Anker iPhone LED Flash

Anker iPhone LED Flash

Out of curiosity, I purchased Anker iPhone LED Flash.

Anker iPhone LED Flash on Amazon

This would be great to use when taking photos with iPhone; so I convinced myself. As many have said, the best camera you can use is the one you have with you. I generally use the iPhone as main camera because it is, well, with me almost all the time.

iPhone LED Flash on Anker.com

Specs:

  • Input Power: 5V / 0.5A
  • Battery: 700mAh
  • Brightness: Up to 4× brighter and with up to twice the range of the native iPhone camera flash
  • Cable Length: 1.5 m when extended, 25 cm when contracted
  • Dimensions: 1.75 x 1.5 x 1.65 in / 44.5 x 38 x 42 mm
  • Weight: 2.61 oz / 74 g

One thing I immediately noticed about this iPhone LED Flash is Lightning Charging Port and Tripod Mount. I meant Two, two things that I noticed about this are Lightning Charging Port, Tripod Mount and Lightning Connector. Ah, that’s three. ()

Tripod Mount
Lightning Charging Port

The iPhone LED Flash can also be sued used independently as a flashlight, thanks to its built-in 700mAh battery. That’s what the Lightning Charging Port is for, charging the battery. By the way, it seems that the LED Flash battery is also charging when connected the iPhone via the Lightning Cable. I’ll do more test to confirm this.

What’s in the box?

  • iPhone LED Flash
  • Silicone Diffuser
  • Pouch
  • Happy Card
  • User Manual
What’s in the box? — Not Jack

there are a lot of application to this LED Flash. Generally I do not use iPhone built-in Flash on regular basis, because I don’t like how the photo looks. I do use the flash when I’m photographing something in a controlled lighting environment.

Should I be able to control my desire to slack, I’d be posting some photos using this iPhone LED Flash in the future. That’s because I have not yet perfected the art of Time Travel.


It Only Takes 6 Betas

Apple seeds iOS 13 beta 6 build 17A5556d on Wednesday August 7, 2019. I’m feeling brave enough to install this beta on my main device, an iPhone XS Max.

I’ve been running iOS 13 betas on my secondary device, an iPhone X since day 1.

Next up is installing watchOS 6 beta 6 on my Apple Watch.

Avatar and Avengers: Endgame, an Ode to Zoe Saldana

To paraphrase Mr. Big’s 1992 song To Be With You:
“Waited on a line of greens and blues”

As of June 23, 2019, Avatar and Avengers: Endgame are the first and second highest grossing films of all time, respectively. Avengers: Endgame headed back to the theater with unreleased footage in effort to unseat Avatar.

Whether or not the attempt is successful, both films have the same name in the casts: Zoe Saldana.

She was blue in Avatar and green in Avengers: Endgame.

One more note, both 20th Century Fox (distributor of Avatar) and Marvel Studios (Production company of Avengers: Endgame) are subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios.