What kind of flashlight is this?

I'd recently seen a movie where an actor portrayed a cop that wore this light on her shoulder. I'm wondering if lights such as this exist or if it was something created for the movie. Also, if they don't exist, are there any lights that look similiar to this, that an individual would be able to wear attached on their shoulder?

I've included an image of the light below


Thanks in advance for replies.

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Sorry, here's a better one. You might have to brighten the image in order to see the switch.

http://www.premiereprops.com/auctions/shl/items/shl2008.jpg

Hopefully it works.

Strange one :shrug:

Here's the pic

It looks like an electroluminescent panel, such as the nightlights sold at alot of retail stores.

Scroll down about half-way on this page:

http://www.techass.com/news/index.php

its an eternalight

Check out these other 2 from the same site:

Hungarian Police Man's Black Tracker Flashlight
http://www.premiereprops.com/product_info.php/products_id/793

Guard's Hero Black Metal Flashlight Prop - Aeon Flux
http://www.premiereprops.com/product_info.php/products_id/567

yellow said:

its an eternalight

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LOL Sometimes on nike hikes I'll attach my Gerber Triode headlamp to my vest or pack in a similar manner.

The plug on the bottom is one half of a Deans ultra plug.

http://www.wsdeans.com/products/plugs/ultra_plug.html

Most of the attached lights I've seen like this just clip onto a shirt pocket, so an officer can see their ticketbook while writing me up for speeding

Looks like a custom made movie prop to me. The plug probably leads down the users arm to a battery pack of some sort. I believe prop lighting has to be relatively bright to provide the expected 'beam effects' that we see in movies so often. Probably a half-way decent (meaning powerful) bulb behind a simple gel to diffuse the light emitted.

Just my two cents tho'...:shrug:

Petzl or Gerber Headlamp strapped to the backpack harness?

I'm no LEO and have no military training... but wouldn't a shoulder light like that make you an easy target? Not to mention that it wouldn't always be in the direction that you may be looking?

Illum_the_nation said:

Petzl or Gerber Headlamp strapped to the backpack harness?

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That works well. I use a Mayo XP strapped to the shoulder strap of my camelbak with the battery pack routed to the back pack portion. With the swivel head, you can adjust the angle.

And when I was in the military, I used a GI 90 degree bent flashlight clipped to my clothes. Not for combat purposes but when I needed light without tying up my hands like cooking an MRE.

Yes, it actually is an EternaLight ErgoMarine. They ordered 16 for making the movie.

I just received an email for the producer last week who said the movie has been released - but he didn't tell me anything else yet.

metalhed said:

Looks like a custom made movie prop to me. The plug probably leads down the users arm to a battery pack of some sort. I believe prop lighting has to be relatively bright to provide the expected 'beam effects' that we see in movies so often. Probably a half-way decent (meaning powerful) bulb behind a simple gel to diffuse the light emitted.

Just my two cents tho'...:shrug:

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Bingo.... That would be my guess also. I'm in the film industry and I have made these many times in different configurations. That one looks like a stock project enclosure with an off the rack switch and a Deans plug. I have even made these that were radio controlled.

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