I posted this in the GT thread but due to the heavy traffic of that thread it sank quick.
And an image posted a few pages earlier in the same thread, this is a proto with a short battery tube that as far as I know will not be produced, the short tube that is.
MRsDNF did a terrific job on his review of this proto here and I have not seen anything to disagree with him, if you have not read his review I would recommend you do
With the short tube the balance is horrible, my giggling other half had to use two hands to hold it level and I had to use some force to pry it out of those hands when we finished taking the photoâs, she is 5 foot and I am 6 foot but still
In the photo with the small pier in it you can see the waves at ~700m, they were more visible by eye than in the photo so I would say 750m would be the practical limit, you would have trouble telling the difference between a skinny bush and a person at that distance even in daylight, and 1000m absolute limit even for a large white target with a black background, the last photo shows that at 350m you get a usable beam that would easily show a person if there was one there :person_facepalming:
Nearly forgot, there was that much cloud the moon light was non-existent, pitch black, just right for beam shots :sunglasses:
A Courui D01 with a xp-g2 is the best thrower I have besides the proto, I never even thought to take it with me for a comparison, will have to go out with them both as soon as my daughter goes into respite for a couple of nights, weather permitting :innocent:
I will also measure the amps at the tail of the Courui because I canât remember :weary:
The width of the illuminated spot is much larger than I anticipated!
Thatâs great that this isnât just a laser beam.
Thanks for the beam shots; Iâm more excited than ever now!
Agreed, me too. Iâve got some pretty powerful âpencil beamâ throwers and while theyâre fun to play with and show off, theyâre not terribly useful. I like a big fat beam This one looks like it has the width and the reach. Thatâs an awesome combo.
Yeah emarked, a lot of posts were about why not a small die 3V led
This is why.
So nice to see why, same as the whole balance thing.
Always neat to see theory come to life.
Managed to get out for some GT Proto beam shots last night, there was a half moon, âsky glowâ from the city only 7~8km away plus the lights on the pier so a real life situation.
First the map for distance
Then for the control shot, played with the settings until I got close to what my eye was seeing.
Now the beam shot, using the same settings as the control shot.
Just to show that it really was getting there, a crop at 100% of both images
Sorry no comparison shots as it started to rain and I got out of there while I was still dry
Hey Pommie, could you do a wall shot or something at somewhere between 5 to 100 meters with a tape measure across the hotspot? Would really like to know the angle at which the beam diverges.
This one looks like it has the width and the reach. Thatâs an awesome combo.
