550 kcd sounds right. I have a 72mm head with a oslon black and it only does 550kcd.
But I wish he would give us a rear clicky. Side clicky are nice if it was a high output thrower. But for a pencil beam dedicated thrower, a rear switch is better imo.
Rear clickies have two disadvantages: restricted UI choice and internal switch resistance.
That 1st point is obvious.
That 2nd point is having a good enough switch to support high current is quite expensive. Well, compared to an electronic switch anyway.
There’s something less obvious though: standardization for Emisar lights.
By only using e-switches, it makes it easier for them in terms of making stuff, and less overall costs.
Well he can just price it higher. I’ll happily pay even $85 for it. The performance of that thing is crazy…slightly more throw than an XHP35 HI with over double the output.
For a light like this, regulated at ~5A or ~6A, the switch resistance is a much smaller factor than it would be in something like a D4 or D18. It may still be difficult to do well, but it’d be a lot easier than with really high-powered lights.
As far as UI goes, I added tail-clicky support two years ago. Most UI functions are on a side e-switch, and the tail provides momentary activation at the last-ramped level. It works fine, from what I’ve heard, and does exactly what people usually want the tail switch to do in a thrower.
I don’t see why the SBT90G2 is hyped that much, just because it’s a new LED ?
Everything is a matter of finding the right combination of host, driver and emitter, just like Hank does with this updated D1sV2 which should be really good according all specifications.
Well if you all are going to cream and dream…LEP with Fixed aspheric with RLT/wavien collar (wonder if Vinh can do this?) for under a $1,000.00 dollars…
Sounds like it might be a good option for a rifle-mounted shooting light, assuming it has stiff springs at both ends of the battery to prevent recoil disconnect. I’m definitely interested.
Something that complicated with LEP and RLT collar will require a manufacturer like Microfire or Acebeam to do. I do wish someone will make one in the future. Probably can get 3+ MCD in a light of this size.
It’s probably too late to consider aspheric for this but maybe some small changes could allow a fixed aspheric version. Here’s hoping because there is very few new lights in this market and the “mid to large” reflector market is beginning to get saturated with cheaper lights.