MARINA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Light & Motion has launched its first action camera companion light line, the Sidekick, on Kickstarter. The company has already exceeded its $50,000 goal with the crowd-funding campaign, with nearly $85,000 pledged as of Thursday morning, with 22 days to go.
The Sidekick line includes two models that deliver a wide 600-lumen beam to enhance action shots.
"Action cameras are very limited by rapidly changing light conditions, especially low light. The Sidekick is a long overdue extension of the GoPro, and will enable people to take amazing POV video and photos, day or night," said professional photographer and videographer Kip Evans in a Light & Motion press release.
The Sidekick is small, low profile and at 123 grams weighs less than a GoPro camera. It's factory sealed design and integrates with any GoPro set-up. It's rated for use as deep as 200 feet underwater and has an adjustable spot and flood modes, regulated output, external USB recharging, battery status indicator and a spot light function for navigation.
The Sidekick line will include two models: the $149 Sidekick Duo, with a spot and flood light, and the single-beam $129 Sidekick Flood. Light & Motion will also offer an accessory mount kit that allows positioning the light over the camera.
Kickstarter backers will have exclusive access to the first run of the special aluminum hand-machined Sidekicks and product production updates, among other rewards.
"We want to keep manufacturing in the United States, and successful crowd funding campaigns on Kickstarter may be one way that small entrepreneurial businesses like ours can keep inventing," said Daniel Emerson, the CEO of Light & Motion.
More information: Kickstarter.
