Hi, I'm Sarah from Hypop.
Today, we will be unboxing and taking a closer look
at the Foldio3, 25” Foldable Studio Light Tent.
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Okay so, the Foldio3 box is so much bigger than the other ones.
It takes a while to pull everything out,
but first things first is the actual studio.
It’s so little.
And then,
we have...
...the backdrops.
These ones come with Velcro
instead of using the magnets.
So, the Foldio2 has magnets to hold the backgrounds in,
Foldio3 has Velcro’s.
So, if you want to make your own backgrounds,
you’re more than welcome to.
And then inside here,...
...we have some instructions.
And...
...we have--...
...it's really heavy,...
...this is...
...power cable.
Oh, and the dimmer.
So, this one comes with a little dimmer in the power cable
and it’s just more power cables.
And then...
...inside the Foldio,...
...the lights are already attached.
Okay, so the Foldio3 is quite a lot smaller than other light tents.
Most other light tents probably come up to about here,
so they've done a really good job at making it really compact, really light.
It's got a built in handle, so you can take it with you.
It's also put together with magnets.
So, it sticks itself back in together.
In saying that, it's pretty easy to put together
when you're setting it up.
Where you see
the Velcro down the bottom here,
that's the bottom of the panel--
of the setup.
So you start from the top, pull it out,
attach a magnet to the magnet.
And then, all you have to do
is keep attaching...
and you’re done.
Okay, so the Foldio3 is made of the same material
as the 1 and the 2, the corrugated plastic.
They have gone ahead and attached the LED panels for us this time,
instead of us attaching it ourselves.
And they have also added an additional panel for more light
because there's more space in here.
With the backdrops,
they’ve attached the Velcro to the backdrop for us as well,
and the Velcro stickers on the back.
So, you've got four up the top to keep it as close to the back as possible,
and then, two at the front to help keep the backdrop in place.
Attaching the backdrop is super simple.
All you have to do is line them up.
So, I'll just go ahead and line this up for us.
And then, this on the center, just come in the front.
And there you have it.
So, plug in the power adapter.
It's pretty simple putting everything together
and then you've got a little dimmer here as well.
So, you just plug that in just like that.
You've got two ports at the top.
So, one is for the LEDs for the Foldio3
and the other one is for the Halo Bars, which I'll get into later.
And then, you've got two dials one for each port
and they just change the intensity of the LEDs.
So, this part here goes up the top.
You just plug that in.
And then you just dial up and down for whatever intensity you need.
The Foldio3 has three LED panels, I guess, you'd call them.
They’ve got a total of 96 LED chips,
an inbuilt diffuser, and it's a 5700 Kelvin temperature.
These are the Halo Bars, you get two in a pack.
And they just plug in the front, which we've already plugged in,
and then, you can attach it up here if you want to.
You don't have to if you don't want to.
This part here is what plugs into the other port
that I was telling you about,
and then you just go up and down.
The coolest part about these is you can just sit it in front
to light up from the bottom or they have inbuilt magnets.
So, then you can
attach it to the side.
And then you can light them both up at the same time
or just one or the other or none.
They’re pretty fun little toys.
This here is the 360.
I'm not going to plug it in today, but it plugs then just here, just here.
And then, it's got an inbuilt LED light at the back as well,
which is more handy for white backgrounds.
So, you put it in the middle.
You put your item at the top
and then that halo light at the back will light up
to help eliminate any shadow that this will create on the background.
All of these items can be controlled by an app on your phone.
At the moment, it's only available on iOS.
They don't have an Android app, but I'm sure they will soon.
I'm sure you guys already know what the 360 does,
but it is essentially like a lazy Susan.
So, it goes around in a circle.
You can either have it as a constant speed
or you can attach it to a DSLR or your phone,
and then it will stop in intervals.
You can tell it to stop at 24, 48,
whatever you want to do as to how many images you want it to take when it stops.
So, it controls the phone and the DSLR to stop
and take a photo when it goes around,
and that's how you create those 360 videos.
The 360 and the halo bars are an added extra if you really want them,
but I would recommend getting the whole kit
because the whole thing is designed for product photos.
So, if you want to take your own product photos
that look really professional,
but you just want to use your iPhone
or you've got like a small DSLR
or even if you've got a big DSLR,
the whole thing is set up to make it really easy for you.
You can use it for other things.
It doesn't have to be product photos.
We have had some people come in and use this for hand lettering.
So, they do like top down put the phone up in here.
They like to take a little video of like flat lays, hand lettering.
So, it was just a quick and easy overview and unboxing of the Foldio3.
It's a really simple studio setup.
Quite small and compact for people who are space conscious,
but they still need the space to take photos of bigger items.
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