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This is true IF you were in ramp mode when you locked it.

The first click is the floor of the current mode. The second click is the floor of the other mode.

Yes you are quite correct

Only because I’ve sat and played with the settings obsessively. :wink:

Your explanation is otherwise very good and much appreciated.

You got no replies from PM or email?
The package never arrived, seems lost?
I’ll try and see if he responds to me and I’ll point him to you.

Neal says he already issued you a refund. You might want to check your account to verify.

I’d probably buy some too, so I can put them on all my FW3As. :slight_smile:

I really didn’t think anyone would 3D-print a thumbs-up candle diffuser. I was just making excuses to take a bath.

I’ve been enjoying my FW3As and FW1A, but it’d be really nice if they came without AR coating on the lenses. Polishing the coating off takes a while and leaves my hands sore.

It’s worthwhile since removing the coating improves the tint… but it’d be nice if they came that way by default.

Interestingly, my FW3C with the early one-piece Lumintop optic (that fills the space taken by a glass lens) has a slightly less rosy tint than my later purple FW3A which has the Carclo clone + glass lens. The FW3C looks to be about bang on the BBL for me, and the FW3A is just a hair on the rosy side. I suppose this is largely down to variation of emitters within the same bin though.

The spare glass lens that came in my FW3C box has no sign of coloured reflections when I hold it up to a light source. Does this mean it is likely uncoated?

Hum, shall we expect the 18350 tubes after the Chinese National holidays? Yeah, I know, 30th september was only yesterday and delays are expected.
I am just asking to organize my “shop” activity :stuck_out_tongue:

I picked up a 23x1.5mm sapphire lens that Neal offers, and it’s a perfect non-coated replacement for the FW3A. I decided the time and effort to polish off the coating was worth at least the $5 it cost for the sapphire lens.

You can try swapping the optics around to see if they have any effect on the tint. If not, then it’s just the emitters.

All AR coatings I’ve seen had a colored reflection like blue, green, purple, etc… If the reflection is white, then it’s not coated.

Take the plastic off and check both sides, some are harder to spot than others though

On every production FW3A / FW1A I’ve checked, there was AR coating on both sides of the lens. That doesn’t mean every item has it, since production details typically vary at random… but it’s at least probable that the lens has AR coating unless it’s a sapphire lens.

Usually the way I check is by holding a known-bare glass lens next to the lens being tested, and holding both under my Viltrox panel so they reflect at a ~45-degree angle right next to each other. Then I flip the lens and test the other side too. If either side is a different color than the reference glass, it has some sort of coating.

Here’s an example of how that looks:

Hello my dear friends!

just a peak into my upcoming “FW Family review”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/s3jaa0HVXEY

TK, are you sure the Sapphire lens ons Neal’s site doesn’t have any coating on it? I’m about to pull the trigger on a few of them.

I really don’t know. I haven’t tried one.

I received one last week, 23x1.5mm. It has no coating and fits perfectly. I plan to order more so I have one for each of my FW’s.

Thanks! Gonna order a few…

A CRX glow gasket turned mine into a Neuralyzer and now I feel like I’m one of the Men In Black.

Hasty phone shot of its brother, the Copper Dragon. I need to set up a proper family photo with the DSLR when I get chance.

Hey quick question, I have a defective FW3A and I want to take apart the section but can't figure out how to remove the lens. I got as far as the retaining ring on PCB. Can someone please point me to the post or thread that has info on taking it apart? Thanks!!!!