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The Ultimate Travel Light Stand

July 24, 2020 • Gear Talk

I spend a lot of time traveling with lighting gear.  Almost every assignment I get involves lighting, whether it be for portraits, action or travel.  That means more gear, which means more weight.  So anytime I find a new piece of gear that trims the weight I am carrying, I am happy.  With tripods going carbon fiber and becoming much lighter, who would have thought you could do the same thing with light stands.  Evidently Nissan did, because I just started using their carbon fiber light stands, and they are amazing.

These stands even look like a tripod.  They have carbon fiber sections that use twist rings to loosen and tighten, similar to a tripod.  When collapsed down the legs fold back onto the stand, resulting in a very compact design.  But what is really going to blow you away is just how light they are.  The Nissan LS-65C version, the taller of the two, extends to 106 inches (8.8 feet) and weighs 28 oz., or about 1.7 pounds.  Incredible!

The LS-55C extends to 6.5 feet and weighs about 1.4 pounds.  They collapse down to 19.1 inches for the LS-55c and 23.6 inches LS-65C version.

With the pandemic postponing many of my trips and assignments until next year, I’m going to be traveling a lot.  But at least I know my bags will be a little lighter.  The cost is $170 (LS-55C) and $200(LS-65C) for the stands.

 

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