For normal outdoor usage, the light is good as is.
For photography, indoor usage, or just hunting white walls, it might be a good idea to apply DC-Fix. This will not only make the beam smoother and floodier, but also reduce the tint shift (towards green on the edge of spill).
Would be interesting to try XP-L2, but unfortunately, that would probably require also driver changes for any major gain. Has anyone tried this on his TO46R?
You don’t need DC fix. These are standard Carclo optics. the slightly frosted 10508, and more frosted 10509 are what this light uses. The light comes with the clear Carclo 10507. I tried a 10508 in mine, and it smooths out the beam beautifully.
Thank for the updates on the process =the=! It is now closer to get the lights on our hands The light and emitters are paid!
Do we have to send you any kind of information or the info we sent to Wuben is enough?
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Hum, about this, I am not sure if - in terms of beam - the XP-L2 would be better! Brighter, for sure, but maye not better! I have 2 Sofirn lights that arrived with XP-L2 leds. One seemed more tending to 5000K and the other was a bit higher (5500 or 5700???).
However, both produce and yellowish and greenish tint shift similar to the one on the stock XP-G3 these Wuben lights have.
So…I am not sure if XP-L2 would be a good choice. However, a Luxeon V 4000 K, I guess that would be an interesting bet for these lights! No major shifts (or none), and a quite pleasant beam!!
But now let’s see how the leds we’re going to receive behave and that is the most important thing right now
Tint graph in different modes. My sample of the TO10R is pretty good in the hotspot, but needs d-c-fix to even out the beam. I also added a tint measurement with d-c-fix and a Lee Zircon minus green filter on high for the TO46R. That’s an easy solution for the XP-G3 and makes the beam look quite pleasing.
Approximate numbers, not exactly at 30 sec nor did the usual sphere calibration routine, but should be within 5%.
1100 lumens for the TO46R
630 lumens for the TO10R
I swapped original Cree XP-G3 (low CRI and acid-rainbow, but buyed as hi-cri) to HI-CRI Samsung LED LH351D 4000K 90 CRI. Now light very smooth and more wide.
Original:
Now:
Can any one take a beamshot from new XP-G3 with real hi-cri?