Just so you’ll know? The guys at Cree can probably learn a few things about their own product from PilotPTK. Look at his build thread on the bumper mount light bar he made for his own use, designed to the nth degree and so much better than store bought models they should hang their heads in shame.
Ok, so does an XML and a XML 2 look different? I think I have a new light thats XML2, but the included booklet lists it as an ’XM-L.” Since this one looks different (no lines in the emitter) I’m thinking it’s an xml2. Anyone have a nice picture of the 2 side by side?
It is not the clearest picture, but here is one I made a while ago for another thread (basically the XM-L has a green backing, the XM-L2 has a white backing:
Did some photos with my reverse adapter for DSLR
Used Canon Eos 50D with 16-35mm F2.8 lens
@F=18 and reverse adapter ISO400 1/160s
light with a 1400 lumens 5000K NW flashlight from the side
Improoved the resulution with a extender
Pictures cropped in full resolution
that is already dedomed from the shipping incident which clemence had, so he got replacements and donated the LED
I can live with as its going into a reflector light
the dust particle got removed later with compressed air
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The IR Osram LED is hard to photograph as its dome is really high and acting as a very strong lens