Review: LUMOS EVOKE Your Most Affordable Digital Camera

LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera

Taking photos can be fun, easy and affordable. As a busy person, we are looking for a camera that can just aim, shoot and post with no extra time needed for editing. Yes?   

Checkout LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera. This is definitely one affordable digital camera for you to have fun taking photos without worrying about the extra time you need for post photos editing. 

I had been having fun using the camera for the past week. Let me walk you through why the LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera is your affordable choice.  

About LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera

LUMOS Projector is a home grown local Singaporean brand that specialized in home projectors. They strives to bring the best quality home cinema projector that is affordable for everyone. 

They are now bringing that same vision from the living room into the hands of Singaporeans to help them record their everyday life.

Features and benefits of EVOKE Digital Camera:

• 64 MP Photos
• 4K video at 30fps
• 16 Inbuilt Filters
• Inbuilt Flashlight
• 16x Zoom
• USB-C Charging
• Flip Screen
• IPS Display
• Auto focus and anti-shake
• Long battery life
• Soft vintage style aesthetic content
• Compact, pocket-sized design
• Clear, beautiful Visuals 
• 6 x 11 x 3 cm, 190g
• Support TF Card (Max 256 GB)
• JPG, MOV file format 
• Trusted local brand
• 1 year local warranty

Go to LUMOS Projector Website for more information.  

My Review

Taking photos have become part of our everyday life. We take photos almost for anything that happened in our daily life. 

Therefore, a camera has become one gadget that we cannot do without when capturing important moments in life. 

For busy people like us, we tend to look for camera that is easy and affordable. Just aim, shoot and post. 

Recently, I got to try LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera.

LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera.

This camera came pack in a simple container. My first reaction, wow, the camera is so light.  

Came in simple container. 

The camera came with 128GB memory card and accessories such as camera pouch, user manual, USB-C to USB-C cable, USB to USB-C cable, cloth for cleaning lens, Land-yard, camera strap, SD card reader and USB-C to USB adapter.  

Accessories that came with the camera. 

128GB memory card.

I really like how thoughtful LUMOS is. All the necessary accessories are included. I do not need to go hunt for it myself.   

All the necessary accessories are included.

Check out my unboxing video below. 

I had been having fun with this camera for the past weeks. Handphone camera is convenient but when come to the fun of taking photo, it just feel different holding a digital camera on hand to snap your photo. 

Having fun with the camera.

LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera have great features that make photos taking fun and affordable. Let me walk you through. 

Clear Beautiful Visual

This camera provides 64MP Photo. Photos taken are clear and beautiful.  

Photos taken are clear and beautiful.

Night shot. 

Tunnel photo. 

I have tried the 4K Video at 30fps on this camera. Video visual is clear with real-life colors. There is no focus breathing present except for busy scene. 

The sound recorded on my video is a little too soft and unclear. Built-in camera mics are generally intended for casual use, with external mics recommended for professional sound. 

Vintage Style

I love the soft vintage style with real-life colors photos captured using this camera. I don't see out of camera sharpening effect as compare to phone camera. 

Soft vintage style. Less overly sharpened.

But I notice for the preview photo on the screen during shooting and when doing half shutter press, the color does not reflect the actual photos until I snap it. It will be better if it can reflect the actual photo taken during shooting and focusing. This only happens in specific situations, such as dark conditions with bright lights, and does not affect normal usage.

16 Build-In Filters

This camera contain 16 build-in filters for you to play with. 

1. Normal
2. Vivid
3. Japanese Style
4. Dopamine
5. Cream
6. Retro
7. Warm
8. Cool
9. Nostalgic 
10. Black and White
11. Negative
12. Gothic
13. Monochrome - Red
14. Monochrome - Yellow
15. Monochrome - Green
16. Monochrome - Blue 

This is the feature I like most from this camera. I am able to shoot different style for the same scene using this16 build-in filters without the need for additional editing. 

16 build-in filters photos - Day

16 build-in filters photos -Night

It is really fun and great to capture different mood and style on the spot. 

Besides the 16 build-in filters, there is Beauty Face setting in this camera. But the effect is minimalistic and natural with less overly beautified effect as compare to beautified app you usually used from phone. 

Photo with beauty effect. 

16X Zoom

This camera can zoom up to 16X. The quality of the zoomed photo is clear and sharp. 

Zoomed photo is clear and sharp.

Even with the anti-shake and focus, the image will still be a little blur if my hand is not steady enough or shake the camera slightly when clicking the shutter button. But come to say, most of the time the photo is clear and sharp. Just need to make sure you double check your photos.  

Selfie Friendly

For many years, selfie has become so important for photo taking. But usually we have to trial and error to take selfie photo using digital camera. 

LUMOS EVOKE make selfie taking so easy with the flip screen.

Flip screen to take selfie photo. 

I can take selfie more easily by flipping the screen. 

Selfie photo taken. 

The flip screen stays flip only for full flap (180 degree). It will be better if the flip screen can stay at the different degree it is flipped for easy visual of the screen from different angle of photo taking, not just for selfie. 

Stays flip only for full flap (180 degree)

I tried the Auto Photo mode provided in this camera. This mode is great for group photo as well as fun photo. 

Having fun with Auto Photo mode.

I mounted the camera on the camera stand, set it to auto snap every 3 second, flip the screen. Then I started to have fun taking myself flying in the air in my photo. With the flip screen, I can see easily when to jump to take the perfect shot I need.  

Mounted the camera on the camera stand.

Macro Photo and Time lapse Video

I love the macro photos taken from this camera, clear and beautiful. It is really good for people who love to shoot closeup shots of food and flowers. 

Macro photo on flowers. 

Macro photo on food. 

Just my own suggestion, the macro icon can be reflected on the shortcut left key so that it is easier to know this is the shortcut key to turn the macro mode on or off. As I only realized it when I accidentally trigger the macro on off via the shortcut key.   

I also tried time lapse video mode provided in this camera. I am quite impressed with the quality of the time lapse video taken. Video is clear and motion is smooth.  

It is really easy to use too. I set the frame per second and mount the camera to a camera stand and start shooting. Best part is, no post processing needed.   

Build-in Flashlight

The build-in flash light on the camera works well for shots with dark lighting or backlighting, when I needed my face to be seen on the photo.  

Flashlight for backlighting. 

Flashlight for night shot. 

Webcam Function

It got me pretty curious when I see that I can actually use this camera as a webcam in the user manual. 

I got it mounted on the small table camera stand. It is easy to use. Just select USB camera when I plug it onto my PC and open the software you using and switch to this camera and it is ready to go. 

Work as a Webcam. 

The screen image quality is decent. 

This is a value add function to the camera.  

Easy to Navigate

It is back to good old days digital camera when there is no smart phone yet. This is how I feel from the look of this camera. Just simple buttons and screen. 

Front of camera. 

Bottom of camera. 

Side of the camera.

But there are surely things that I need to get use to such as no touch screen, no zoom lever to toggle and turn and no lens ring to turn and adjust. 

Setting screen. 

It will be great if the on/off button can be of a different button type as the shutter button or not place so close to the shutter button because at many times, I accidentally mistake the on/off button as the shutter button.

Top of camera. 

Also, people with fat finger like me sometimes will accidentally press other buttons when using the navigation button. But this does not affect the photo taking. 

Inner facing of camera. 

Easy and Reliable battery life

The battery life for the camera is pretty decent. The battery lasted for half a day shoot for me with around 24 videos and 553 photos. 

But I really like how easy it is for me to recharge the battery. No more bringing around many spare battery to change. I just plug in my power bank with the USB C cable given and I can continue with my shooting while charging the camera. 

I just plug in my power bank and recharge. 

And it take so fast to recharge while I am using the camera at the same time. It is around 80% recharged in just 10mins.

Compact, Lightweight and Price Friendly

This camera is so compact that I can just slip it into my pocket. It is also lightweight too. Way lighter than any of my digital camera. I weight it. It is only 186g.

Compact camera. 

Lightweight. 

Small size. 

Most importantly, LUMOS offered a very wallet friendly price for this camera. Given all the features you see above, a digital camera of this price is really worth getting to experience it for yourself. 

A small personal wallet saving tips. If you already have your own micro-SD card, then get the set with lower memory card and save yourself S$50 for sometime else. 😁

Trusted Brand

Having a trusted brand sets our mind at ease when buying for gadget. 

LUMOS is a local trusted brand that received many satisfied 5-star user reviews over 4 years. 

local trusted brand with  5-star user reviews.

Feel free to go through my Photo/Video Gallery.  

I personally think that this camera combine modern with vintage. This is really great for beginners who are learning to use a digital camera, people who wants the feel of taking photo back to good old analog camera days, great for introducing children to photo taking and great for people who just wants to have fun with filters. 

Overall, this digital camera is compact and easy to use. It is also convenient to recharge and to transfer photos. With the fun filters and features provided from the camera, all for a so wallet friendly price. It is definitely worth getting one to start having fun with photo taking.  

Where to buy it?

LUMOS EVOKE Digital Camera can be purchase from LUMOS Projector Website at a sale price of S$199 (128GB Memory Card) and S$149 (32GB Memory Card). 

The camera came with 1 year local warranty. 

Free delivery and shipping is available currently only in Singapore. 

Checkout LUMOS Shopee Official Store to purchase their products. 

Where to follow?

Check out and follow LUMOS Projector Social Media for more information and other products. 

LUMOS Projector Website
LUMOS Projector Facebook
LUMOS Projector Instagram 

Disclaimer:This post is written in collaboration with LUMOS Projector. All reviews are 100% honest and based on my personal experience. No monetary compensation of any kind was given or received for this review. 

Guest Post: YC Onion Pineta Pro Monopod with BF44 Bagel Ball Head

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Victor Lim, and I am a Photographer and an author of smartphone photography books from StuckOnUrban Studio. 

Big thanks to TheSwanple for this guest post which I will be introducing a professional grade Monopod, the YC Onion Pineta Pro Carbon Fiber Monopod with the BF44 Bagel Ball Head. And, big thanks to Master D'Imaging for sending the Monopod over for me to test. 

I have been testing the Monopod and the BF44 Bagel Ball Head for 2 weeks. Here is why it's a workflow game-changer and let me simplify this with a one liner before I go into the detail. 

One Lever to deploy them, One Pedal to tilt them, and in the speed of the moment, zero time wasted.

This Monopod is packed with some game changing features that made it stands out among the others. The first main feature which is also the highlight is the One Step Release Lever for easy and quick deployment. If you have been fighting with slow deployment due to the release system, then this monopod is for you because the One-step Release lever is all it takes to extend the monopod to its full length. 

The second one is the Adjustment Damping on the BF44 ball head which allows for precision control even on a heavy lens that I am using. The fine tuning knob enables you to set the tightness of the ball head according to your shooting situation. This particular design is made especially to suit the most basic usage of a monopod, photography on the move. You will want the monopod to provide you with easy, quick and yet safe adjustment; The BF44 ball head does exactly that. 

Third feature which made it stands out is the Extended Legs with the Pedal Base that allows angle adjustments without requiring you to bend down to reach for the adjustment mechanism. I have used some pretty rigid monopod with extended legs system that made it almost useless. This one, I can easily use my feet to unlock the angle adjustment without even needing to look down. 

In addition, the attachment system between the monopod and the extended legs feel like they are one piece instead of two separate parts. It is really that stable and yet highly flexible to suit your usage.

The next feature is the Dual 360 Panoramic Rotation that offers total framing control without having to move the monopod itself. This particular feature is huge because the independent mount's rotation enables you to set a different panning angle you require, away from the ball head's base rotation. That's what I meant by total framing control. 

Other than the main highlighted features, you get a large 44mm ball with improved payload capacity that ensures your priced processions stay safe and stable on the monopod. This goes well with the heavy lens that I used from time to time. In fact, the whole setup is so stable that I found it safe to leave the camera plus my heavy lens mounted on the monopod totally hand's free. 

The flexibility in terms of deployment is also another added selling point. The 212mm length of the extended legs allow you to turn the monopod into a table top tripod with added stability compared to other monopod of similar setup. Together with the large 44mm ball head, these gave me so much stability that I almost do not need my tripod anymore. 

 

 

Here's another feature which most people thought they don't need until they realize it before accident happens; Locking controls on key parts of the monopod. There are Safely Locks on the monopod that allows you to lock down the Lever Release, Extended Legs' angle adjustment and the Extended legs / Monopod / Ball Head detachment locks. 

Before you check out the review reel, here's the full specification:

Pineta Pro Monopod (Carbon Fiber)

🔸 FEISO Release System: One-lever control for all 3 leg sections. Instant deployment.

🔸 Max Working Height: 162cm (with BF44 head).

🔸 Tube Diameter: Heavy-duty 39mm Carbon Fiber.

🔸 Pedal Base: 360° swivel with ±18° tilt and Auto-Rebounce to center.

🔸 Portability: 79cm folded; about weight 1.78kg.

🔸 Extended Legs: 212mm each side for better stability.

🔸 1/4" ARRI-style Mount

BF44 Bagel Ball Head

🔸 Dual 360° Panoramic Rotation: Independent base and top plate rotation for perfect panoramas.

🔸 Damping Control: Dedicated fine-tuning knob for precise friction adjustment.

🔸 Low Profile: 44mm ball diameter for a lower center of gravity and better stability.

🔸 Safe Payload: 5kg (11 lbs).

🔸 Dual Bubble Levels

🔸 Dual U-shaped openings

Let me give you 3 strengths and 2 weakness from a personal point of view to help you decide if this monopod is the one for you or not. 

3 Strengths

🔸 The One Step Release Lever: This is something you don't get from your cheap $20 monopod, not even a $100 one. 

🔸 The Adjustment Damping: This applies to the BF44 ball head and is something you don't get from a lot of ball heads.

🔸 The Extended Legs: The improved extended legs with a length 212mm on each leg, ensure absolute stability even on a heavy lens.

2 Weaknesses

🔸 The Weight: This is a heavy setup roughly about 1.7kg (ball head, monopod, extended legs) 

🔸 The Price: As of the time this post was written, this monopod with the ball head goes for $559 SGD / $440 USD (suggested retail price).

Here's a 3 mins summary reel on the YC Onion Pineta Pro Monopod with the BF44 Ball Head. Or you can catch that from here.

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For anyone interested, you can get yours from either the Main Distributer which is Master D'Imaging or the Retailers: Alan Photo, Riceball Photography or Sony Stores. 

Disclaimer: The YC Onion Pineta Pro Monopod with the BF44 Ball Head were sent over by Master D'Imaging for testing. All reviews are 100% honest and based on my personal experience. No monetary compensation of any kind was given or received for this review. 

Review: TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion

TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion Mini (4.5g)

Looking for that perfect foundation cushion that helps to makeup your skin quick and easy? Then check out TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion. 

This makeup cushion helps my skin look smooth and brighten after makeup. It is easy and quick to use too. 

About TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion

TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion is a hydrating cushion foundation with the following features and benefits: 

• Full coverage. 
• Natural, semi-matte finish.
• Lightweight
• Keep skin moisturized. 
• Provides up to 72 hours of flawless, fade-resistant coverage.
• Conceal imperfections. 
• Even skin tone. 
• Nourished skin.
• 40 diverse shades.
• Suitable for sensitive skin. 

Ingredients. 

Details and directions. 

Go to TIRTIR Global Website for more information.  

How to use them?

Use the puff provide and tap lightly on the cushion. Then glide the puff on your skin to spread the foundation and tap lightly to set. 

My Review

Makeup foundation is the basic makeup tool that every women will have in their makeup pouch. There are many types of foundation available. From powder to liquid. 

For me, I have always been a powder foundation person. But recently, I started using cushion foundation. They works pretty well on my skin too. 

I tried TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion. 

This cushion came pack in a red box and it came in a bright red casing. 

Bright red casing. 

They are also nicely sealed.  

Nicely sealed. 

Remove to start using. 

They provide mini size (4.5g) and full size (18g) cushion. I first started out trying using the mini version, which is the one you see in this review. 

Comes in mini or full size. 

Each cushion came pack with a puff. 

Came with a puff. 

The puff works well with the cushion foundation. 

Puff inside the casing. 

They have quite a wide range of shades for their cushion. The one I use is 21W Natural Ivory. 

21W Natural Ivory.

The foundation sits well onto the puff with just a few light tap. Its glides well on my skin and really did helps to cover my uneven skin tone and some light blemish and pores. For me, I do not need to use a separate concealer as the coverage is just nice for me.   

Works well on skin. 

My skin looks slightly brighten and looks smoother after application. 

With and without applying the cushion. 

Also, it shorten my makeup time. Skin still feels moisturized and does not smudge easily.  

Full face with cushion foundation only as well as with eye brown and lipstick. 

Overall this cushion helps to brighten and smooth my skin after makeup. It is really easy to use and shorten my makeup time. This is great for busy people like me. 

Where to buy it?

TIRTIR Mask Fit Red Cushion can be purchase from TIRTIR online shopee Store. Both mini (4.5g) and full size (18g) version available. 

Disclaimer: Products were bought for personal use only. All reviews are 100% honest and based on my personal experience. No monetary compensation of any kind was given or received for this review.