I've seen them in catalogs, but not recently. The ones I saw are just a
little LED light as big around as a button cell with a ring to hold them
on a finger. I figured they would just get in the way of using my hands
and/or sang on pockets/clothing/equipment straps and go flying off
somewhere, and probably hurt me in the process. A little LED light on a
string around ones neck works fine for photography.
Wow! now that I think about it, I think I'll get one of those little
spring loaded gizmos people put ID/Keycards on and put a little light on
it. Not the old heavy duty one for a ring of keys, the lite plastic ones.
Moose
Jon Wichman wrote:
A US company makes something we Brits call a 'finger torch". I
understand that US Marine helo pilots use them at night when they are
using night vision goggles and don't wish to "flare" their gogs. Our
boys managed to get hold of them for the Kosovo campaign. The light
is a dull green colour (flat green?) and it straps to a finger (you
will be surprised to read ;-)).
It would be pretty cool to have one of these for small illumination
of your gear during night photography...
Chris
It sound like it indeed would!
Now that the topic is momentarily on photography, I wonder if you
could find a source for those on the web or something?
Or, are they still top-secret military only stuff?
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