which are superposed on each other, wherein two adapters which can be connected to two lamp holders respectively are pivoted between the swivel shaft cover and the swivel base by means of a swivel shaft which can be pivoted about a pivot axis perpendicular to the lamp holders; wherein one of the two joints is designed to be pivotable relative to the rotary shaft connected thereto about a further pivot axis orthogonal to the one pivot axis, and the other of the two joints is designed to be pivotable relative to the rotary shaft connected thereto about a further pivot axis orthogonal to the one pivot axis. This allows a folding photographic light to have a wider range and a wide angle adjustment with a simple design.

In a preferred embodiment, the second pivot member includes: the first transfer block and the second transfer block can be fixedly connected to different lamp brackets; the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are fixedly arranged in the first switching block and the second switching block at intervals respectively, and are at least partially overlapped; a pair of swivel shaft covers superposed on each other, one of the swivel shaft covers having a swivel shaft for defining a pivot axis, allowing the first and second transfer blocks to be articulated to each other by means of the swivel shaft. Therefore, the angle adjustment and the electrical connection between the lamp holders are realized in a mode of saving the number of parts, and the electrical connection is realized by adopting the electrodes, so that the defect that the electrical contact sheet or the contact is worn and failed after being used for multiple times is overcome.

In a preferred embodiment, the lighting fixture further comprises an operating knob disposed adjacent the handle, wherein the operating knob is configured to adjust at least one of a color, a color temperature, and an instantaneous power output of the light strip of at least one of the primary light holder and the secondary light holder. This realizes further enrichment of the functions of the photographic lamp.

In a preferred embodiment, the handheld device further comprises a display screen arranged adjacent to the handheld portion, wherein the display screen is designed to externally display information including illumination and lamp power, and preferably is a touch screen capable of accepting user input. Therefore, man-machine interaction of a user is realized in a simple mode, the user friendliness of the photographic lamp is improved, and the learning cost of the user for using the photographic lamp is reduced.

In a preferred embodiment, the lighting fixture further comprises an aluminum plate arranged between the lamp holder and the lamp strip, and preferably further comprises a bluetooth module allowing remote control of the lighting fixture for photography.

In a preferred embodiment, the lamp holder is hollow and the light strip is arranged in the hollow lamp holder, wherein preferably a fan is arranged at one end of the hollow lamp holder for forcing an air flow through the light strip. Thus, a better heat dissipation effect for the lamp strip is achieved in a simple and low-cost manner, thereby allowing the collapsible photographic lamp to have a greater illumination power and a more satisfactory illuminance.

In a preferred embodiment, the lamp further comprises an identification mechanism arranged on the auxiliary lamp holder; at least one actuation mechanism in communicative connection with the identification mechanism, wherein each of the at least one actuation mechanisms is operatively connected to the first pivot member and/or the second pivot member for adaptive adjustment in response to a signal from the identification mechanism. Therefore, the lamp can be intelligentized under the condition that the cost is not remarkably increased, the learning cost of a user for using a new product is remarkably reduced, the user experience of the new product is improved, and the lamp is helpful for the user to try and accept the lamp for foldable photography more willingly.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following, or may be learned from the practice of the invention.

Drawings

Embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a photographic light in accordance with the present invention, wherein the photographic light is in a folded configuration;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the photographic light of FIG. 1, wherein the photographic light is in a soft-light configuration;

FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the photographic light of FIG. 1, wherein the photographic light is in a hard light configuration;

figures 4-5 show a second pivot member of the photographic light of figure 1;

6-7 illustrate a first pivot member of the photographic light of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of another embodiment of a photographic light in accordance with the present invention, wherein the photographic light is in a folded configuration;

FIG. 9 shows the photographic light of FIG. 8 with parts removed to better illustrate the plurality of pivots;

FIGS. 10A and 10B are schematic views showing a photographic light fixture in a hard light configuration and a soft light configuration, respectively, in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 11 illustrates one embodiment of a pivot member that can be adapted for use with the photographic light of FIG. 8;

FIGS. 12A-12B illustrate a modification to another aspect of the photographic light of the present invention;

FIG. 13 shows a modification to a further aspect of the photographic light of the present invention;

FIG. 14 shows a perspective view of yet another embodiment of a photographic light in accordance with the present invention, wherein the photographic light is in a folded configuration;

FIG. 15 shows the photographic light of FIG. 14 with various components removed to better illustrate the pivot;

fig. 16A and 16B show schematic views of various angles of the pivot member of fig. 15, respectively.

Description of the reference numerals

10, 20-photographic lamp 11A-11D-lamp holder 12-lamp strip 13, 23-first pivoting member 14, 24-second pivoting member 15, 25-display screen 26-operation button 16-handheld part 31-upper rotating shaft cover 32-lower rotating shaft cover 33-locking member 33A-rotating shaft 34-elastic ring 35-adapter 36-elastic member 37-mounting member 41-first adapter 42-second adapter 43A-rotating shaft cover 43B-rotating shaft 44A-first electrode piece 44B-second electrode piece A1, A1A, A1B-first pivot axis A2, A2 a-second pivot axis A3-third pivot axis 241-rotating shaft cover 242-locking member 243-rotating shaft 244-elastic ring 245-rotating shaft 246- Electrical line 51-identification means 52A, 52B-first actuator 53-second actuator 61-blower 62-air flow

Detailed Description

An exemplary scheme of a lighting fixture for photography according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are provided to present embodiments of the invention, but the drawings are not necessarily to scale of the particular embodiments, and certain features may be exaggerated, removed, or partially sectioned to better illustrate and explain the present disclosure. The position of some components in the drawings can be adjusted according to actual requirements on the premise of not influencing the technical effect. The appearances of the phrase "in the drawings" or similar language in the specification are not necessarily referring to all of the drawings or the examples.

Certain directional terms used hereinafter to describe the drawings, such as "inner", "outer", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", and other directional terms, will be understood to have their normal meaning and refer to those directions as they relate to when viewing the drawings. Unless otherwise indicated, the directional terms described herein are generally in accordance with conventional directions as understood by those skilled in the art.

As used herein, the terms "first," "second," "primary," "secondary," and the like, do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. Where the expression "substantially parallel" allows for a reasonable range of angular deviations, not absolutely parallel to each other.

Some embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

First, a first embodiment of the present application will be exemplarily described with reference to fig. 1 to 7 and 10A to B, and referring to fig. 1, a photographic light fixture 10 according to the present invention includes a main light holder 11A, preferably three sub

light holders

11B, 11C and 11D connected in sequence, and a first pivoting member 13 connected to the

sub light holders

11B and 11C, respectively. A lamp strip 12 is arranged on the main lamp holder 11A, preferably on the top surface; the three

sub-lamp holders

11B, 11C and 11D connected in series are preferably provided with a lamp strip 12 on the top surface. To facilitate heat dissipation, an aluminum plate for facilitating heat transfer or dissipation is preferably disposed between the light strip 12 and the light fixture. Here, the first pivoting member 13 allows the sub lamp holder 11B and the sub lamp holder 11C to pivot about two different axes with respect to each other. Further, preferably, second pivoting members 14 connected with both ends thereof to the lamp holders, respectively, are further provided between both the main lamp holder 11A and the sub-lamp holder 11B and between the sub-lamp holder 11C and the sub-lamp holder 11D to allow the two lamp holders connected thereto to be pivotable with respect to each other about one axis.

Thereby, a pivoting action diagram is achieved as shown in fig. 2, wherein the photographic light 10 is now in a soft-light configuration. In this soft light mode, the first pivot 13 that can pivot about two different axes can adjust the illuminance of soft and hard light on the screen of the photographic subject by adjusting the angle (or the brightness of light, etc.) between different light beams emitted from the light strips on different lamp holders. In particular, one of the pivot axes of the first pivot member 13 is designed to be perpendicular to the strip 12 of the main lamp holder 11A (here, perpendicular to the paper), thereby ensuring, on the one hand, that the strip 12 of the main lamp holder 11A is parallel to or in the same plane as the strip 12 of the secondary lamp holder in the folded configuration shown in fig. 1, and, on the other hand, that the opening angle between the secondary lamp holder 11B and the secondary lamp holder 11C, which are connected to each other with the first pivot member 13, can also be adjusted, for example, between 0 and 180 degrees, thus allowing the switching between the hard light configuration and the soft light configuration as in fig. 10A-10B, and even further the adjustment of the illuminance in the soft light configuration. Further, by means of the pivot axis of the strip 12 of the secondary lamp holder 12 and the strip 12 of the secondary lamp holder about the other of the first pivot members 13, parallel to or coplanar with the main lamp holder 11A (the pivot direction is as indicated by the swing arrow on both sides of the first pivot member 13 in fig. 2), it is also possible to adjust the light illuminance in the soft light form and/or the hard light form by adjusting the attitude of the different strips 12 on both the secondary lamp holder 11B and the secondary lamp holder 11C by adjusting the pivot angle of the secondary lamp holder 11B with respect to the first pivot member 13 and the pivot angle of the secondary lamp holder 11C with respect to the first pivot member 13 (see fig. 10A, 10B).

As another aspect of the present invention, second pivoting members 14 can be provided between the main lamp frame 11A and the sub lamp frame 11B and the sub lamp frame 11C and the sub lamp frame 11D, wherein both ends of the second pivoting members 14 are respectively connected to the main lamp frame 11A and the sub lamp frame 11B or both ends of the second pivoting members 14 can be further respectively connected to the two sub lamp frames 11C and 11D to allow the two connected thereto to be pivotable with each other about one axis, thereby adjusting the opening angle between the lamp frames, thereby enabling more flexible adjustment of the use form made up of the plurality of lamp frames, and enabling reduction of the use of the more costly biaxially pivotable first pivoting member, thereby reducing the cost of the photographing lamp.

It should be noted that although the embodiment using the single first pivoting member 13 and the two second pivoting members 14 to connect the single main lamp holder 11A and the three sub lamp holders 11B to 11D is shown here by way of example, those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is also possible to connect the single main lamp holder and the single or multiple sub lamp holders (adding a movable joint or a multi-piece lamp holder) by means of the single first pivoting member 13. The arrangement of the first and second pivoting members and the auxiliary lamp holder is flexible and can be designed according to the use form of the lamp, the product cost and other factors, and therefore the present invention is not intended to be limited to the arrangement shown in fig. 1 to 3.

As shown in fig. 1, the photographic lamp provided therein is preferably designed such that the main lamp holder 11A and the plurality of sub-lamp holders 11B to 11D are each in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having substantially the same shape and size. Unlike the sub-lamp holders 11B to 11D, the main lamp holder 11A is provided with a protruding holding portion 16 on one side of the light strip 12 for the user to hold the photographic lamp, for example, the holding portion may be formed by texturing or roughening one side of the main lamp holder 11A for the user to hold, and further, the electric components including the control device or the bluetooth module of the photographic lamp 10 can be disposed therein by the space formed by the protruding holding portion. Further, a display screen 15 is disposed at the bottom of the main lamp housing 11A adjacent to the hand-held portion, wherein the display screen 15 is designed to display information including the illuminance and the power of the lamp.

Here, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the light emitting surfaces of the primary lamp holder 11A and the lamp strip 12 and the light emitting surface of the lamp strip 12 of at least one secondary lamp holder 11B to 11D are in the same plane, wherein one pivot axis of the first pivot member 13 and/or the pivot axis of the second pivot member 14 is perpendicular to the light emitting surfaces of the lamp strips 12 of these lamp holders. By designing the light emitting directions of the light strips 12 of the main lamp holders 11A and the at least one auxiliary lamp holder 11B-11D to be the same, and by designing one pivot axis of the first pivot member 13 and/or the pivot axis of the second pivot member 14 to be perpendicular to the light emitting surface of the light strip 12, no matter how the auxiliary lamp holders 11B-11D rotate relative to the main lamp holder 11A, the overall lighting direction of the photographic lamp 10 is not affected, and complete lighting is formed to ensure a lighting effect. This substantially eliminates or avoids the risk of undesirable lighting shaking during user operation. Of course, it is preferable, but not limited to, that the light emitting surfaces of the lamp holders 11A and the lamp strips 12 and the light emitting surface of the lamp strip 12 of at least one of the secondary lamp holders 11B to 11D are in the same plane, and those skilled in the art can understand that, in a feasible modification, the lamp strips 12 of the primary lamp holder 11A and the lamp strips of the plurality of secondary lamp holders 11B to 11D may be designed to be parallel to each other but staggered to form a staggered lighting.

By means of the above design, by providing a main lamp holder 11A with a lamp strip 12 and at least one secondary lamp holder 11B-11D also with a lamp strip 12, which are rotationally connected by means of the first pivot member 13 and/or the second pivot member 14, these secondary lamp holders 11B-11D are switched in a number of different use configurations with the main lamp holder 11A by rotating the first pivot member 13 and/or the second pivot member 14. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the plurality of sub lamp holders 11B to 11D and the end portion of the main lamp holder 11A in the length direction are connected to each other by means of the first pivoting member 13 and/or the second pivoting member 14 to form a line-shaped manner, and the lamp strip 12 of the main lamp holder 11A and the lamp strip 12 of the plurality of sub lamp holders 11B to 11D are formed as a line light source (see fig. 3 and 10A) adapted to photograph, for example, a side color of a person when the photographing lamp 10 is in its hard light form in which the light is hard and can provide a sharp contrast of the face of the person, and in this form, the multi-functional lamp holder 10 is increased in length but decreased in width; or the plurality of auxiliary lamp holders 11B to 11D and the main lamp holder 11A are folded together in the length direction to be in the folded state of the photographing lamp 10, and at this time, the plurality of lamp strips 12 are folded together by the lamp holders to form a planar type, that is, the lamp strip 12 of the main lamp holder 11A and the lamp strips 12 of the plurality of auxiliary lamp holders 11B to 11D are formed together as a surface light source (see fig. 1) suitable for direct seeding and light supplementing for a broadcaster, for example, on the front side, in this state, the length of the multifunctional lamp holder 10 is reduced but the width is doubled; or the main lamp holder 11A and the auxiliary lamp holder 11B are connected in a linear manner, the auxiliary lamp holders 11C and 11D are also connected in a linear manner, and the auxiliary lamp holders 11B and 11C have a V-shape with a certain included angle therebetween, at this time, the lamp strips 12 carried by the main lamp holder 11A and the auxiliary lamp holder 11B and the lamp strips 12 carried by the auxiliary lamp holders 11C and 11D are formed as V-shaped light sources with each other to be suitable for providing soft light forms (see fig. 2 and 10B) with soft light shadow, soft contour and strong stereoscopic impression, and especially, at this time, the lamp holders respectively formed in a linear manner can adjust the poses of a plurality of lamp strips on different lamp holders with each other by means of rotation around the second pivot axis of the first pivot 13, so that the illuminance of the soft light forms and/or the hard light forms can be adjusted. As can be seen from the above, these configurations significantly enrich the usage of the lighting apparatus 10 for photography in the present invention, and can flexibly change the illumination directions of the lamp strips on different lamp holders while expanding and enriching the usage scenes of the lighting apparatus 10 for photography.

In particular, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the first pivoting member 13 comprises a pair of rotating shaft covers 31 and 32 superposed on each other, where the rotating shaft cover 31 located above is designed substantially in the shape of a disc and tangentially provided at one end thereof with a tip through which an electric power supply line (not shown) is passed, the rotating shaft cover 32 located below is also designed substantially in the shape of a disc complementary to the rotating shaft cover 31 and tangentially provided at the opposite end thereof with a tip through which an electric power supply line is passed, such a design allowing the pair of rotating shaft covers 31 and 32 to be pivotable relative to each other about the first pivot axis a1 with a cavity therebetween through which an electric power supply line (not shown) is passed; a pair of adapters 35 disposed at the two opposite ends, wherein the pair of adapters 35 can be pivotally connected to the ends of the opposite ends of the pair of rotating shaft covers 31 and 32, respectively, about a second pivot axis a2 preferably parallel to or even aligned with each other and with connecting fasteners for fixedly connecting to different lamp holders (here, the sub lamp holders 11B and the sub lamp holders 11C) so as to allow the sub lamp holders 11B and 11C to which they are connected to pivot with each other about the second pivot axis a 2. Thereby, the electrical wires are allowed to pass through the two first pivoting members 13, which are pivotable in two directions with respect to each other, in a concealed manner, which not only can protect the electrical wires from abrasion or external moisture and dust, but also can maintain the neat and beautiful appearance of the photographing lamp 10.

In order to achieve the rotational positioning of the first pivoting member 13, a plurality of elastic members 34 are preferably provided between the pair of shaft covers 31 and 32. As shown in fig. 6, a pair of elastic members 34 are interposed between the upper and lower shaft covers 31 and 32 and the

lower shaft cover

32 and 33 by means of a locking member 33 such as a lock nut with a rotating shaft 33A described in detail later, whereby if it is desired to achieve locking of the first pivoting member 13 to adjust the force of driving pivoting thereof or the damping effect of the self-bring, these elastic members 34 can be driven to act between a damping position of abutment with the rotating shaft cover and a release position of the abutment via rotation of the locking member 33 itself by means of screwing or unscrewing the locking member 33, whereby rotational positioning of the first pivoting member 13 is achieved at low cost and in a manner convenient for the user. Similarly, the adaptor pair 35 for fixed connection with the

sub-lamp holders

11B and 11C may also be connected to the ends of the spindle covers 31 and 32 in a slack-adjustable manner by means of

elastic members

36 and 37, wherein the damping effect of the adaptor pair 35 is adjusted by means of adjusting the slack of the mounting members.

Of course, in other embodiments, the first pivoting member 13 may be a double-shaft pivoting seat or a hinge known in the art (the structure and operation principle of the pivoting seat and the hinge as the rotating component are prior art and not specifically shown in the figures). In a preferred aspect, magnetic members are provided on the side surfaces facing each other between the sub lamp holder 11B and the sub lamp holder 11C, and the magnetic poles of the facing side surfaces of the facing magnetic members are different from each other, so that the sub lamp holder 11B and the sub lamp holder 11C can be magnetically coupled to each other by the magnetic members. When the auxiliary lamp holder 11B is rotated to be fitted with the side surface of the auxiliary lamp holder 11C, the auxiliary lamp holder 11C can be fixed to the auxiliary lamp holder 11B by the magnetic member therebetween, so that the auxiliary lamp holder 11C is prevented from shaking, and the stability of the photographic lamp 10 in a hard light state is improved.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, a second pivot 14 according to the invention is shown, where preferably a plurality of second pivot 14 are identical, thus being exemplarily illustrated by means of fig. 4-5. Wherein the second pivot 14 comprises: the first adapter block 41 and the second adapter block 42 can be fixedly connected to different lamp holders, wherein mounting surfaces for fasteners to penetrate through and different lamp holders to be placed are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the first adapter block 41 and the second adapter block 42; a first and a second spaced

electrode sheet

44A, 44B (electrical wires connected thereto are not shown) respectively secured within the first and second transfer blocks 41, 42, wherein the two are at least partially stacked so as to enable electrical connection and signal transfer between the first and second transfer blocks 41, 42 by means of the first and

second electrode sheets

44A, 44A; in order to avoid the exposure of the first and

second electrode sheets

44A and 44B to moisture and dust, a pair of rotary shaft covers 43A are also provided, one on top of the other, with the rotary shaft cover located below having a rotary shaft 43B defining a pivot axis, allowing the first and second transfer blocks 41 and 42 to be hinged to each other by means of the rotary shaft 43B. Therefore, the angle adjustment and the electrical connection between the lamp holders are realized in a mode of saving the number of parts, and the electrical connection is realized by adopting the electrodes, so that the defect that the electrical contact sheet or the contact is worn and failed after being used for multiple times is overcome.

Of course, in other embodiments, the second pivoting member 14 may be a single-shaft pivoting seat or a hinge known in the art (the structure and operation principle of the pivoting seat and the hinge as the rotating component are prior art and not specifically shown in the drawings). In a preferred aspect, magnetic members are provided on opposite sides between the main lamp housing 11A and the sub-lamp housing 11B, and magnetic poles of the opposite sides of the opposite magnetic members are different, so that the main lamp housing 11A and the sub-lamp housing 11B can be magnetically coupled by the magnetic members. When the auxiliary lamp holder 11B is rotated to be fitted with the side surface of the main lamp holder 11A, the auxiliary lamp holder 11B can be fixed to the main lamp holder 11A by the magnetic member therebetween, so that the auxiliary lamp holder 11B is prevented from shaking, and the stability of the photographic lamp 10 in a hard light state is improved.

As shown in fig. 10A, in the hard light form, since the light emitted from the light strip 12 of the plurality of lamp holders is irradiated onto, for example, the face along only one side, since the light is located on the same side of the person to be irradiated, the other side may have a relatively large and hard shadow, which is suitable for photographing, for example, a strong-contrast face portrait. In contrast, as shown in fig. 10B, in the soft light mode, since the light strips 12 from the plurality of lamp holders are respectively illuminated on the face of the illuminated person from one side and from the upper portion thereof at the same time, the shadow on the illuminated person is relatively small and soft due to the convergence of different light rays, which is suitable for reflecting the bright and warm photographing intention. It is known to those skilled in the art that two different effects each have their range of application and that it is attractive for a photographer to be able to achieve different modalities in a single luminaire. It is further preferred that each section of the collapsible photographic light 10 also display a different color, giving the photographer more freedom in creating space for creating a more colorful work.

Next, a second embodiment of the present application is described with reference to fig. 8-10A-B, where the second embodiment is a further improvement of the first embodiment, and portions not specifically described include reference numerals and text descriptions, which are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are not described again here.

The main improvement of the second embodiment over the first embodiment is that, in the second embodiment of the present invention, as seen in fig. 8, an operation button 26 disposed adjacent to the hand-held portion is further added to one side of the light strip 12 of the photographic light fixture 20, wherein the operation button 26 is a physical button that is physically or mechanically operated, and in this embodiment is configured to adjust at least one of the color, the color temperature, and the instantaneous power output (preferably, for example, may be as high as 50-100 watts) of the light strip of at least one of the primary and secondary light holders; further, it is preferable that it also has the function of locking here the touch screen 25 in response to a long press, for example 2 seconds, or a continuous double click, which helps to prevent the risk of malfunction when the photographic light fixture 20 is folded and transported, for example, in a pocket.

Here, a display screen 25 is also included, arranged adjacent to the hand-held portion, wherein the display screen 25 is preferably a touch screen capable of accepting user input. Wherein the touch screen 25 is designed to display information including illumination, lamp power, and also to add a touch area to control color temperature and brightness. By way of example, where the middle region is coarse tuned for color temperature and brightness in response to a user's finger sliding, two small regions on either side of the middle region are fine-tunable. Preferably, the luminaire 20 can also be preset in smart modes and support custom modes by means of the touch screen. Meanwhile, the bluetooth module arranged in the lamp 20 allows the user to realize wireless connection by means of the APP of the remote controller or the mobile phone, so as to realize remote control.

Further, as shown in fig. 8 to 9, in the present embodiment, in order to further reduce the cost of the lamp, differently from the first embodiment, the first pivoting member 23 and the second pivoting member 24 having different structures are employed, where the pivoting member performing the pivoting action in both directions located in the middle is changed to the same member as the pivoting member pivoting in a single direction. At the moment, the unidirectional pivoting piece is only required to be designed into a split type, and the pivoting shaft is additionally arranged in the middle to realize bidirectional pivoting. This allows the photographic light to be manufactured in a standardized manner with a single type of pivot member, thereby avoiding the disadvantages of increasing the types of parts and difficulty of assembly due to the need to alternately mount different pivot members.

Fig. 11 illustrates a unidirectional pivoting member 24 that can be adapted for use in the embodiment of fig. 8-9, wherein the pivoting member 24 includes a generally racetrack-shaped pivoting base 245, wherein arcuate cavities are cut into opposite ends of the pivoting base 245 for pivoting a rotating shaft 243, described below, and an adapter 243A fixedly connected thereto. The inner diameter of the arc-shaped cavity is designed approximately the same as the rotary shaft 243, so that the two rotary shafts 243 and the adapters 243A fixedly connected thereto are accommodated in a clearance-fit manner in the latter in a pivotable manner about the pivot axes A1a and A1b, respectively. Here, two adjacent adapters 243A are respectively connected to two lamp holders (see fig. 9), so that the angle between the two lamp holders connected thereto (for example,

lamp holders

11C and 11D may be adjusted by pivoting the rotating shaft 243 and the adapter 243A fixedly connected thereto about the pivot axes A1a and A1b, respectively. As shown in fig. 11, the middle of two adjacent adapters 243A are provided with notches for allowing the electrical wires 246 to pass through, and correspondingly, the two rotating shafts 243 are provided with notches for allowing the middle of the electrical wires 246 to pass through. In order to prevent the electrical wires 246 from being exposed and external dust from entering the narrow gap between the rotating shaft 243 and the pivot base 245 to adversely affect the rotation of the rotating shaft 243, the rotating shaft cover 241 may be fixed to the pivot base 245 by means of a fastener such as a screw, so that the electrical wires 246 and the rotating shaft 243 are enclosed between the rotating shaft cover 241 and the pivot base 245. Thus, the two rotating shafts 243 and the adapter 243A fixedly connected thereto will not have any influence on the electrical wires 246 disposed therein, and the concealed design is very advantageous in obtaining a satisfactory product appearance of the photographic lamp 20 and in protecting the electrical wires 246 from abrasion or external moisture and dust.

Further, in order to achieve the rotational positioning of the pivoting member 24, a plurality of elastic members 244 are preferably provided between the rotation shaft cover 241 and the pivoting seat 245. As shown in fig. 11, a pair of elastic members 244 are interposed between the rotating shaft 243 and the pivoting seat 245 and the locking member 242 by means of a locking member 242 such as a lock nut, whereby if it is desired to achieve locking of the pivoting member 24 to adjust the force for driving pivoting thereof or the self-contained damping effect, these elastic members 244 can be driven to act between the abutted damping position and the disengaged release position between the members abutted thereto by means of screwing or unscrewing the locking member 242 through rotation thereof, thereby achieving rotational positioning of the pivoting member 24 at low cost and in a manner convenient for the user.

Thus, with the pivot member shown in fig. 11, unidirectional pivoting between the adjacent lamp holders is achieved in a relatively simple structure that is easy to mass-produce. Further, if it is desired that the pivoting member can perform the function of bidirectional pivoting, it is only necessary to change the pivoting base 245 from a single piece to a pair of rotating members capable of pivoting relative to each other, and in this case, it is only necessary to change the mold of the one-way pivoting member simply and with a small amount of work to produce pivoting members having the function of bidirectional pivoting in large quantities, which is advantageous for reducing the manufacturing cost of the pivoting member. It is also noted that since the pivot member is shown as being of a uniform configuration, the worker does not have to carefully match the mating relationship between the pivot member and the lamp holder during assembly of the light fixture, thereby avoiding the possibility of misassembly during assembly of the light fixture.

Similar to the first embodiment, magnetic members are provided on the opposite sides between the sub lamp holder 11B and the sub lamp holder 11C, and the magnetic poles of the opposite sides in the opposite magnetic members are different, so that the sub lamp holder 11B and the sub lamp holder 11C can be magnetically coupled by the magnetic members. When the auxiliary lamp holder 11B is rotated to be fitted to the side surface of the auxiliary lamp holder 11C, the magnetic member therebetween can fix the auxiliary lamp holder 11C to the auxiliary lamp holder 11B, so that the auxiliary lamp holder 11C is prevented from shaking, and the stability of the photographic lamp 20 in a hard light state is improved.

As another preferred aspect of the present invention, a further modification of the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20 of fig. 1 to 3 and 8 to 9 is shown in fig. 12A and 12B, wherein a recognition mechanism 51 is added to the foremost lamp holder 11D of the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20, wherein the recognition mechanism 51 may be a camera having a face recognition function, for example; and a plurality of

first actuating mechanisms

52A and 52B and second actuating mechanisms 53 which are respectively provided at the plurality of pivotal members and control the rotational shafts of the pivotal members to rotate, wherein the plurality of

first actuating mechanisms

52A and 52B and second actuating mechanisms 53 are respectively in signal communication with the identification mechanism 51 and the operation knob 26.

With this, when the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20 with the improvements of fig. 12A and 12B are used, functions such as recognizing and tracking the face of the user, recognizing the illuminance of the face of the user, and the like can be realized by the recognition means 51, and the recognition result can be compared with the use patterns preset in the

light fixtures

10 and 20, thereby adaptively adjusting factors such as the angle between the respective light fixtures and/or the color temperature and brightness of the light emitted from the respective light strips. By adding the identification mechanism 51 and the plurality of

actuating mechanisms

52A, 52B and 53 in signal communication therewith, the light fixture can be "intelligent" without significantly increasing the cost, thereby significantly reducing the learning cost of the user to use a new product and enhancing the user experience of the new product, which is highly advantageous for making the user more willing to try and accept and use the new photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20 according to the present invention.

Here, the plurality of first actuating mechanisms 52A may be external brushless motors and the second actuating mechanism 53 may be a built-in brushless motor. The use of a brushless motor helps to maintain the neat and attractive appearance of the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20 of the present invention.

As a further preferred aspect of the invention, a further improvement to the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20 of fig. 1-3 and 8-9 is shown in fig. 13, wherein it is noted that the improved aspects referred to in fig. 12A-B and fig. 13 are compatible with each other.

In order to ensure a better lighting effect, it is desirable to increase the luminous power of the light strip 12 as much as possible. In order to ensure a long life of the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20, it is advantageous to efficiently cool the lamp strip 12 and the lamp holder 11A. For this purpose, as shown in fig. 13, the light strip 12 is cooled, in contrast to the arrangement of the aluminum plates on the lamp holders 11A shown in fig. 1 to 3, mainly in a "heat-conducting" manner, wherein the light strip 12 is cooled in a "heat-convection" manner by means of a fan 61 which is arranged in the aluminum plates in the hollow lamp holder 11A and at one end of the lamp holder 11A. As shown in fig. 13, in which the light strip 12 is fixedly arranged inside the hollow lamp holder 11A by means of an aluminum plate, since the lamp holder 11A has a substantially rectangular cavity, this allows the light strip 12 to be positioned inside the hollow lamp holder 11A in a "floating" manner. Accordingly, a fan 61 is disposed at one end of the lamp holder 11A to force the driving airflow 62 to rapidly flow to the lamp strip 12 and perform heat dissipation with "heat convection" with the surface thereof. In other words, in fig. 13, the light strip 12 can dissipate heat by heat conduction of the existing aluminum plate, and also can exchange heat by forced convection of the airflow 62, so that the heat exchange efficiency is significantly improved.

Of course, in addition to the enhanced heat dissipation by forcing the airflow 62 through the light strip 12 by means of the fan 61, it is also possible to adaptively design the interior cavity within the hollow light fixture 11A by virtue of the generally vertical holding of the photographic

light fixtures

10 and 20, thereby creating a "chimney effect" of heated air within the vertically disposed interior cavity to effect a directional flow of the airflow 62 and thus cooling of the light strip 12. This can be done, for example, by designing the air inlet at the right end of the hollow lamp holder 11A of fig. 13 to be larger than the air outlet at the left end, thereby forming a tapered cavity having a slope of 10 to 25 degrees in the interior of the hollow lamp holder 11A. By means of such tapered cavities with a slope, the hot air is allowed to form a "chimney effect" in which the air flow 62 is directed inside the hollow lamp holder 11A, thereby enabling "heat convection" heat dissipation without the need for the fan 61.

It is also desirable to note that, since the lamp strip 12 of high heat is built into the hollow lamp holder 11A, the risk of burning the user due to overheating of the lamp is reduced.

A third embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 14-16A-B, where the third embodiment is a further improvement of the second embodiment, and portions that are not specifically described include reference numerals and text descriptions, which are the same as those of the second embodiment and are not described again here.

The main improvement of the third embodiment over the second embodiment is that in the third embodiment of the present invention, a multidirectional pivot 23 capable of serving as a first pivot as shown in fig. 16A to 16B is employed, thereby allowing the photographic light fixture 20 to have a wider range and wide angular adjustment, which makes the operating posture of the photographic light fixture 20 richer and more varied to meet the illumination requirements of more application scenes.

Specifically, the first, multi-directional pivot member 23 as shown in fig. 16A-16B is improved over the pivot member 24 shown in fig. 11 in that adjacent two of the joints 35 are pivotable about a second pivot axis A2a and a third pivot axis a3, orthogonal to the first pivot axis A1a and A1B, parallel to each other, relative to the associated swivel shafts about the first pivot axis A1a and A1B, respectively. Since the two adjacent adapters 35 of the multi-directional pivoting member 23 are respectively connected to different lamp holders (e.g., 11B and 11C), the different lamp holders can change the included angle between them by pivoting the rotating shaft about the first pivot axes A1a and A1B, on one hand, and can change the orientation and posture of the light emitting surface of the lamp holder (e.g., 11B) connected thereto by pivoting about the second pivot axis A2a orthogonal to the first pivot axis and/or change the lamp holder (e.g., 11C) connected thereto by pivoting about the third pivot axis A3 orthogonal to the first pivot axis. By this, the

photographic lights

10 and 20 incorporating the first, multidirectional pivot member 23 as shown in fig. 16A-16B can be easily rotated relative to each other in two planes orthogonal to each other, thereby increasing the number of combinations in which the two lamp strips provided on adjacent light holders can be fitted, and thus achieving a wider range and wide angle adjustment of the foldable

photographic lights

10 and 20

As can be seen from the above description of the three embodiments, the present invention provides a collapsible photographic lamp, which is provided with a main lamp holder and an auxiliary lamp holder, both having a lamp strip, rotatably connected by means of a first pivot member rotatable in two directions, and forms different shapes by rotating the first pivot member, compared to the prior art. For example, a plurality of auxiliary lamp holders are connected with the end of the main lamp holder along the length direction to form a linear light source which is suitable for shooting a character with a side color, and the linear light source is in a hard light form, or the auxiliary lamp holders and the main lamp holder are folded together, so that the size can be remarkably reduced, the linear light source is convenient to carry or transfer, or an included angle is formed between the auxiliary lamp holders and the main lamp holder, for example, a V shape which enables light rays to be converged at different heights at different angles is formed, and at the moment, a light strip on the main lamp holder and a light strip on the auxiliary lamp holder can form a light shadow effect of 'up lamp and down lamp', so that the lamp is in a soft light form. Therefore, according to the invention, the use forms which are in various forms and are obviously distinguished on the illuminance can be realized by means of a single lamp, the illumination range of the lamp is expanded, meanwhile, the irradiation directions of the lamp strip of the main lamp holder and the lamp strip of the auxiliary lamp holder are allowed to be flexibly changed, and a satisfactory lighting effect is realized.

While the invention has been described in detail in connection with only a limited number of embodiments, it should be readily understood that the invention is not limited to such disclosed embodiments. Rather, the invention can be modified by incorporating any number of variations, alterations, substitutions or equivalent arrangements not heretofore described, but which are commensurate with the spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, while various embodiments of the invention have been described, it is to be understood that aspects of the invention may include only some of the embodiments. Accordingly, the invention is not to be seen as limited by the foregoing description, but is only limited by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A photographic light, comprising:

a main lamp holder including a lamp strip provided thereon and a hand-held portion allowing the photographing lamp to be held;

at least two auxiliary lamp holders, preferably three auxiliary lamp holders connected in sequence, comprising lamp strips arranged thereon;

a first pivoting member, wherein both ends of the first pivoting member are respectively connected to the main lamp holder and the auxiliary lamp holder or respectively connected to the two auxiliary lamp holders to allow the two connected thereto to be pivotable with each other about at least two different axes, so that the photographing lamp can be pivoted from a hard light form in which the plurality of lamp strips are collinear with each other to a soft light form in which the plurality of lamp strips intersect with each other by means of the first pivoting member.

2. A photographic light as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photographic light is further pivotable by means of a first pivot member to a folded configuration in which the strips are parallel and coplanar with one another.

3. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pivot axis of the first pivot member is designed to be perpendicular to the strip of the main light fixture.

4. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 3, wherein the other pivot axis of the first pivot member is designed to be substantially parallel to a light strip on the primary or secondary light fixture.

5. A photographic light as claimed in claim 4, wherein the further pivot axis of the first pivot member is designed to be orthogonal to both the one and the other pivot axis.

6. A photographic light fixture as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a second pivot member, wherein both ends of the second pivot member are connected to the main light holder and the sub light holder, respectively, or to the two sub light holders, respectively, to allow the two connected thereto to be pivotable with respect to each other about one axis.

7. A photographic light fixture as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first pivot member comprises: a pair of rotating shaft covers superposed on each other, wherein the pair of rotating shaft covers are capable of pivoting with each other about a pivot axis of the first pivoting member and enclose a cavity therebetween;

and the paired adapters are respectively connected to two opposite ends of the paired rotating shaft covers in a pivoting manner around the other pivoting axis of the first pivoting piece and are fixedly connected to different lamp brackets so as to allow the lamp brackets connected with the paired rotating shaft covers to pivot around a second pivoting axis.

8. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first pivot further comprises: an elastic member disposed between the pair of rotation shaft covers;

a locking member having a rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft of the locking member is disposed through the rotating shaft cover and defines the first pivot axis, wherein the locking member is configured to drive the elastic member to move between the damping position and the release position via its own rotation.

9. A photographic light fixture as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first pivot member comprises: a swivel cover and a swivel base which are superposed on each other, wherein two adapters which can be respectively connected to the two lamp holders are pivoted between the swivel cover and the swivel base by means of a swivel shaft which can be pivoted about a pivot axis perpendicular to the lamp holders;

wherein one of the two joints is designed to be pivotable relative to the rotary shaft connected thereto about a further pivot axis orthogonal to the one pivot axis, and the other of the two joints is designed to be pivotable relative to the rotary shaft connected thereto about a further pivot axis orthogonal to the one pivot axis.

10. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second pivot member comprises: the first transfer block and the second transfer block can be fixedly connected to different lamp brackets;

the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are fixedly arranged in the first switching block and the second switching block at intervals respectively, and are at least partially overlapped;

a pair of swivel shaft covers superposed on each other, one of the swivel shaft covers having a swivel shaft for defining a pivot axis, allowing the first and second transfer blocks to be articulated to each other by means of the swivel shaft.

11. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an operating knob disposed adjacent a handle, wherein the operating knob is configured to adjust at least one of a color, a color temperature, and an instantaneous power output or a mis-operation prevention of a light strip of at least one of the primary light fixture and the secondary light fixture.

12. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display screen disposed adjacent the hand held portion, wherein the display screen is designed to display information including light level, lamp power, and preferably a touch screen capable of accepting user input.

13. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an aluminum plate disposed between the light fixture and the light strip, preferably further comprising a bluetooth module allowing remote control of the photographic light fixture.

14. A photographic light fixture as claimed in claim 13, wherein the light fixture is hollow and the light strip is disposed within the hollow light fixture, wherein preferably a fan is disposed at one end of the hollow light fixture for forcing airflow through the light strip.

15. A photographic light fixture as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an identification mechanism provided to the sub-light holder;

at least one actuation mechanism in communicative connection with the identification mechanism, wherein each of the at least one actuation mechanisms is operatively connected to the first pivot member and/or the second pivot member for adaptive adjustment in response to a signal from the identification mechanism.