Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

Thanks for all the comments.

I’ll start a topic as soon as I get the chance on light painting overview and tips.
Need to start and finish my overdue Nitecore NU30 vs NU20 CRI video review first.

I post process from single RAW exposures in Lightroom. So not really true HDR, but often post processed to maximise dynamic range. I’ll talk about exposures, post processing, and gear when I get around to writing a dedicated thread on it.

Well i do need a good flashlight mother nature or not, some times i take pictures in really dark places and those i cant find without a flashlight.
Often quite hard to figure out where i left the Nikon Dslr on the tripod, long exposure times mean i myself and my mind can wander off while the camera do its thing.

No photo post processing going on here, never have never will.

WOW! Lots of beautiful photos there!
Found a source for my wallpapers :smiley:

Yes, fantastic stuff stephenk!

OMG this stuff is top notch. I’m really interested in how you created the “blue fog” effect on some of the pictures.

I have a feeling the blue fog are a LED mesh like the ones you drape over stuff at x-mas that is being pulled along the ground

No that’s not it i think now, like politicians say you have a stand until you take a new one.
It cant be a mesh as that would create a much more massive appearance of the “fog”

The blue fog on the stairs is now my background photo. I’m also curious as to how it is generated

I’m guessing the blue fog is el-wire that is just wiggled around on the ground.

The effect is created by waving around a cool white EL wire. Purchased from GearBest, and cut down to 2m in length.

I assume its a dual take, or 2 photos overlaid ?

Any actual Q8 news? Any word on springs from Thorfire? Any missing v3 prototypes appeared?

When they have something they will be forthcoming.

It is forthcoming:

No. I only use single exposures. Balancing the exposure is the tricky bit! No Photoshop, only adjustments in Lightroom. The EXIF data is viewable if you are interested.

So I shouldn't ask?

Of course you can ask! But now you know the answer if you feel like asking at a later date.

Heck yeah… ask away. :+1: … If you have any good “off topic” chatter or info throw that in too. It has been pretty dead on the thread the last few days. :open_mouth:
We gotta keep the post count up ya’ know…… :smiley:

Silence from ThorFire as of late. I'm getting ready to commit to the current NarsilM firmware release, so only other issue is the springs. Think the Chinese holiday delayed things. Also the ThorFire guy we deal has to translate and communicate with the engineering team at a remote location, so it can take a while for the back and forth. I'd speculate some of that is goin on. Plus I would think they woud be checking sourcing for springs, and the holiday made that difficult I'm sure.

Just installed NarislM on a OTR M3, stock light:

Updated it from a XM-L2 U3 3D to a XPL2 V6 3B (from KD). These alignment pieces fit the XM-L2 size reflector opening perfectly: http://www.kaidomain.com/p/S024677.8_4mm(D)-x-0_9mm(T)-White-Plastic-Insulation-Gaskets-for-Cree-XP-L-10-pcs. They look nothing like the pictures though in the listing - weird.

Using an IMREN 16340 (from IMRBatteries), got 5.5A at the tail (clamp meter), 1,460 lumens @start and just 24.6 uA parasitic drain (224 uA w/switch LED on).

All running NarsilM w/smooth ramping and all the features the Q8 has: temperature step down, switch indicator LED, lockout, LVP, blink out voltage and temp, blink at a ramping level to show output channel your running on, blinks: 1: 7135, 2: bank of 7135's, 3; FET), plus all the mode sets and configuration settings the Q8 has

Hey, that’s my EDC light. Did you piggyback a second driver board in there? I can’t tell as I’ve never had mine apart. This sounds like a great mod. If you go into more details on another thread, please post a link here so we can check it out.