Nope, no glue or heat gun on that joint. Simple wiggle it back and forth while putting it out and it should loosen up. Then you can twist it to where ever you want.
Yeah, I agree the plastic is better for the readings, I am wanting to figure out how much adjustment the spheres need. The more data the better.
I don’t know how malkoff measure their lumen… wildcat v6 is rated 1050. Maybe they are using 4 cr123 or protected 18650… we got 1400 lumen range using unprotected.
I just realize you got 11k lumens for the M43vn. That seems much too high. I thought even Skylumen couldn’t boost it any above stock because it’s already overdriven from the factory, which is rated at 8,000 lumens for the XPL-HI. My M43 w/ XP-L HI v2 measured 7,000 lumens at turn on using ceiling bounce, whereas my MT09R with TA driver and TA swapped 4000k 80CRI emitters measured 22.8k lumens at turn on using ceiling bounce.
I currently use my 5000k 219c MF01 modded by Lexel (I think I measured about 10k lumens) for indoor photography by bouncing light off ceiling. Works very well and allows for fantastic looking pictures.
Everyone should know that the measurements you get with a plastic bag or whatever over the sensor is not going to be relevant to anybody else. Not all plastic bags have the same density and reduce the output by the same amount. It’s best if we all just use the bare sensor and record the higher number so that we can all compare our lights with each other. Later on we will figure out an exact number to use as a correction factor. Then we will know the correct lumens.
I’m looking at sending 3 of my stock constant current lights to a lab in Lincoln Park Michigan to get tested. But for now I’m pretty satisfied with what I got, actually I could not be happier!
So hurry up Jason or who ever, come up with something better, the other BLF members are waiting….