iSight Light?

[MacRumors]

An unreleased Griffin Technology product? The iSight Light?

[Pix Removed from Griffin's Pages]

[johnnyjibbs]

I don't understand. A light that plugs on the end of the iSight? It's not clear from the pictures.

[krel]

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/sightlight/

[Masao[RY]]

hmm... looks interesting :-) I think this would be very nice, if it is autosensored.

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by johnnyjibbs
I don't understand. A light that plugs on the end of the iSight? It's not clear from the pictures.

it does appear to slide over the end, probably plugs into firewire for power... i would question how bright such a light can be, without adding to the heat already created by the isight... but it doesn't appear that they're exactly for sale yet, the product page is simply the radioshark page modified for these images. they have not filled in any text yet.

pnw

[DHagan4755]

Might work well...

[Hawthorne]

It's a ring-light, for that Helmut Newton look! Now, on to the spiked heels and tall germanic blondes! :D :)

[sethypoo]

Neat! I'd definatly get one.
Bring it on.

[iLilana]

the story doesn't match the picture

whats a radio shark

[dho]

Originally posted by krel
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/sightlight/

ah-ha

[Wonder Boy]

i thought it was photoshoped until i saw the actual griffin site. it could be useful. i dont have an isight, but judging from what ive seen of others, a light would definetly help.

[ITR 81]

Seems like this is more a confirmed rumor then unconfirmed one since it's actually on their website.

I do remember folks saying they wish the iSight had more help in the lighting dept. and it looks like griffin is answering the call.

[Freg3000]

I saw the third picture on Spymac yesterday I think. I think it is a Griffin-only thing, not a Belkin-Apple partnership. Knowing Griffin, they might announce it in December, set to ship in late January, pushed back to March. Arrives at your door in April, maybe. :)

Looks cool regardless.

[centauratlas]

It will be useful for interrogating subjects via video cam. Yes Boris.

[true777]

While it seems this is an actual product, I much doubt this is a photograph. It looks similar to the high-quality 3d mockups that Ive's group does. Looks like 3d studio max or similar to me. This probably means the product is still a little ways in the future and only at the advanced design stages for now.

[adamberti]

So there goes another firewire or USB port then.... Too bad it couldnt connect some other way. After your iSight, iPod, External Drives, mouse, keyboard, PowerMate and possible PDA (bluetooth), you're going to need more ports. Come on Apple!

[Analog Kid]

Originally posted by Freg3000
I saw the third picture on Spymac yesterday I think. I think it is a Griffin-only thing, not a Belkin-Apple partnership. Knowing Griffin, they might announce it in December, set to ship in late January, pushed back to March. Arrives at your door in April, maybe. :)

Looks cool regardless.

Ya know, some things are just worth waiting for... Griffin is a candy company-- and probably the best out there.

And they always seem to price things reasonably-- makes impulse buying so much harder to fight!

[wilco]

Please change this. Thanks.

Location: "There's an old man sittin' next to me, makin' love to his tonic and gin." -Billy Joel's "Piano Man" (on iTunes!)

[Thirteenva]

Originally posted by Wonder Boy
i thought it was photoshoped until i saw the actual griffin site. it could be useful. i dont have an isight, but judging from what ive seen of others, a light would definetly help.

Obviously its "photoshopped" and not an actual picture but that doesn't make it any less of a possibility. It's pretty common for a company to do mock-up or "photoshopped" product shots prior to the final revision becoming available for product shots. A lot of the time prototypes are very photogenic.

[celaurie]

Now that's nifty little gadj.

[iLilana]

the link is for the radio shark...when you click the radio shark link again the picture changes.

or its a joke from a griffin employee who frequents macrumors.

[NNO-Stephen]

I for one would love one of these things. the power could be taken from a pass through port through the iSight firewire cable cause a while LED wouldn't use too much power... a big LED. :)

hey, it could work.

anyway, I'd pick one up. looks like it'd be 50 bucks cause when the SHARK thing is clicked on again, the real page for that comes up at 69.99 while the SightLight is 49.99

[supercres]

Anyone else not seeing the "Sight Light," but rather a squirrel that, well, "seems to have suffered a rather serious snake bite"? (To quote Stewie from Family Guy)

I think Arn was right to stick this on Page 2 -- I think we've been had. Regardless, anyone have the original picture handy?

[brianwells]

Do any of you have the pictures that were originally posted? Perhaps in your browser cache?

The pictures have been pulled and replaced with some other sort of pictures. Rather unprofessional on Griffin's part - they should have simply pulled the pictures. :(

Thanks! :)

[Mr.Hey]

ROTFL! :Hello Ladies: :D

[voyagerd]

Griffin! HA!

[Freg3000]

OMG what is Griffin thinking! Those pics are outragous!

Good to see that they have a sense of humor. :)

[elo]

What the hell is this? Some of us depend on this site not to waste our time.

elo

[SiliconAddict]

Originally posted by brianwells
The pictures have been pulled and replaced with some other sort of pictures. Rather unprofessional on Griffin's part - they should have simply pulled the pictures. :(

Thanks! :)

Not unprofessional considering how much traffic Macrumors gets. This is common practice when a site admin is actively monitoring their servers and sees one site kicking the crap out of not a web page but a specific picture/file/etc.
Macrumors should be asking for permission to link to these images or more appropriately link to the main site.
Usually this behavior is reserved for sites that actually link pictures not just links to pictures but its all the same in the end. I would suggest that a site admin was a tad bit overzealous with the flipping of the code. Probably didn't even look into where the picture was being linked to. In any case you are using another site's pictures\bandwidth to promote you own site. Not as bandwidth intensive but still in the gray area of unprofessional\professional IMHO.

[johnnowak]

Oh loosen up. Griffin did it, not MR.

It's a rumor site. It's designed to waste time!

[drbyers]

AHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA!

this message brought to you by squirrel nutz. eat some of deez...

moo.

[TomSmithMacEd]

When I clicked on the pictures it just showed a squirrel, and like a baby with pasta on him. Then when I went to the website you guys told me to. It just took me to griffens homepage.

[theipodgod16]

did anyone save a the pics to desktop or in cashe? id rather not look at that deformed thing again.

[SeaFox]

C'mon now. Somebody has to have taken a screenshot. Especially after they duped us the first time by the sound of this thread,

I was totally not prepared for those pictures. Especially the Helllo Ladies "nature shot"

The kid in the pasta's a cute photo. I think I'll save it and use it in an iCard sometime.

[SeaFox]

There's still one photo at SpyMac!

and I have it saved to disk should it get pulled.


Spymac Link (http://www.spymac.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65443&papass=&sort=1&thecat=998)

[Analog Kid]

Originally posted by elo
What the hell is this? Some of us depend on this site not to waste our time.

elo

Hmmm... Having much luck with that so far? :rolleyes:

There's a great site for Apple information that is sure not to waste your time:
http://www.apple.com

[Sol]

Looks good but it should have been built-in to the camera from the start. I also hope that the brightness can be easilly adjusted.

[adamberti]

I guess my cache isnt expiring, but it looks the same as it used to be to me. Anyways, here's a pic.

[cubist]

Originally posted by adamberti
I guess my cache isnt expiring, but it looks the same as it used to be to me. Anyways, here's a pic.

The perspective is wrong, that's why it looks photoshopped. I don't know if a light like that is a good idea; you're going to have to look right at it; it will cause horrible red-eye - on both sides of the lens ;)

[1macker1]

I see no isight light but a squirrel that has a bad case of something.

[arn]

Originally posted by SiliconAddict

.... more appropriately link to the main site.


These images where not linked off of the main site.

arn

[whfsdude]

Did Waldo do it again? :D (YML inside joke) :P

[Sublime]

That thing if real is likely a corona of white LEDs. It would be low power. I heard they are putting white LEDs in flashlights that last like 40 hours or more with regular batteries... see ya's on irc latah.

[~Shard~]

I'd be interested to find out more about the technology involved in this product. If white LEDs are used, that might be alright, but otherwise, that light would result in severe red eye, I'm thinking - both from a photo perspective and a literal perspective! It would be hard on the eyes to stare right into that thing, wouldn't it? Oh well, however it works, I'm sure the Engineers thought of everything.

I guess we'll just have to keep posted to see when more details are released on the technical aspects of it, and when the release date is. Oh, and the price - that's always important too. :cool:

[poultryfarm]

... If white LEDs are used, that might be alright, but otherwise, that light would result in severe red eye, I'm thinking - both from a photo perspective and a literal perspective!...

i don't see how this would cause red-eye ('photo perspective') as it is not a flash, but rather a 'hot-light'-always on.

anyway, don't have an isight, but i think this is a brilliant product idea. go griffin, hope it's true.

[Marc the Mac]

I think the idea is great. The light does not have to be really bright like a photo flash. Most of the time we sit with some light coming from behind us, so our isight images may appear a little dark. So for those of us that want our friends to see how big our nose really is - a little light thrown on the front of our face from the iSight would just enhance things a little.

IMHO

[evolu]

notice the cable running off the light itself (not for the camera)

this thing needs juice!

Great idea tho - and the soft white light will be quite flattering!

Also - the light will be too close for red-eye - most likely you'll see a reflection of the light itself - an old movie trick i learned in film school.

[Dahl]

How much light would it have ?
Doesn't look like much.

I use my iSight every day and see no great use for this thing, if you sit in a well light room or just have some good lamps near by. But if it indeed is coming and if it works well, I might buy it.

But I'm getting this stand for the iSight.
http://www.macmice.com/sightflex.html

[Sublime]

I dug this up.

http://www.ccrane.com/white_led_flashlight.asp

Seems the light is can be quite bright and power consumption is low. Maybe the ring would have 4 smaller LEDs. Like this:

O
/ \
O O
\ /
O

Sorry my ring looks like a diamond.

:p

:eek: DOH! It doesn't even look like a diamond. My 1337 formatting was not preserved