Very strange indeed, this is also the first I have heard of any major issues with any GT so far. Everything else have been minor things.
Like they said, it is very strange that 1 die would burn out while the rest still work. Can you get a picture of the LED itself? Maybe on moon mode as well.
It is hard to make any good picture with my Nokia 808 PureView Cellphone. But I made some.
I did not have an other camera, only a small old Exilim EX-H10, which makes worse pictures as my cellphone. It has only a small 12MP CCD-Sensor. My Cellphone-Sensor is 1/1,2” big CMOS with 38MP.
Last two pics with the same orientation. You can see the bonding wires.
Here’s a tip for removing the bezel. Loosen the upper head from the light engine section first, this takes pressure off the o-ring on the glass and makes the bezel much easier to turn due to less friction.
Jason is there some shots of the Gt in bits, as in the whole thing? I have seen the ones with the carriers all in bits, but the head is in 1 part. If there are some, may be useful to pin them to the 1st post for those of us yet to battle opening it. I’m sure I saw some in the depths of a thread….
I’m waiting for the new led’s before I’m even trying. I suppose they will be some months off yet? (I read Lumintop may do something ?)
I checked and I don’t really have any good shots of the head taken apart. I’ll work on finding some and add them to the main GT thread post #3 with the other pictures.