Got my MF01 today. It works perfectly. Was happily surprised that it uses high CRI (>90) 219Cs. I thought it used the standard CRI80 219C 5000K.
The tint is absolutely beautiful, no shift to speak of and no other anomalies. The UI is quite the step up from the disaster that was the S42. All in all a superb light for the GB price!
Some PWM (or other flickering) evident on a cellphone camera on all modes except low but not visible to the eye. Didn’t have time to scope that out yet.
Output is not quite what is claimed, but I don’t care. For comparison, it produces 45% more lumens (35% more at 30 sec) than the Noctigon Meteor M43 equipped with CRI80 219Cs. My lumen measurement seem to be about 5-15% less than other people’s, but mine is calibrated with a reference halogen bulb and I use a spectrophotometer instead of a lux meter.
Output with Samsung 25R (lowest IR of any of my cells):
Throw:
0 sec: 44575 cd
30 sec: 40648 cd
Tint in different output modes (click for higher res):
Tint in different parts of the beam on turbo (click for higher res):
I do, but the 25Rs perform better at 0-60 sec. Just tested them the other day with the Q8. I’m getting some new VTC6s and VTC5As in the mail and will get back to the output.
Hyvää iltaa maukka,
and thank you for your report.
To all other, I am sure maukka´s calibrated reference is more correct than mine (none calibrated value with a conversion factor of 26.47.) but I will give you the numbers I have from today when my XP-G3 arrived.
I used eight ORBTRONIC ORB25 (fully charged) for this check (IR 26-30), but this is only «fire up» values, not 30sec out.
- and yes, I can burn the light in both ends it works very well…
So here comes the number, both from the 219C and the XP-G3
So no matter how we turn the numbers, they are going in all directions, both between my number and maukka´s number.
Also level vice with reference to the advertised number.
So most probably there will be differences from light to light also!!??
Hope there are some use for my number whether they are right or wrong.
@maukka Thank you for sharing your >90 CRI test results!!! I didn't even know 90CRI 219C emitter existed in the first place. No wonder my sample tint looks more pleasing than my triple 219C 80CRI built.