A regulated D1S with the new osram emitter would be my ideal compact thrower.
I don’t guess Emisar will ever do boost driver lights because it wants to be an inexpensive brand though.
How much more expensive would it be to use a buck/boost driver? I would pay 20$ more. My guess is the other hesitation is that it would probably not have a ramping UI. If it was stepped ramping with good spacing, that would be good enough for me.
Also curious what the throw would be like in a D1 using this emitter
maybe 20$ more when using buck driver and white flat led, but not anyone willing to spend more 20$ than stock one
my wild guess this light is 5-10 bucks more expensive than stock d1s
Tried this led with D1. It simply doesn’t have good enough reflector. It top half and bottom half has a little different focal point whith doesn’t matter with larger led like XP-L HI. I played with focusing for hours.
It can’t get any better than this.
Judging by the picture, it seems the LED sits too far forward relative to the reflector.
I can see the beam get narrow half way and then get wider again.
Looks like you should try some extra shim between reflector and LED board.