[Yogesh Sarkar]

I am planning a trip to Himachal soon (either this month or the next) and planning to indulge in a bit of night photography. Up till now I used to carry a small LED torch; however it isn't bright enough to be used for navigating in dark outdoors so I need to buy a flashlight.

I need something that is small and sturdy enough to be comfortably carried in a backpack and is bright enough to be used outdoors.

Any suggestions?

[anupmathur]

...........maybe no replies are coming in because the title says 'fliashlight?!

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Oops, fixed it.

[hacket]

Flashlight/torch and night photography?AFAIK,most flash lights have a pointed beam,which is quiet unsuitable for lighting needs.


One of my friend uses a torch like this one,v.powerful,runs on 6 'D' size batteries.
Best part is the head part can be turned to get pointed beam or spread beam.
Its damn sturdy.Try to look for these at bazars.

[Prasham]

Looks great but it would be quite costly too!

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Flashlight/torch and night photography?AFAIK,most flash lights have a pointed beam,which is quiet unsuitable for lighting needs.

Not planning to light up the areas for photography, for that I would probably need a jeep with a powerful search light . Basically I need something that I can use to see the trail properly so as to get to a spot from where photography can be done properly.

Led torchlights are bad for that as the beam spreads too much and one can't see in far off distance. I am basically looking for something like what you have posted.

[hacket]

^Its not manufactured here,You will have to hunt a bit,costs anywhere between 800~1500 bucks.If you are indoors,lits up the entire room.

Else try to pick one of these,

Not good as the one in above post,but decent enough and quiet affordable.

[Yogesh Sarkar]

I actually had a similar flashlight from eveready, but it is slightly big to be carried in the backpack comfortably and in saddle bag it would break in case of a fall.

[anupmathur]

OMG! I've never seen so much fuss being made about a torch!
There are many on the market that allow change of focus by rotating the head. An original Maglite will cost a bomb; a nice Chinese replica will be available for a song! ... er.. YS, can you sing?!



.... and, YS, which are these DARK corners of Himachal that you plan to visit?!

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Sir dark corners usually don't have a name